Ye mariners of England That guard our native seas ! Whose flag has braved a thousand years, The battle and the breeze! Your glorious standard launch again To match another foe: And sweep through the deep, While the stormy winds do blow; While the battle... The Book of Georgian Verse - Page 962edited by - 1909 - 1313 pagesFull view - About this book
| Schelling anniversary papers - Literature - 1923 - 362 pages
...the prospect of a Russian war. What Englishman would not thrill on hearing the splendid stanzas? Ye Mariners of England! That guard our native seas; Whose...every wave!— For the deck it was their field of fame, And Ocean was their grave: Where Blake and mighty Nelson fell, Your manly hearts shall glow,... | |
| Henry Van Dyke, Hardin Craig, Asa Don Dickinson - American literature - 1922 - 1920 pages
...and his eight handred Shall plough the wave no more.' 3« William Confer. VE MARINERS OF ENGLAND YE Mariners of England ! That guard our native seas ;...spirits of your fathers Shall start from every wave I — For the deck it was their field of fame, And Ocean was their grave: Where Blake and mighty Nelson... | |
| Georg Morris Cohen Brandes - Lake poets - 1923 - 398 pages
...and exultation compressed into the last four lines of this stanza : — " Ye Mariners of England I That guard our native seas ; Whose flag has braved...do blow ; While the battle rages loud and long, And the stormy winds do blow. And observe the expression of pride in England's sovereignty of the sea :... | |
| Schelling anniversary papers - Literature - 1923 - 354 pages
...thousand years, The battle and the breeze ! Your glorious standard launch again To match another foe I And sweep through the deep, While the stormy winds...every wave! — For the deck it was their field of fame, And Ocean was their grave: Where Blake and mighty Nelson fell, Your manly hearts shall glow,... | |
| Harry Morgan Ayres, Frederick Morgan Padelford - English literature - 1924 - 942 pages
...that I cannot tell," said he, " But 'twas a famous victory." THOMAS CAMPBELL YE MARINERS OF ENGLAND YE y down the old civilisation at the expense of the...to point out our faults, arrogance, shortcomings, fame, And Ocean was their grave : Where Blake and mighty Nelson fell Your manly hearts shall glow,... | |
| English poetry - 1924 - 296 pages
...were made for the brave and free : They shall never sound in slavery ! ' 22 Te ^Mariners of England YE mariners of England, That guard our native seas !...every wave — For the deck it was their field of fame, And Ocean was their grave : Where Blake and mighty Nelson fell Your manly hearts shall glow,... | |
| Mrs. Waldo Richards - American poetry - 1924 - 750 pages
...England That guard our native seas! Whose flag has braved a thousand years The battle and the breeze! To match another foe; And sweep through the deep,...every wave — For the deck it was their field of fame, And Ocean was their grave: Where Blake and mighty Nelson fell Your manly hearts shall glow, As... | |
| William Cullen Bryant - American poetry - 1925 - 424 pages
...She rights ! she rights, boys ! we're off shore. GEORGE ALEXANDER STEVENS. YE MARINERS OF ENGLAND. YE mariners of England ! That guard our native seas ;...start from every wave ! — For the deck it was their Held of fame, And ocean was their grave : Where Blake and mighty Nelson fell, Your manly hearts shall... | |
| John Matthews Manly - English literature - 1926 - 928 pages
...are gone, the old familiar faces. THOMAS CAMPBELL (1777-1844) YE MARINERS OF ENGLAND A NAVAL ODE Ye ip was cheer'd, the harbour clear'd, Merrily did we...the kirk, below the hill, Below the lighthouse top. the stormy winds do blow. ю The spirits of your fathers Shall start from every wave ! — For the... | |
| Edmondstoune Duncan - Ballads, English - 1927 - 634 pages
...Williams) ; also as a part-song by Arthur Jackson (Curwen, No. 60675). 546. Te Mariners of England YE mariners of England That guard our native seas ! Whose...every wave — For the deck it was their field of fame, And Ocean was their grave : Where Blake and mighty Nelson fell Your manly hearts shall glow,... | |
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