 | Mrs. Hemans - 1826 - 502 pages
...death below, His voice no longer heard. He call'd aloud—" Say, father, say If yet my task is done ? " He knew not that the chieftain lay Unconscious of...but the booming shots replied, And fast the flames roll'd on. Upon his brow he felt their breath, And in his waving hair; And look'd from that lone post... | |
 | Mrs. Hemans - 1826 - 502 pages
...death below, His voice no longer heard. He call'd aloud—" Say, father, say If yet my task is done ? " He knew not that the chieftain lay Unconscious of...gone ! " — And but the booming shots replied, And fust the flames roll'd on. Upon his brow he felt their breath, And in his waving hair ; And look'd... | |
 | 1826 - 726 pages
...below, His voice no longer heard. He called aloud : — " say, Father, say If yet my task is done ?" He knew not that the chieftain lay Unconscious of...Speak, Father !" once again he cried, " If I may yet begone ! And " — but the booming shots replied, And fast the flames rolled on. Upon his brow he felt... | |
 | Felicia Dorothea Browne Hemans - 1826 - 502 pages
...cried, " If I may yet be gone ! " — And but the booming shots replied, And fast the flames roll'd on. Upon his brow he felt their breath, And in his waving hair ; And look'd from that lone post of death, In still, yet brave despair. And shouted but once more aloud,... | |
 | Mrs. Hemans - 1827 - 360 pages
...abandoned ; and perished in the explosion of the vessel, when the flames had reached the powder. " Speak, Father ! " once again he cried, " If I may...but the booming shots replied, And fast the flames roll'd on. Upon his brow he felt their breath, And in his waving hair ; And look'd from that lone post... | |
 | Ebenezer Porter - Elocution - 1828 - 418 pages
...father, say If yet my task is done ?" He knew not that the chieftain lay Unconscious of his son. 4 " Speak, Father !" once again he cried, " If I may yet...booming shots replied, And fast the flames rolled on. 5 They wrapt the ship in splendour wild, They caught the flag on high, And streamed above the gallant... | |
 | Mrs. Hemans - 1828 - 228 pages
...death below, His voice no longer heard. He call'd aloud—" Say, father, say If yet my task i» done?" He knew not that the chieftain lay Unconscious of...son. " Speak, Father !" once again he cried, « If 1 may yet be gone !" — And but the booming shots replied, And fast the flames roll'd on. Upon his... | |
 | Mrs. Hemans - English poetry - 1828 - 228 pages
...below, His voice no longer heard. He call'd aloud — " Say, father, say If yet my task is done ?" Pie knew not that the chieftain lay Unconscious of his son. " Speak, Father !" once again he cried, " If 1 may yet be gone !" — And but the booming shots replied, And fast the flames roll'd on. Upon his... | |
 | Mrs. Hemans - 1828 - 216 pages
...cried, " If 1 may yet be gone !" ' —And but the booming sjiots replied, And fast the flames roll'd on. Upon his brow he felt their breath, And in his waving hair; . And look'J from that lone post of death, In still, yet brave despair. And shouted but once more aloud,... | |
 | Alaric Alexander Watts - English poetry - 1829 - 476 pages
...below, His voice no longer heard. He called aloud : — " say, father ! say, If yet my task is done ? " He knew not that the chieftain lay Unconscious of...And in his waving hair, And looked from that lone post of death In still yet brave despair ! And shouted but once more aloud, " My father, must I stay?"... | |
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Say, Father, say, If yet my task is done!" He knew not that the chieftain lay Unconscious of his son. "Speak, Father!" once again he cried, "If I may yet be gone! 
