 | Great Britain - 1803 - 390 pages
...Neither fear nor despise your vain-glorious foe, But be ready to ward, or to strike the first blow, Hearts of Oak are our ships, Hearts of Oak are our men. United and hearty, Have at Bonaparte, JfVvebcat him before and will beat him again. Yes, rend the brief... | |
 | France - 1904 - 518 pages
...And may EUROPE, no longer with jealousy blind, See the cause of GREAT BRITAIK, the cause of Mankind. Hearts of Oak are our ships, Hearts of Oak are our men. United and hearty, Have at Bonaparte, We've beat him before, and will leat him again. THE USURPER.... | |
 | Stephen Jones, Charles Molloy Westmacott - English literature - 1810 - 424 pages
...he pray'd for Heaven's blessing to hallow the tree, As a sceptre for England, the queen of the sea. Hearts of oak are our ships, hearts of oak are our men \ We always are ready, steady hoys, steady, To charge and to conquer again and again. The sapliug shot... | |
 | John Moore - 1820 - 600 pages
...before I returned. As I i..f ". >/*- -' ? • passed the stable I heard Ben singing — /y tu. ;,.,/ ^ ' Hearts of oak are our ships, • Hearts of oak are our men,' &c. I went to bed thinking of Old England, and passed the />--,i/ /, -<! night so agreeably with certain... | |
 | Miss Stockdale (Mary R.), Mary R. Stockdale - 1821 - 454 pages
...estimation in which it was held. Our sailors, the guardians of England, are called " Hearts of Oak — Hearts of oak are our ships, Hearts of oak are our men : • and to the widely spreading branches of the oak we owe the restoration of monarchy in the preservation... | |
 | Vicesimus Knox - 1823 - 276 pages
...others might beenumerated. J^ord Wharton boasted that he rhymed the King out of the kingdom by it. Hearts of Oak are our Ships, Hearts of Oak are our Men, is as good a composition as that of the old Grecian with the hard name, and I dare say has contributed... | |
 | Vicesimus Knox - 1824 - 612 pages
...others might be enumerated. Lord Wharton boasted that he rhymed the king out of the kingdom by it. " Hearts of oak are our ships, hearts of oak are our men," is as good a composition as that of the old Grecian with the hard name, and I dare say has contributed... | |
 | Isaac Taylor - Great Britain - 1825 - 364 pages
...built ?" " You are right, Henry. There is no wood so strong and fit for ship-building as the oak. " Hearts of oak are our ships, hearts of oak are our men." " Well, I wonder," said George, " how they can build a ship; or where they could find timber enough... | |
 | Health - 1830 - 336 pages
...others might be enumerated. Lord Wharton boasted that he rhymed the king out of the kingdom by it. " Hearts of oak are our ships, hearts of oak are our men,'' is as good a composition as that of the old Grecian with the hard name; and it is not improbable may... | |
 | 1837 - 808 pages
...those trophies, the pride of the main, They were snatched by their valour from Gaul and from Spain. Hearts of oak are our ships, hearts of oak are our men, We always are ready, Steady, boys, steady, To fight and to conquer again and again. These arms the... | |
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My good friends insisted also to have an English song from me. I endeavoured to please them in this too, and was very lucky in that which occurred to me. I sung them 'Hearts of oak are our ships, 
