 | Thomas Campbell - 1821 - 254 pages
...the land un.— n. Like levialhans afloat, Lay their hulwarks on the hrine i While the sign of hattle flew On the lofty British line: It was ten of April morn hy the chime: As they drifted on their path, There was silence deep as death \ And the holdest held... | |
 | Allan Cunningham - 1825 - 756 pages
...all the land Led them on. Like Leviathans, afloat, Lay their bulwarks on the brine; While the sign of battle flew On the lofty British line: It was ten...anticipate the scene; And her van the fleeter rush'd O'er the deadly space between. Hearts of oak ! our captains cried; when each gun From its adamantine... | |
 | English poetry - 1826 - 434 pages
...the land Led them on.— / like Leviathans afloat, Lay their bulwarks on the brine; While the sign of battle flew On the lofty British line: It was ten...death; And the boldest held his breath, For a time. Bat the might of England flush'd To anticipate the scene; And her van the fleeter rush'd O'er the deadly... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - 1828 - 258 pages
...the land Led them on. — Like leviathans afloat, Lay their bulwarks on the brine ; While the sign of battle flew On the lofty British line : It was...death ; And the boldest held his breath, For a time. — III. But the might of England flush'd To anticipate the scene ; And her van the fleeter rush'd... | |
 | Mrs. Monkland - British - 1828 - 302 pages
...for sailing. r . CHAPTER III. Like Leviathans afloat, Lay the bulwarks on the brine, While the sign of battle flew On the lofty British line ; It was...death, And the boldest held his breath For a time. T. CAMPBELL. TIME wore on, and the fleet made Ceylon, when one morning at day-break, three strange... | |
 | Samuel Rogers - 1829 - 520 pages
...a. — Like leviathans afloat, Lay their bulwarks on ihe brine, While the sign of battle Hew On die lofty British line : It was ten of April morn by the...; And the boldest held his breath, For a time.— Bui the might of England tlush'd To anticipate the scene; And her van the fleeter rush'd O'er the deadly... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - 1830 - 248 pages
...the land Led them on. — n. Like leviathans afloat, Lay their bulwarks on the brine ; While the sign of battle flew On the lofty British line : It was...death ; And the boldest held his breath, For a time. — ,. ra. But the might of England flushed To anticipate the scene ; And her van the fleeter rushed... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - 1830 - 250 pages
...the land Led them on,— II. Like leviathans afloat, Lay their bulwarks on the brine; While the sign of battle flew On the lofty British line: It was ten...There was silence deep as death ; And the boldest held bis breath, For a time.— in. "Hearts of oak," ourcaptainscried; when each gn From its adamantine... | |
 | Samuel Rogers - 1830 - 514 pages
...bulwarks on the brine, While the sign of battle flew On the lofty British line : II mis ten of April mom by the chime : As they drifted on their path, There was silence deep as death ; And the baldest held his breath, For a time. — Bat the might of England Hush M To anticipate the scene ;... | |
 | Scotland - 1830 - 1016 pages
...men and true ;" and of them, with lamentably few exceptions, it may be said, " As he drilled on his path, There was silence deep as death, And the boldest held his breath For a time." We have dwelt energetically on this passage in the Life of Byron, because for a long time it was thought... | |
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Like leviathans afloat Lay their bulwarks on the brine; While the sign of battle flew On the lofty British line: It was ten of April morn by the chime: As they drifted on their path There was silence deep as death; And the boldest held his breath For... 
