 For I trust if an enemy's fleet came yonder round by the hill, And the rushing battle-bolt sang from the three-decker out of the foam, That the smooth-faced snubnosed rogue would leap from his counter and till, And strike, if he could, were it but with...  Littell's Living Age - Page 6111910Full view - About this book
 | 1863 - 494 pages
...lood war by land and by sea, War with a thousand battles, and shaking a hundred thones; For I trnst, if an enemy's fleet came yonder round by the hill, And the rnshing battle bolt sang from the three-decker out of the foam, That the smooth-faced, snnb-nc*ed ropne... | |
 | 1867 - 618 pages
...engrossing our thoughts, and the Volunteer movement had not even been thought of— ' For I think if au enemy's fleet came yonder round by the hill, And the...would leap from his counter and till, And strike, if it were but with his cheating yard-wand, home.* . The sentiment here expressed has found a most unexpected... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1868 - 520 pages
...loud war by land and by sea, War with a thousand battles, and shaking a hundred thrones. 13For I trust if an enemy's fleet came yonder round by the hill,...could, were it but with his cheating yardwand, home. — 14. What ! am I raging alone as my father raged in his mood ? Must / too creep to the hollow and... | |
 | Double acrostics - 1868 - 230 pages
...'TWERE BEST NOT TO EAT. 1. A bird. 2. A river. 3. A pronoun. 4. A count. 6. A marsh. 148. ' For I trust if an enemy's fleet, Came yonder round by the hill, And the rushing- battle-bolt flew From the three-decker out of the foam, That the smooth-faced snub-noaed rogue, Would leap from... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - English poetry - 1869 - 186 pages
...war by land and by sea, War with a thousand battles, and shaking a hundred thrones. 18. For I trust if an enemy's fleet came yonder round by the hill,...could, were it but with his cheating yardwand, home. 14. What ! am I raging alone as my father raged in Ms mood? Must 7 too creep to the hollow and dash... | |
 | Marie Bothmer (Gräfin von), Mary gräfin von Bothmer - 1870 - 428 pages
...when Mr. Tennyson wrote, in language perhaps more nervous than complimentary, that he trusted — " If an enemy's fleet came yonder round by the hill, And the rushing battle-bolt sung from the three-decker out of the foam, That the smooth- faced, snub-nosed rogue would leap from... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1870 - 264 pages
...war by laud and by sea, War with a thousand battles, and shaking a hundred thrones. 13. For I trust if an enemy's fleet came yonder round by the hill, And the rushing battle-bolt eang from the three-decker out, of the foam, That the smooth-faced snub-nosed rogue would leap from... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1872 - 498 pages
...war by land and by sea, War with a thousand battles, and shaking a hundred thrones. 1.3For I trust if an enemy's fleet came yonder round by the hill,...could, were it but with his cheating yardwand, home. — ' 14. What ! am I raging alone as my father raged in his mood ? Must / too creep to the hollow... | |
 | Harry Buxton Forman - English poetry - 1871 - 536 pages
...the rnshing battle-bolt saug from the three-decker out of the foam, That the smoothfaced snubuosed rogue would leap from his counter and till, And strike,...could, were it but with his cheating yard-wand, home.' But to those who care to think, the Laureate will always have a large credit for the farsightedness... | |
 | Humanities - 1872 - 1176 pages
...loud war by land and by sea, War with a thousand battles, and shaking a hundred thrones. " For I trust if an enemy's fleet came yonder round by the hill,...could, were it but with his cheating yardwand, home — " What ! am I raging alone as my father raged in his mood ? Must I, too, creep to the hollow and... | |
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