 Toll for the brave ! Brave KEMPENFELT is gone ! His last sea-fight is fought ! His work of glory done ! It was not in the battle ; No tempest gave the shock ! She sprang no fatal leak ! She ran upon no rock...  The Poems of William Cowper - Page 429by William Cowper - 1905 - 741 pagesFull view - About this book
 | William Cowper - 1826 - 326 pages
...«11 her crew complete. Toll for the brave! Brave Kempenfelt is gone; His last sea-fight is fought; It was not in the battle ; No tempest gave the shock; She sprang no fatal leak . She ran upon no rock. His sword was in his sheath ; His ringers held the pen,' When Kempenfelt went down, With twice four... | |
 | Eliza Robbins - Children's poetry - 1828 - 408 pages
...Whose courage well was tried, Had made the vessel heel, • And laid her on her side. A land breeze shook the shrouds, And she was overset; Down went...; She sprang no fatal leak ; She ran upon no rock. His sword was in his sheath ; His fingers held the pen, When Kemi»enfelt went down, With twice, four... | |
 | John Johnstone (of Edinburgh.) - English poetry - 1828 - 600 pages
...sunk beneath the wave, Fast by their native shore ! Eight hundred of the brave, Whose courage well was tried, Had made the vessel heel, And laid her on her...Brave Kempenfelt is gone; His last sea-fight is fought ; It was not in the battle ; No tempest gave the shock ; She sprang no fatal leak ; She ran upon no... | |
 | William Cowper - 1831 - 412 pages
...brave, Whose courage well was tried, Had made the vessel heel, And laid her on her side. A land breeze shook the shrouds, And she was overset ; Down went...; She sprang no fatal leak ; She ran upon no rock. His sword was in its sheath ; His fingers held the pen, When Kempenfelt went down With twice four hundred... | |
 | William Cowper - 1831 - 410 pages
...brave, Whose courage well was tried, Had made the vessel heel, And laid her on her side. A land breeze shook the shrouds, And she was overset ; Down went...tempest gave the shock ; She sprang no fatal leak ; His sword was in its sheath ; His fingers held the pen, When Kempenfelt went down With twice four... | |
 | Robert Chambers - Anecdotes - 1832 - 846 pages
...sunk beneath the wave, Fast by their native shore ! Eight hundred of the brave, Whose courage well was tried, Had made the vessel heel, And laid her on her...all her crew complete. Toll for the brave ! Brave Kempenfeldt is gone ; His last sea-tight is fought ; His work of glory done. It was not in the battle... | |
 | Civilization - 1832 - 406 pages
...sunk beneath the wave, Fast by their native shore. Eight hundred of the brave, Whose courage well was tried. Had made the vessel heel, And laid her on her...shook the shrouds, And she was overset ; Down went the Royai George, With all her crew complete. Toll for the brave ! Brave Kcmpenfcldt is gone ; His last... | |
 | Naval art and science - 1875 - 1132 pages
...Channel, with her Admiral and crew of 1,000 men ; the famous Royal George, of which the poet sang — " It was not in the battle — No tempest gave the shock...; She sprang no fatal leak ; She ran upon no rock ! A land breeze shook the shrouds And she was overset ; Down went the Royal George, With all her crew... | |
 | William Cowper - 1835 - 460 pages
...beneath the wave, Fast by their native shore ! EE 2 Eight hundred of the brave, Whose courage well was tried, Had made the vessel heel, And laid her on her...; She sprang no fatal leak ; She ran upon no rock. His sword was in its sheath ; His fingers held the pen, WThen Kempenfelt went down With twice four... | |
 | William Cowper - 1835 - 464 pages
...beneath the wave, Fast by their native shore ! EE 2 Eight hundred of the brave, Whose courage well was tried, Had made the vessel heel, And laid her on her...; She sprang no fatal leak ; She ran upon no rock. His sword was in its sheath ; His ringers held the pen, When Kempenfelt went down With twice four hundred... | |
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