 O'er the deadly space between: "Hearts of oak!" our captains cried, when each gun From its adamantine lips Spread a death-shade round the ships, Like the hurricane eclipse Of the sun. Again! again! again! And the havoc did not slack, Till a feeble cheer...  Gertrude of Wyoming, and other poems - Page 96by Thomas Campbell - 1819 - 160 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Samuel Rogers - 1830 - 514 pages
...death-shade round the ships, Like the hurricane eclipse Of the sun. Again! again! again! And the havoc did not slack, Till a feeble cheer the Dane To our...slowly boom . — Then ceased — and all is wail, Ai they strike the shatter'd mil ; Or, in conflagration pale, Light the gloom. — "When t novice,... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - 1830 - 250 pages
...death-shade round the ships, Like the hurricane eclipse Of the sun.— IV. Again! again! again! And the havoc did not slack, Till a feeble cheer the Dane To our...back;— Their shots along the deep slowly boom :— Then ceased—and all is wail, As they strike the shattered sail; Or, in conflagration pale. Light the gloom.—... | |
 | Samuel Rogers - 1830 - 516 pages
...death-shade round the ships, Like the hurricane eclipse Of the sun. Again' again! again! And the havoc did not slack. Till a feeble cheer the Dane To our cheering sent us back ; — Their shou along the deep slowly boom : — Then ceased — and all is wail, As they sinke the shattcr'd... | |
 | Thomas Ewing - 1832 - 428 pages
...death-shade round the ships, Lake the hurricane eclipse Of the sun. Again ! again ! again I And the havoc did not slack, Till a feeble cheer the Dane To our...Then ceased— and all is wail, As they strike the shattered sail ; Or, in conflagration pale, Light the gloom. — Out spoke the victor then, As he hailed... | |
 | Ballads, English - 1835 - 418 pages
...drifted on their path, There was silence deep as death ; And the boldest held his breath, For a time. — But the might of England flush'd To anticipate the...sail ; Or, in conflagration pale, Light the gloom. — Out spoke the victor then, As he hail'd them o'er the wave ; ' Ye are brothers ! ye are men ! '... | |
 | England - 1835 - 794 pages
...fleeter rush'd O'er the deadly space betiveeu. n ' Hearts of oak ! ' our captains cried ; vvb«n MC * From its adamantine lips Spread a death-shade round...shots along the deep slowly boom ;— Then ceased — aud all is wail, As they strike the shatter'd sail ; Or, in conflagration pale, Light the gloom.... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - 1835 - 258 pages
...death-shade round the ships, Like the hurricane eclipse Of the sun.— IV. Again! again! again! And the havoc did not slack, Till a feeble cheer the Dane To our...Then ceased — and all is wail, As they strike the shattered sail ; Or, in conflagration pale, Light the gloom. — V. Outspoke the victor then, As he... | |
 | sir Archibald Alison (1st bart.) - 1835 - 830 pages
...distinctions were forgotten in the universal grief which prevail* Again, again, again, And the havoc did not slack, Till a feeble cheer the Dane To our cheering sent us b:.ck ; Their shots along the deep slowly boom : — Then ceas'd, and all is wail, As ihey strike the... | |
 | Harp - English poetry - 1836 - 380 pages
...drifted on their path, There was silence deep as death ; And the boldest held his breath, For a time. — But the might of England flush'd To anticipate the...sail ; Or, in conflagration pale, Light the gloom. — Out spoke the victor then, As he hail'd them o'er the wave ; " Ye are brothers ! ye are men ! And... | |
 | English poetry - 1836 - 514 pages
...death-shade round the ships, Like the hurricane eclipse Of the sun. Again! again! again! And the havoc did not slack, Till a feeble cheer the Dane To our...Then ceased — and all is wail, As they strike the shattcr'd sail ; Or, in conflagration paie, Light the gloom. — " When a Dovirv, or on« that hi»... | |
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