 | Edward Verrall Lucas - English poetry - 1914 - 108 pages
...van the fleeter rushed O'er the deadly space between. " Hearts of oak !" our captains cried ; when each gun From its adamantine lips Spread a death-shade...again ! again ! And the havoc did not slack, Till a feebler cheer the Dane To our cheering sent us back ; Their shots along the deep slowly boom : Then... | |
 | William Henry Hudson - 1914 - 362 pages
...her van the fleeter rush'd O'er the deadly space between. ' Hearts of oak!' our captains cried; when each gun From its adamantine lips Spread a death-shade...the ships, Like the hurricane eclipse Of the sun. Iv. Again ! again ! again ! And the havoc did not slack, Till a feeble cheer the Dane To our cheering... | |
 | Robert Maynard Leonard - English poetry - 1914 - 142 pages
...van the fleeter rushed O'er the deadly space between. ' Hearts of oak ! ' our captain cried ; when each gun From its adamantine lips Spread a death-shade round the ships, 25 Like the hurricane eclipse Of the sun. Again ! again ! again ! And the havoc did not slack, Till... | |
 | Walter Barnes - English poetry - 1915 - 602 pages
...fleeter rush'd O'er the deadly space between. "Hearts of oak!" our captains cried, when each gun Prom its adamantine lips Spread a death-shade round the...— Their shots along the deep slowly boom; — Then ceased — and all is wail, As rtiey strike the shatter 'd sail, Or in conflagration pale Light the... | |
 | Henry Spackman Pancoast - English literature - 1915 - 852 pages
...our captains cried, when each gun From its adamantine lips Spread a death-shade round the ships, 25 Like the hurricane eclipse Of the sun. Again! again!...havoc did not slack, Till a feeble cheer the Dane 30 To our cheering sent us back; — Their shots along the deep slowly boom : — Then ceased — and... | |
 | Henry Spackman Pancoast - English literature - 1915 - 858 pages
...van the fleeter rushed O'er the deadly space between — "Hearts of oak," our captains cried, when s his lot that here by Fortune plac'd Must watch the wild vicissitudes 25 Like the hurricane eclipse Of the sun. Again! again! again! And the havoc did not alack, Till a... | |
 | John Matthews Manly - English literature - 1916 - 806 pages
...its adamantine lips Spread a death-shade round the ships, Like the hurricane eclipse Of the sun. 27 ms, some tainted with cankers, and some shrivelled in the shade ; and ceased — and all is wail, As they strike the shattered sail, Or in conflagration pale Light the gloom.... | |
 | John Matthews Manly - English literature - 1916 - 828 pages
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 | George Benjamin Woods - England - 1916 - 1604 pages
...deadly space between. "Hearts of oak!" our captain cried, when each gun From its adamantine lips 25 Spread a death-shade round the ships, Like the hurricane...Again ! again ! again ! And the havoc did not slack, 30 Till a feeble cheer the Dane To our cheering sent us back ; Their shots along the deep slowly boom... | |
 | English poetry - 1916 - 792 pages
...van the fleeter rushed O'er the deadly space between — "Hearts of oak," our captains cried, when for what is not : Our sincerest laughter With some...fraught ; Our sweetest songs are those that tell o 27 Again ! again ! again ! And the havoc did not slack, Till a feeble cheer the Dane To our cheering... | |
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Again ! again ! again ! And the havoc did not slack, Till a feeble cheer the Dane To our cheering sent us back; — Their shots along the deep slowly boom: Then ceased — and all is wail, As they strike the shattered sail, Or in conflagration pale Light... 
