 | David Bates Tower - 1852 - 178 pages
...knew not that the chieftain lay Unconscious of his son. 5. " Speak, father ! " once again he cned, " If I may yet be gone ! " — And but the booming shots replied, And fust the flumes rolled on. 6. Upon his brow he felt their breath, And in his waving hair; And looked... | |
 | Mary O. Ward - Children - 1852 - 296 pages
...death 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 his son. " Speak, father !" onco again he cried, " If I may yet be gone ;" And but the booming shots replied, And fast the flames... | |
 | Mrs. Hemans - 1853 - 666 pages
...Without his Father's word ; That Father, faint in death below, His voice no longer heard. He call'd aloud : — " Say, Father say, If yet my task is done...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 - 1853 - 420 pages
...go Without his Father's word ; 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... | |
 | Andrew Comstock - Elocution - 1853 - 456 pages
...If yet my task is done ?" I He knew not that the chieftain lay | Unconscious of Ais son. | " Speafc, father !" | once again he cried, | " If I may yet be gone !" | And but the booming shots replied, I And fast the flames roll'd on. | Upon Ais brow he fek their breath, | And in Ais waving hair ; I... | |
 | David Bates Tower - English language - 1853 - 204 pages
...father ! " once again he cried, And but the booming shots replied, And fast the flames rolled on. 6. Upon his brow he felt their breath, And in his waving hair ; And looked from that lone post of death, In still, yet brave despair, — 7. And shouted but once more aloud, " My father ! must... | |
 | Seafaring life - 1854 - 504 pages
...below, His voice no longer heard. He called aloud — " Say, father, say If yet my task is done i" 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... | |
 | Readers, American - 1905 - 474 pages
...unconscious of his son. x Speak, father ! " once again he cried, " if I may yet be gone ! " But now the booming shots replied, and fast the flames rolled...and in his waving hair ; And looked from that lone post of death, in still, but brave despair ; stay?" While o'er him fast, through sail and shroud, the... | |
 | Thomas Humphry Ward - English poetry - 1905 - 878 pages
...yet my task is done ! ' He knew not that the chieftain lay Unconscious of his son. 'Speak, father!1 once again he 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... | |
 | George James Smith - 1906 - 240 pages
...say If yet my task is done ! " He knew not that the chieftain lay " Speak, father ! " once again l1e cried, " If I may yet be gone ! " And but the booming...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! 
