 | Lord Francis Jeffrey Jeffrey - Edinburgh review (1802) - 1846 - 794 pages
...following very short and simple description of the British fleet bearing op to close action : " A» they drifted on their path, There was silence deep...death ! And the boldest held his breath For a time. — " — p. 109. The description of the battle itself (though it begins with a tremendous line) is... | |
 | Lord Francis Jeffrey Jeffrey - Edinburgh review - 1846 - 692 pages
...the following very short and simple description of the British fleet bearing up to close action : — "As they drifted on their path, There was silence deep as death ! And the holdcst held his breath For a time. — " — p. 1 09, The description of the battle itself (though... | |
 | Half hours - 1847 - 580 pages
...; While the sign of battle flew On the lofty British line : It was ten of April morn by the chime, As they drifted on their path, There was silence deep...held his breath, For a time. But the might of England flush'd To anticipate the scene ; And her van the fleeter rush'd O'er the deadly space between. " Hearts... | |
 | Thomas Flanagan - Great Britain - 1847 - 996 pages
...Sing the glorious day's renown, When to battle fierce came forth All the might of Denmark's crown. " ' Hearts of oak,' our captains cried, when each gun,...round the ships, Like the hurricane eclipse Of the inn. RECOGNITION OF THE RIGHT OF SEARCH. 841 Sir Hyde Parker being immediately recalled, Nelson was... | |
 | English literature - 1847 - 482 pages
...harbour, beneath that terrible battery of the " three crowns " where Nelson had been before, when — " There was silence deep as death. And the boldest held his breath For a time." We never carry luggage, as the captain of a Danish cutter found out, after taking the trouble to chace... | |
 | Thomas King Greenbank - 1849 - 446 pages
...brine; While the sign of battle flew, On the lofty British line : It was ten of April morn by the chime: As they drifted on their path, There was silence deep...his breath, For a time. — But the might of England flush'd To anticipate the scene; And her van the fleeter rush'd . O'er the deadly space between. "... | |
 | William Beattie - Authors, Scottish - 1849 - 480 pages
...which they brought, Like Leviathans afloat In the brine. 6. It was ten of Thursday morn, By the chime, As they drifted on their path There was silence deep...death, And the boldest held his breath For a time — 7. Ere a first and fatal round Shook the flood ; Every Dane looked out that day, Like the red wolf... | |
 | American periodicals - 1849 - 588 pages
...which they brought, Like Leviathans afloat In the brine. It was ten of Thursday morn, By the chime, As they drifted on their path There was silence deep...death, And the boldest held his breath For a time — Ere a first and fatal round Shook the flood ; Every Dane looked out that day, Like the red wolf... | |
 | William Beattie - 1850 - 576 pages
...less altered, while it was passing through the press. 6. It was ten of Thursday mom, By the chime, As they drifted on their path There was silence deep as death, And the boldest held his breath For a lime — 7. Ere a first and fatal round Shook the flood ; Every Dane looked out that day, Like the... | |
 | REV. WALTER COLTON - 1850 - 444 pages
...threatening strength reminds one of the terrific lines of Campbell, in the Battle of the Baltic :— • " When each gun, From its adamantine lips, Spread a death-shade round the ships Like the hurricane's eclipse Of the sun." SATURDAY, DEC. 13. A booby was seen last evening, at sunset, circling... | |
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Like leviathans afloat Lay their bulwarks on the brine, While the sign of battle flew On the lofty British line ; It was ten of April morn by the chime. As they drifted on their path There was silence deep as death, And the boldest held his breath For... 
