 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - Authors, English - 1845 - 558 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...anticipate the scene ; And her van the fleeter rush'd O'er the deadly space between. [gun " Hearts of oak," our captains cried; when each From its adamantine... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - Authors, English - 1846 - 540 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...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... | |
 | Lord Francis Jeffrey Jeffrey - Edinburgh review (1802) - 1846 - 794 pages
...following very short and simple description of the British fleet bearing op to close action : " A» they drifted on their path, There was silence deep...death ! And the boldest held his breath For a time. — " — p. 109. The description of the battle itself (though it begins with a tremendous line) is... | |
 | Lord Francis Jeffrey Jeffrey - Edinburgh review - 1846 - 692 pages
...the following very short and simple description of the British fleet bearing up to close action : — "As they drifted on their path, There was silence deep as death ! And the holdcst held his breath For a time. — " — p. 1 09, The description of the battle itself (though... | |
 | Half hours - 1847 - 580 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...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 literature - 1847 - 482 pages
...harbour, beneath that terrible battery of the " three crowns " where Nelson had been before, when — " There was silence deep as death. And the boldest held his breath For a time." We never carry luggage, as the captain of a Danish cutter found out, after taking the trouble to chace... | |
 | Thomas King Greenbank - 1849 - 446 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...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... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - 1849 - 276 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...his breath, For a time. — But the might of England flush 'd To anticipate the scene ; And her van the fleeter rush'd O'er the deadly space between. "... | |
 | William Beattie - Authors, Scottish - 1849 - 480 pages
...To the batteries which they brought, Like Leviathans afloat In the brine. 6. It was ten of Thursday morn, By the chime, As they drifted on their path...death, And the boldest held his breath For a time — 7. Ere a first and fatal round Shook the flood ; Every Dane looked out that day, Like the red wolf... | |
 | American periodicals - 1849 - 588 pages
...nought To the batteries which they brought, Like Leviathans afloat In the brine. It was ten of Thursday morn, By the chime, As they drifted on their path...death, And the boldest held his breath For a time — Ere a first and fatal round Shook the flood ; Every Dane looked out that day, Like the red wolf... | |
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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... 
