 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
 | Henry Van Dyke, Hardin Craig, Asa Don Dickinson - American literature - 1922 - 1920 pages
...is gone;. , On the Loss of the Royal George His last sea-fight is fought, His work of glory done. >6 It was not in the battle ; . , , , No tempest gave...; She sprang no fatal leak, She ran upon no rock. 2° His sword was in its sheath, His fingers held the peri; When Kempenfelt went down With twice four... | |
 | Harry Morgan Ayres, Frederick Morgan Padelford - English literature - 1924 - 942 pages
...sunk beneath the wave, Fast by their native shore ! Eight hundred of the brave, Whose courage well was urning her sunshyny face, Her beauty to disgrace....Muse ! If ever I did honour thee aright, Or sing the His sword was in its sheath ; His fingers held the pen, When Kempenfelt went down With twice four hundred... | |
 | Robert Bridges - English poetry - 1924 - 296 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...Kempenfelt is gone ; His last sea-fight is fought, IT It was not in the battle ; No tempest gave the shock ; She sprang no fatal leak ; She ran upon no... | |
 | Francis Turner Palgrave - English poetry - 1924 - 774 pages
...beneath the wave Fast by their native shore 1 Eight hundred of the brave, 5 Whose courage well was tried, Had made the vessel heel And laid her on her...land-breeze shook the shrouds And she was overset ; 10 Down went the Royal George, With all her crew complete. Toll for the brave ! Brave Kempenfelt... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - American poetry - 1925 - 424 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...; 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... | |
 | John Matthews Manly - English literature - 1926 - 928 pages
...sunk beneath the wave, Fast by their native shore ! Eight hundred of the brave, Whose courage well was 1 rear-admiral of the fleet His sword was in its sheath ; His fingers held the pen, When Kempenfelt... | |
 | Charles Townsend Copeland - American literature - 1926 - 1746 pages
...sunk beneath the wave Fast by their native shore! Eight hundred of the brave Whose courage well was lent fancy : he hath borne me on his back a thousand...Where be your gibes now? your gambols? your songs? His sword was in its sheath, His fingers held the pen, When Kempenfelt went down With twice four hundred... | |
 | David Nichol Smith - English poetry - 1926 - 744 pages
...shore. Eight hundred of the brave. Whose courage well was tried, Had made the vessel heel 3202 u 577 And laid her on her side ; A land-breeze shook the...shock, She sprang no fatal leak, She ran upon no rock ; His sword was in the sheath, His fingers held the pen, When Kempenfelt went down With twice four... | |
 | Frederick Alexander Manchester, William Frederic Giese - Literature - 1926 - 906 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, She... | |
 | Edmondstoune Duncan - Ballads, English - 1927 - 634 pages
...sunk beneath the wave Fast by their native shore ! T 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, When Kempenfelt went down With twice four hundred... | |
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