 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,...  Life and Letters of Thomas Campbell - Sayfa 43William Beattie tarafından - 1849 - 480 sayfaTam görünüm - Bu kitap hakkında
 | 1809 - 572 sayfa
...than 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...death ; And the boldest held his breath, For a time . The description of the battle itself (though it begins with a tremendous line) is in the same spirit... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - 1809 - 148 sayfa
...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...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 rush'd O'er... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - 1810 - 272 sayfa
...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,...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 rush'd... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - 1810 - 266 sayfa
...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,...; 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 fleetef rush'd O'er... | |
 | Poetical selections - 1811 - 324 sayfa
...bulwarks on the brine; While the sis;n of battle flew On the lofty British line. It was Ten of April morn by the chime, As they drifted on their path,...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 " Hearts... | |
 | Andreas Andersen Feldborg - 1815 - 194 sayfa
...ships in all the sublimity and terror, of which the poet has given so impressive a description. " At they drifted on their path, There was silence deep...death ; And the boldest held his breath For a time V , . The battle commenced at five minutes after ten, when the Provesteen opened her fire on the Edgar.... | |
 | Andreas Andersen Feldborg - 1816 - 158 sayfa
...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 i he boldest held his breath For a time."* The battle commenced at five minutes after leu, when the... | |
 | 1830 - 990 sayfa
...men and true ;" and of them, with lamentably few exceptions, it may be said, " As he drilled on his path, There was silence deep as death, And the boldest held his breath For a time." We have dwelt energetically on this passage in the Life of Byron, because for a long time it was thought... | |
 | Thomas Ewing - 1819 - 448 sayfa
...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,...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 O'er... | |
 | British melodies - 1820 - 280 sayfa
...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,...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 O'er... | |
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