 | Honor - 1856 - 94 pages
...its adamantine lips Spread a death-shade round the ships, Like the hurricane eclipse Of the sun. Iv. Again ! again ! again ! And the havoc did not slack,...sail ; Or, in conflagration pale, Light the gloom. v. Out spoke the victor then, As he hail'd them o'er the wave ; " Ye are brothers ! ye are men ! And... | |
 | Honor, Thomas Campbell - English poetry - 1856 - 108 pages
...its adamantine lips Spread a death-shade round the ships, Like the hurricane eclipse Of the sun. IV. Again ! again ! again ! And the havoc did not slack,...feeble cheer the Dane To our cheering sent us back ; — Then ceased — and all is wail, As they strike the shatter'd sail ; Or, in conflagration pale,... | |
 | Edward Hughes - 1856 - 474 pages
..." 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...again ! again ! And the havoc did not slack, Till a feehle cheer the Dane To our cheering sent us hack : — Their shots along the deep slowly hoom ;*... | |
 | English poetry - 1857 - 334 pages
...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...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... | |
 | Robert Aris Willmott - American poetry - 1857 - 436 pages
..." Hoarts of oak ! " our captain mod ; when Ptxch gun From its adamantine lips Spread a death-shade round the ships, Like the hurricane eclipse Of the...back ; Their shots along the deep slowly boom : Then ceas'd — and all is wail, As they strike the shatter'd sail ; Or, in conflagration pale, Light the... | |
 | Charles William Smith (professor of elocution.) - 1857 - 338 pages
...death-shade round the ships, Like the hurricane eclipse Of the sun. Again ! again ! again ! And the havock 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... | |
 | Charles Mackay - 1857 - 334 pages
..." 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...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 : —... | |
 | Aubrey Thomas De Vere - 1858 - 298 pages
..."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...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... | |
 | Thomas Buckley Smith - 1858 - 310 pages
..." 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...Till a feeble cheer the Dane To our cheering sent us hack : — Their shots along the deep slowly boom ;— Then ceased — and all is wail, As they strike... | |
 | Archibald Alison - Europe - 1860 - 702 pages
...little in the rigging.1 Thus terminated this murderous battle, one of the most obstinately contested * " Again, again, again, And the havoc did not slack,...sail, Or, in conflagration pale, Light the gloom." CAMPBELL'S Battle of the Baltic. ever fought by the British navy. Nelson said, " He had CHAP. been... | |
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Again! again! again! And the havoc did not slack, Till a feeble cheer the Dane To our cheering sent us back;— Their shots along the deep slowly boom:— Then ceased— and all is wail, As they strike the shatter'd sail; Or in conflagration pale, Light... 
