 | Thomas Campbell - 1837 - 332 pages
...; While the sign of battle flew On the lofty British line : It was ten of April morn by the chime : As they drifted on their path, There was silence deep...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 deadly space between. ' Hearts... | |
 | George Augustus Addison - Anglo-Indian literature - 1837 - 372 pages
...admirably describes it, when speaking of two hostile fleets approaching each other to engage. He says — " As they drifted on their path, There was silence deep...death, And the boldest held his breath For a time." The ancient Druids, who well knew how to raise the feelings of their votaries to the most exquisite... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - Bookbinding - 1837 - 360 pages
...; While the sign of battle flew On the lofty British line : It was ten of April morn by the chime : As they drifted on their path, There was silence deep...death ; And the boldest held his breath For a time. — III. But the might of England flush'd To anticipate the scene ; And her van the fleeter rush'd... | |
 | Edward Lascelles (fict.name.) - 1837 - 374 pages
...CHAPTER III. THE CAPTURE OF THE CAMILLA. It was five of April morn, by the chime : As we drifted on our path, There was silence, deep as death, And the boldest held his breath, For a time. BATTLE OF THE BALTIC. THE repairs of the Hesperus being now nearly completed, Captain Morley began... | |
 | 1839 - 880 pages
...hurry the less speed) — any more than there was " hurry" in the Fleet approaching the batteries — " As they drifted on their path There was silence deep...death ; And the boldest held his breath For a time." Jeffrey well said, many years ago, that there had been no such prophetic strain as " Lochiel's Warning"... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - 1841 - 332 pages
...of battle flew On the lofty British line: It was ten of April morn by the chime: Aa they drifted un their path, There was silence deep as death; And the...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 deadly space between. " Hearts... | |
 | Samuel Rogers - English poetry - 1843 - 516 pages
...brine, While the sign of battle flew On the lofty British line: It was ten of April morn by the chime : As they drifted on their path, There was silence deep as death ; And the baldest held his breath, For a time. — But the might of England flush'd To anticipate the scene ;... | |
 | Lord Francis Jeffrey Jeffrey - English essays - 1844 - 540 pages
...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...death ! And the boldest held his breath For a time. — " — p. 109. The description of the battle itself (though it begins with a tremendous line) is... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - Authors, English - 1845 - 558 pages
...brine ; While the sign of battle flew On the lofty British line : It was ten of April morn by the chime As they drifted on their path, There was silence deep...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 deadly space between. [gun... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - Authors, English - 1846 - 540 pages
...brine ; While the sign of battle flew On the lofty British line : It was ten of April morn by the chime As they drifted on their path, There was silence deep...death ; And the boldest held his breath, For a time. Bat the might of England flush'd To anticipate the scene ; And her van the fleeter rush'd O'er the... | |
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Like leviathans afloat Lay their bulwarks on the brine, While the sign of battle flew On the lofty British line ; It was ten of April morn by the chime. As they drifted on their path There was silence deep as death, And the boldest held his breath For... 
