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... From Thomas Campbell to Marquis of Lorne - Page 231876Full view - About this book
| Thomas Campbell - Wyoming Massacre, 1778 - 1809 - 148 pages
...bold determined hand, And the Prince of all the land Led them on. — ii. Like leviathans afloat, Lay their bulwarks on the brine; While the sign of battle...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,... | |
| Thomas Campbell - Wyoming Valley (Pa.) - 1810 - 266 pages
...In a bold detennin'd hand, And the Prince of all the land Led them on.— IL leviathans afloat, Lay their bulwarks on the brine; While the sign of battle...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,... | |
| Thomas Campbell - Wyoming Valley (Pa.) - 1810 - 272 pages
...bold determined hand, And the Prince of all the land Led them on.— IL Like leviathans afloat, Lay their bulwarks on the brine ; While the sign of battle...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,... | |
| Poetical selections - 1811 - 324 pages
...the land Led them on. — Like Leviathans, afloat, Lay their bulwarks on the brine; While the sis;n 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... | |
| Thomas Ewing - Elocution - 1819 - 448 pages
...a bold determined hand, And the Prince of all the land Led them on. — Like leviathans afloat, Lav their bulwarks on the brine ; While the sign of battle...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... | |
| British melodies - 1820 - 280 pages
...bold determin'd hand, And the Prince of all the land l<ed them on. — Like leviathan's afloat, Lay their bulwarks on the brine ; While the sign of battle...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,... | |
| Thomas Campbell - 1821 - 254 pages
...the land un.— n. Like levialhans afloat, Lay their hulwarks on the hrine i While the sign of hattle flew On the lofty British line: It was ten of April morn hy the chime: As they drifted on their path, There was silence deep as death \ And the holdest held... | |
| Allan Cunningham - Ballads, Scots - 1825 - 388 pages
...In a bold determin'd hand, And the Prince of all the land Led them on. Like Leviathans, afloat, Lay their bulwarks on the brine ; While the sign of battle...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,... | |
| Allan Cunningham - 1825 - 756 pages
...In a bold determin'd hand, And the Prince of all the land Led them on. Like Leviathans, afloat, Lay their bulwarks on the brine; While the sign of battle...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,... | |
| English poetry - 1826 - 434 pages
...bold determin'd hand, And the Prince of all the land Led them on.— / like Leviathans afloat, Lay their bulwarks on the brine; While the sign of battle...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,... | |
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