With all her crew complete. Toll for the brave ! Brave Kempenfelt is gone ; His last sea-fight is fought, His work of glory done. It was not in the battle; No tempest gave the shock ; She sprang no fatal leak ; She ran upon no rock. His sword was in its... The minor poems of William Cowper - Página 46por William Cowper - 1818 - 108 páginasVista completa - Acerca de este libro
| 1852 - 782 páginas
...specimen. " Toll for the brave! Brave Kempenfell is gone ; His last seafight is fought ; His work ol f Lady Hesketh, who nobly took upon herself the task of superintending this melanc iatal leak ; She ran upon no rock. " His sword was in its sheath ; His fingers held the pen, When Kempenlëlt... | |
| Edward Hughes - 1853 - 766 páginas
...George With all her crew complete. Toll for the brave ! Brave Kempenfelt is gone, His last sea fight is fought, His work of glory done. It was not in the...was in its sheath, His fingers held the pen, When Kempeufelt went down, With twice four hundred men. Weigh the vessel up, Once dreaded by our foes !... | |
| William Cowper - 1853 - 796 páginas
...brave ! Brave Kempenfelt is gone ; His last sea-fight is fought ; THE LOSS OF THE ROYAL GEORGE. 113 .t was not in the battle ; No tempest gave the shock ; She sprang no fatal leak ; She ran upon no rock. Hi* sword was in his sheath ; His fingers held the pen, When Kempenfelt went down, With twice four... | |
| J. Bradshawe Walker - 1853 - 166 páginas
...expressed in the ballad tone of Cowper's immortal lines, written for all who had a heart to feel. ' It was not in the battle, No tempest gave the shock, She sprang 110 fatal kak, She ran upon no rock. When Kempenfelt went down With twice four hundred men ! His sword... | |
| William Cowper - 1853 - 800 páginas
...overset ; Down went the Royal George, With all her crew complete. Toll for the brave ! Brave Kenjpenfclt is gone : His last sea-fight is fought ; His work of glory done »t was not in the battle ; No tempest gave the shock ; She sprang no fatal leal; ; She ran upon no... | |
| William Cowper, Henry Stebbing - 1854 - 850 páginas
...Royal George* With all her crew complete* 808 MINOR POEMS. Toll for the brave ! Brave Keiupenft'lt is gone ; His last sea-fight is fought; His work of...no fatal leak; She ran upon no rock. His sword was hi its sheath ; His fingers held the pen, When Kenipenfelt went down With twice four hundred men. Weigh... | |
| Frances Osborne - 1854 - 216 páginas
...Toll for the brave, Brave Kempenfeldt is gone ; His last sea-fight is fought, His work of fclory dona It was not in the battle ; No tempest gave the shock...was in its sheath ; His fingers held the pen ; When Kempeufeldt went down. With twice four hundred men.' " OCEANUS abounds with interesting anecdotes,... | |
| 1854 - 590 páginas
...perished. My earliest recollections of this calamitous event are associated with Cowper's lines, " It was not in the battle; No tempest gave the shock...She ran upon no rock. His sword was in its sheath; Ilia finders held the pen ; When Kempenfelt went down With twice four hundred mea." It is s singularly... | |
| William Cowper - 1854 - 806 páginas
...brave ! Brave Kempenfelt is gone : His last sea-fight is fought ; THE LOSS OF THE ROYAL GEORGE. 113 A was not in the battle ; No tempest gave the shock...fatal leak ; She ran upon no rock. His sword was in his sheath ; His fingers held the pen, When Kempenfelt went down, With twico four hundred menWeigh... | |
| William Cowper, Robert Southey - 1854 - 482 páginas
...all her crew complete. Toll for the brave ! Brave Kempenfelt is gone ; His last sea-fight is fought ; It was not in the battle ; No tempest gave the shock ; She sprang no fatal leak ; She rau upon no rock : His sword was in its sheath ; His fingers held the pen, When Kempenfelt went down,... | |
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