 | Francis Wayland - Philosophy - 1854 - 436 pages
...battle. Campbell, in his "Battle of the Baltic," illustrates this fact in these remarkable lines : " As they drifted on their path, There was silence deep...death, And the boldest held his breath For a time. ' Hearts of oak ! ' our captain cried, and each gun, From its adamantine lips, Spread a death-shade... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - Poetry - 1855 - 406 pages
...like leviathans afloat, rKs* on the On the lofty British line: It was ten of April morn by the chimes As they drifted on their path, There was silence deep...death ; And the boldest held his breath, For a time. — in, But the might of England flushed To anticipate the scene ; And her van the fleeter rushed O'er... | |
 | Anne Bowman - 1856 - 316 pages
...Denmark's crown, And her arms along the deep proudly shone ; By each gun the lighted brand, In a bold determined hand ; And the prince of all the land Led...death, And the boldest held his breath, For a time. But the might of England flush'd To anticipate the scene ; And her van the fleeter rush'd 0 er the... | |
 | Charles Rogers - 1856 - 394 pages
...Denmark's crown, And her arms along the deep proudly shone ; By each gun the lighted brand, In a bold determined hand, And the Prince of all the land Led...death, And the boldest held his breath For a time. But the might of England flush'd To anticipate the scene ; And her van the fleeter rush'd O'er the... | |
 | Honor, Thomas Campbell - English poetry - 1856 - 108 pages
...each gun the lighted brand, In a bold determined hand, And the Prince of all the land Led them on. n. Like leviathans afloat, Lay their bulwarks on the...death ; And the boldest held his breath, For a time. in. But the might of England flush'd To anticipate the scene ; And her van the fleeter rush'd O'er... | |
 | Honor - 1856 - 94 pages
...each gun the lighted brand, In a bold determined hand, And the Prince of all the land Led them on. п. Like leviathans afloat, Lay their bulwarks on the...death ; And the boldest held his breath, For a time. » in. But the might of England flush'd To anticipate the scene ; And her van the fleeter rush'd O'er... | |
 | Edward Hughes - 1856 - 474 pages
...Denmark's crown,* And her arms along the deep proudly shone ; By each gun the lighted hrand In a hold determined hand, And the prince of all the land Led them on. Like leviathans afloat, Lay their hulwarks on the hrine ; While the sign of hattle flew On the lofty British line : It was ten of April... | |
 | Lord Francis Jeffrey Jeffrey - English essays - 1856 - 794 pages
...the following very short and simple description of the British fleet bearing up to close action : " As they drifted on their path, There was silence deep as death ! And the boldest held his breaih For a time. — " — p. 109. The description of the battle itself (though it begins with a... | |
 | Robert Aris Willmott - American poetry - 1857 - 426 pages
...Denmark's crown, And her arms along the deep proudly shone ; By each gun the lighted brand, In a bold determined hand, And the Prince of all the land Led...death ; And the boldest held his breath For a time. — But the might of England flnsh'd To anticipate the scene ; And her van the fleeter rush'd O'er... | |
 | Charles William Smith (professor of elocution.) - 1857 - 338 pages
...Denmark's crown, And her arms along the deep proudly shone : By each gun the lighted brand, In a bold determined hand, And the Prince of all the land Led...death ; And the boldest held his breath, For a time. — But the might of England flushed To anticipate the scene ; And her van the fleeter rushed O'er... | |
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Nelson and the North Sing the glorious day's renown, When to battle fierce came forth All the might of Denmark's crown, And her arms along the deep proudly shone; By each gun the lighted brand In a bold determined hand, And the Prince of all the land... 
