 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
 | 1852 - 596 pages
...A land breeze shook the shronds, And the was overset; Down went the Royal George, With all her orew complete. Toll for the brave! Brave Kempenfelt is...not in the battle; No tempest gave the shock; She sprung upon no fatal leak; She ran upon no rock. His sword was in its sheath; His fingers held the... | |
 | Fanny Osborne - Geography - 1852 - 394 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...all her crew complete. '"Toll for the brave! Brave Kempenfeldt is gone ; His last sea-fight is fought : His work of glory done. " ' It was not in the... | |
 | William Cowper - 1853 - 796 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...Kempenfelt is gone ; His last sea-fight is fought ; THE LOSS OF THE ROYAL GEORGE. 113 .t was not in the battle ; No tempest gave the shock ; She sprang... | |
 | Old Humphrey - Seafaring life - 1799 - 348 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...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 ;... | |
 | Edward Hughes - 1853 - 766 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...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 ;... | |
 | William Cowper - Authors, English - 1853 - 800 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...all her crew complete. Toll for the brave ! Brave Kenjpenfclt is gone : His last sea-fight is fought ; His work of glory done »t was not in the battle... | |
 | William Cowper - 1854 - 486 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...last sea-fight is fought ; His work of glory done. ON THE LOSS OF THE BOTAL GEOEGE. 233 It was not in the battle ; No tempest gave the shock ; She sprang... | |
 | William Cowper, Henry Stebbing - 1854 - 850 pages
...Royal George* With all her crew complete* 808 MINOR POEMS. Toll for the brave ! Brave Keiupenft'lt is gone ; His last sea-fight is fought; His work of...; She sprang no fatal leak; She ran upon no rock. His sword was hi its sheath ; His fingers held the pen, When Kenipenfelt went down With twice four... | |
 | William Cowper, Robert Southey - 1854 - 482 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...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 rau upon no... | |
 | William Cowper - 1854 - 806 pages
...bravu, 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...Kempenfelt is gone : His last sea-fight is fought ; THE LOSS OF THE ROYAL GEORGE. 113 A was not in the battle ; No tempest gave the shock ; She sprang... | |
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