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" 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 96
by Thomas Campbell - 1819 - 160 pages
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The Poetry and Poets of Britain: From Chaucer to Tennyson ; with ...

Daniel Scrymgeour - English poetry - 1850 - 596 pages
...Dane To onr eheering sent ns baek ; — Their shots along the deep slowly boom ; — Then eease — and all is wail, As they strike the shatter'd sail ; Or, in eonflagration pale, Light the gloom. VIL Now joy, old England, raise ! For the tidings of thy might,...
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The Illustrated London Reading Book

English language - 1851 - 278 pages
...hurricane eclipse Of the sun. Again! again! again! And the havoc did not slack, Till a feeble eheer the Dane To our cheering sent us back — Their shots...: Then ceased, and all is wail As they strike the shatter' d sail, Or, in conflagration pale, Light the gloom. Out spoke the victor then, As he hail'dthem...
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First Book of Poetry for Elementary Schools

Frederic Charles Cook - 1851 - 118 pages
...shade round the ships, Like the hurricane eclipse Of the sun. Again ! again ! again I And the havoc did not slack, Till a feeble cheer the Dane To our...Their shots along the deep slowly boom : — Then ceas'd — and all is wail, As they strike the shatter'd sail, Or in conflagration pale, Light the...
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Select English poetry, with notes by E. Hughes

Edward Hughes - 1851 - 362 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...back : — Their shots along the deep slowly boom ;4 — Then ceased — and all is wail, As they strike the shatter'd sail ; Or, in conflagration pale,...
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The United Empire minstrel: a selection of the best national, constitutional ...

William Shannon - Irish poetry - 1852 - 294 pages
...ships, Like the hurricane eclipse THK UNITED EMPIRE MINSTREL. 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. Now joy, old England, raise, For the tidings...
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The Modern British Essayists: Jeffrey, Francis. Contributions to the ...

English essays - 1852 - 782 pages
...hurricane eclipse Of the sun.— " Again! again! again! And the havoc did not slack, Till a feebler cheer the Dane To our cheering sent us back ;— Their shots along the deep slowly boom :— Then cease !—and all is wail, As they strike the shaiter'd sail ; Or, in conflagration pale, Light the...
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The Modern British Essayists: Jeffrey, Francis. Contributions to the ...

English essays - 1852 - 782 pages
...hurricane eclipse Of the sun. — "Again! again! again! And the havoc did not slack, Till a feebler cheer the Dane To our cheering sent us back ;— Their shots along the deep slowly boom : — Then cease ! — and all is wail, As they strike the shatter' d sail ; Or, in conflagration pale, Light...
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The Book of Eloquence: A Collection of Extracts in Prose and Verse, from the ...

Readers - 1853 - 458 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...Then ceased — and all is wail, As they strike the shattered sail ; Or in conflagration pale, Light the gloom. Now joy, old England, raise ! For the tidings...
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Ausfuhrliches theoretisch-praktisches lehrbuch der englischen sprache, Volume 2

G. F. Burckhardt - 1853 - 366 pages
...round the ships. Like the hurricane eclipse Of the sun. — IV. Again! again I again! And the havoc did not slack, Till a feeble cheer the Dane To our...back; — Their shots along the deep slowly boom Then ceas'd — and all is wail, As they strike the shatter'd sail; Or in conflagration pale, Light the...
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The Complete Poetical Works of Thomas Campbell: With an Original Biography ...

Thomas Campbell - 1854 - 404 pages
...the ihip*, • Like the hurricane eclipse Of the sun. — IT. 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. — Out spoke the victor then, As he hailed...
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