 Toll for the brave! The brave that are no more! All sunk beneath the wave, Fast by their native shore ! Eight hundred of the brave, Whose courage well was tried, Had made the vessel heel, And laid her on her side. A land-breeze shook the shrouds, And...  The child's book of song and praise - Page 18by Child - 1871Full view - About this book
 | Tales - 1847 - 336 pages
...the report of the event reached him, will fitly close this account of so disastrous a wreck. " Toll for the brave ! The brave that are no more ! All sunk...made the vessel heel , And laid her on her side. " A land-beeze shook the shrouds, And she was overset ; Down went the Royal George, With all her crew complete.... | |
 | William Cowper - 1850 - 476 pages
...WHEN THE NEWS ARRIVED. To the March in Scipio. All sunk beneath the wave, Fast by their native shore t Eight hundred of the brave, Whose courage well was...made the vessel heel, And laid her on her side. A land-breeze shook the shrouds, And she was overset ; Down went the Royal George, With all her crew... | |
 | Electronic journals - 1913 - 586 pages
...much wind at the time. The real cause of the sinking of the vessel is given in the previous stanza : Eight hundred of the brave, Whose courage well was...Had made the vessel heel And laid her on her side. The standard authority on th? history of our Navy — Clowes's ' Royal Navy ' — lias a very brief... | |
 | Charles Mackay - Ballads, English - 1851 - 332 pages
...king." Hearts of oak, <kc. THE LOSS OF THE ROYAL GEORGE. WILLUM COWPEE, born 1731, died 1800. TOLL for the brave! The brave that are no more ! All sunk...shook the shrouds, And she was overset ; Down went the Eoyal George With all her crew complete. Toll for the brave ! Brave Kempenfelt is gone ; His last sea... | |
 | William Cowper - English poetry - 1851 - 790 pages
...letters, for the sake of annexing it to the original. • ONU. ON THE LOSS OF THE ROYAL OEOBOE. Toll for the brave ! The brave that are no more ! All sunk...made the vessel heel, And laid her on her side. A land-breeze shook the shrouds, And she was overset ; Down went the Royal George, With all her crew... | |
 | William Cowper - English poetry - 1852 - 466 pages
...that are no more; All sunk heneath the wave, Fast hy their native shore ! Eight hundred of the hrave, Whose courage well was tried, Had made the vessel heel, And laid her on her side. A land hreeze shook the shrouds, And she was overset; Down went the Royal George, With all her crew complete.... | |
 | 1852 - 596 pages
...living or dead, on any subject that may be named: " Toll fw the brave! ' The brave that are no more! A11 sunk beneath the wave, Fast by their native shore! Eight hundred of the brave, Whose cournge well was tried, Had made the veste! heel, And laid her on her side. A land breeze shook the... | |
 | Royalist - 1852 - 278 pages
...realms, no limit to their sway; Our flag the sceptre all who meet obey. BYRON'S CORSAIR. Toll for<the brave ! The brave that are no more ! All sunk beneath the wave. COfTPER. IN the letter which Wilraot had written to his brother, he had laid bare with complete frankness... | |
 | Lingual reader - 1853 - 222 pages
...of the wind ; who laid the foundations of the earth that it should not be removed for ever." "Toll for the brave ! The brave that are no more ; All sunk beneath the wave, Fast by their native shore !" THE HEAD TONE. " For lo, the winter is past, the rain is over and gone ; the flowers appear on the... | |
 | William Cowper - 1854 - 806 pages
...ONTHELOSSOFTHEROyALGEOlKjE, [To the March in Sct.jrio.'] WRITTEN WHEN THE NEWS ARRIVED [September, 1762.] TOLL for the brave ! The brave that are no more, All sunk...the wave, Fast by their native shore ! Eight hundred cf the bravu, Whose courage well was tried, Had made the vessel heel, And laid her on her side. A land... | |
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