 O'er the deadly space between: "Hearts of oak!" our captains cried, when each gun From its adamantine lips Spread a death-shade round the ships, Like the hurricane eclipse Of the sun. Again! again! again! And the havoc did not slack, Till a feeble cheer...  Gertrude of Wyoming, and other poems - Sida 96efter Thomas Campbell - 1819 - 160 sidorObegränsad förhandsgranskning - Om den här boken
 | Thomas Campbell - 1837 - 328 sidor
...drifted on their path, There was silence deep as death ; And the boldest held his breath, For a time. — But the might of England flush'd To anticipate the...sail ; Or, in conflagration pale, Light the gloom. — Out spoke the victor then, As he hail'd them o'er the wave ; ' Ye are brothers ! ye are men ! And... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - 1837 - 332 sidor
...its adamantine lips Spread a death-shade round the ships, Like the hurricane eclipse Again ! again f again ! And the havock did not slack, Till a feeble...sail ; Or, in conflagration pale, Light the gloom. — Out spoke the victor then, As he hail'd them o'er the wave ; ' Ye are brothers ! ye are men ! And... | |
 | Samuel Rogers - 1839 - 510 sidor
...death-shade round the ships, Like the hurricane eclipse Of the sun. Again! again! again! And the havoc did not slack, Till a feeble cheer the Dane To our...Then ceased — and all is wail, As they strike the shattered sail ; Or, in conflagration pale, Light the gloom. — " When a novice, or one that hs> lately... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - 1840 - 376 sidor
...shade round the ships, Like the hurricane eclipse Of the sun. IT. Again ! again ! again ! And the havoc did not slack, Till a feeble cheer the Dane To our...Or, in conflagration pale, Light the gloom. — v, ' Ye are brothers ! ye are men ! And we conquer but to save : — So peace instead of death let us... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - 1841 - 332 sidor
...death-shade round the ships, Like the hurricane eclipse Of the sun.— Again! again! again! And the havoc did not slack. Till a feeble cheer the Dane To our...deep slowly boom:— Then ceased— and all is wail, Aa they strike the shatter'd sail; Or, in conflagration pale, Light the gloom. — Out spoke the victor... | |
 | Samuel Rogers - 1843 - 516 sidor
...death-shad, round the ships, Like the hurricane eclipse Of the sun. Again! again! again! And the havoc did not slack, Till a feeble cheer the Dane To our...sail ; Or, in conflagration pale, Light the gloom. — ' When a novice, or one tbat tm a lately obtained tba second gighL, setea a vision in the night... | |
 | sir Archibald Alison (1st bart.) - 1843 - 882 sidor
...one iff. ' of the most obstinately contested ever fought by the * Again, again, again, And the havoc did not slack, Till a feeble cheer the Dane To our cheering sent us back : Their shuts along the deep slowly boom : — Then ceased and all is wail, As they strike the shatter'd sail.... | |
 | English poetry - 1844 - 108 sidor
...death-shade round the ships, Like the hurricane eclipse Of the sun ! Again ! again ! again ! And the havoc did not slack, Till a feeble cheer the Dane To our...Then ceased — and all is wail, As they strike the shattered sail ; Or, in conflagration pale, Light the gloom ! Out spoke the victor then, As he hailed... | |
 | Lord Francis Jeffrey Jeffrey - 1844 - 540 sidor
...hurricane eclipse Of the sun. — " Again ! again ! again ! And the havoc did not slack, Till a feebler cheer the Dane To our cheering sent us back ; — Their shots along the deep slowly boom : — Then cease ! — and all is wail, As they strike the shatter'd sail ; Or, in conflagration pale, Light the... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1845 - 558 sidor
...death-shade round the ships, Like the hurricane eclipse Of the sun. Again ! again ! again ! And the havoc did not slack, Till a feeble cheer the Dane To our...Then ceased — and all is wail, As they strike the shutter' d sail ; Or, in conflagration pale, Light the gloom. Outspoke the victor then, As he hail'd... | |
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