 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 a time. But the might...  Tales of old travels, re-narrated - Seite 269von Henry Kingsley - 1869Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | Thomas Campbell - 1866 - 506 Seiten
...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, III. But the might of England flush'd To anticipate the scene ; And her van the fleeter rush'd O'er... | |
 | United States. Army service schools, Fort Leavenworth - 1912 - 298 Seiten
...Campbell in his description of the battle of the Baltic. "As their war steeds went surging on their path, There was silence deep as death, And the boldest held his breath Fora time." But hark! what mean those shouts that come rolling down the line? "Port Donelson is ours!"... | |
 | Ernest Rhys - 1913 - 410 Seiten
...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 a time." Campbell was the poetic leader of a troop of versemen of some energy, who used rhetoric freely, and... | |
 | Vere Henry Collins - 1914 - 198 Seiten
...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 a time. But the might of England flushed To anticipate the scene ; And her van the fleeter rushed O'er the... | |
 | Robert Maynard Leonard - 1914 - 142 Seiten
...On the lofty British line : It was ten of April morn by the chime : As they drifted on their path 15 There was silence deep as death, And the boldest held his breath For a time. But the might of England flushed To anticipate the scene ; 20 And her van the fleeter rushed O'er the... | |
 | Cornelia Carhart Ward - 1914 - 448 Seiten
...begins." That calm but pregnant exordium has perhaps no counterpart in the entire range of oratory. "There was silence deep as death, And the boldest held his breath, For a time. " He then proceeded with his speech, but had not been going more than five minutes when a man of gigantic... | |
 | William Henry Hudson - 1914 - 362 Seiten
...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 a time. — in. But the might of England flush'd To anticipate the scene ; And her van the fleeter rush'd O'er... | |
 | Huguenot Society of London - 1914 - 660 Seiten
...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 a time. Now joy, old England, raise ! For the tidings of thy might, By the festal cities' blaze. While the... | |
 | Henry Spackman Pancoast - 1915 - 854 Seiten
...On the lofty British line: It was ten of April morn by the chime; As they drifted on their path, 15 There was silence deep as death, And the boldest held his breath For a time. Bavaria, at the time of the battle there in 1800, between the victorious French and the allied Bavarians... | |
 | Walter Barlow Stevens - 1915 - 604 Seiten
...begins.' "That calm but pregnant exordium has perhaps no counterpart in the entire range of oratory. " 'There was silence deep as death ; And the boldest held his breath For a time.' • "He then proceeded with his speech, but had not been going more than five minutes until a man of... | |
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