 n. 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,...  The Poetical Works of Thomas Campbellby Thomas Campbell - 1891 - 313 pagesSnippet view - About this book
 | Thomas Campbell - Wyoming Valley (Pa.) - 1814 - 274 pages
...a bold determin'd hand, And the Prince of all the land Led them on.— Like leviathans afloat, II. Lay their bulwarks on the brine ; While the sign of...silence deep as 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... | |
 | Andreas Andersen Feldborg - Danish poetry - 1816 - 158 pages
...British ships in all the sublimity and terror, of which the poet baa given so impressive a description. * As they drifted on their path, There was silence deep as death; And ihe boldest held his breath For a time."* The battle commenced at five minutes after leu, when the... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - Wyoming Valley (Pa.) - 1819 - 188 pages
...a bold determin'd hand, And the Prince of all the land Led them on..— Like leviathans afloat, II. Lay their bulwarks on the brine; While the sign of...silence deep as death ; And the boldest held his breath, For a time.— in. But the might of England flush'd To anticipate the scene ; And her van the fleeter... | |
 | Thomas Ewing - Elocution - 1819 - 448 pages
...a bold determined hand, And the Prince of all the land Led them on.— Like leviathans afloat, Lav their bulwarks on the brine; While the sign of battle...silence deep as death; And the boldest held his breath For a time.— To anticipate the scene; But the might of England flush'd And her van the fleeter rush'd... | |
 | British melodies - 1820 - 280 pages
...lighted brand, In a bold determin'd hand, And the Prince of all the land Led them on.— Like leviathan's afloat, Lay their bulwarks on the brine ; While the...April morn by the chime: As they drifted on their parti, There was silence deep as death; And the boldest held his breath, For a time.— But the might... | |
 | John Struthers - Songs, English - 1821 - 434 pages
...drifted on their path, There was silence deep as death; And the boldest held his breath, 1'or a time.— Lay their bulwarks on the brine; While the sign of battle flew But the might of England flush'd To anticipate the scene; And her van the fleeter rush'd O'er the deadly... | |
 | Allan Cunningham - 1825 - 756 pages
...each gun the lighted brand, In a bold determin'd hand, And the Prince of all the land Led them on. Like Leviathans, afloat, Lay their bulwarks on the...silence deep as death ; And the boldest held his breath, For a time. But the might of England flush'd To anticipate the scene; And her van the fleeter rush'd... | |
 | English poetry - 1826 - 434 pages
...each gun the lighted brand, Id a bold determin'd hand, And the Prince of all the land Led them on.— Like Leviathans afloat, Lay their bulwarks on the...silence deep as death; And the boldest held his breath, For a time. But the might of England flush'd To anticipate the scene; And her van the fleeter rush'd... | |
 | Calvinism - 1829 - 806 pages
...take his s^and. Deep and awful solemnity hole assembly; and as he moved forward to the appointed > "There was silence deep as death, And the boldest held his breath, for a time." 5 acknowledgement and profession of sorrow and repen, were then made with Christian meekness... | |
 | Mrs. Monkland - British - 1828 - 302 pages
...made for sailing. ‘. CHAPTER III. Like Leviathans afloat, I..y the bulwarks on the brine, Wb¿le the sign of battle flew On the lofty British line;...the chime: As they drifted on their path, There was slence deep as death, And the boldest heM his breath For a time. ‘F. CAMPB*LL. TIME wore on, and... | |
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