 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
 | Henry Twells - 1862 - 262 pages
...fleeter rushed O'er the deadly space between. " Hearts of oak ! " our captains cried ; when each g™. From its adamantine lips, Spread a death-shade round...sail ; Or, in conflagration pale, Light the gloom. Out spoke the victor then, As he hailed them o'er the wave ; " Ye are brothers ! ye are men ! And we... | |
 | English poetry - 1863 - 438 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...shatter'd 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 we... | |
 | Charles Dibdin - English poetry - 1863 - 366 pages
...the 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...shatter'd 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 we... | |
 | Henry Twells - 1864 - 318 pages
...For a time. But the might of England flushed To anticipate the scene ; And her van the fleeter rushed O'er the deadly space between. " Hearts of oak ! "...sail ; Or, in conflagration pale, Light the gloom. Out spoke the victor then, As he hailed them o'er the wave ; " Ye are brothers ! ye are men ! And we... | |
 | Thomas Budd Shaw, sir William Smith - 1864 - 554 pages
...anticipate the scene ; And her van the fleeter rush'd O'er the deadly space between. " Hearts of oak 1" our captains cried ; when each gun From its adamantine...sail ; Or, in conflagration pale, Light the gloom. — Out spoke the victor then, As he hail'd them o'er the wave ; " Ye ate brothers ! ye are men ! And... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - 1864 - 328 pages
...death-shade round the ships, Like the hurricane eclipse Of the sun. Iv. Again! again! again I A ad the havoc did not slack, Till a feeble cheer the Dane To our...spoke the victor then, As he hail'd them o'er the " Ye are brothers ! ye are men I And we conqner but to save ; — So peace instead of death let us... | |
 | Book - 1864 - 396 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 shattered sail ; Or, in conflagration pale, Light the gloom. Out spoke the victor then, As he hailed... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - 1866 - 506 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...Or, in conflagration pale, Light the gloom. — v. So peace instead of death let us bring ; But yield, proud foe, thy fleet, With the crews, at England's... | |
 | 1866 - 524 pages
...death-shade round the ships, Like the hurricane eclipse Of the sun. IT. Again ! again 1 again ! And the havoc did not slack, Till a feeble cheer the Dane To our...sail ; Or, in conflagration pale, Light the gloom. — T. So peace instead of death let us bring; But yield, proud foe, thy fleet, With the crews, at... | |
 | Charles Bilton - 1866 - 264 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 : —...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... | |
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