 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...  Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Seite 4481830Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | Honor - 1856 - 94 Seiten
...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. » in. But the might of England flush'd To anticipate the scene ; And her van the fleeter rush'd O'er... | |
 | Honor, Thomas Campbell - 1856 - 108 Seiten
...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. in. But the might of England flush'd To anticipate the scene ; And her van the fleeter rush'd O'er... | |
 | Anne Bowman - 1856 - 316 Seiten
...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 of England flush'd To anticipate the scene ; And her van the fleeter rush'd 0 er the... | |
 | Charles Rogers - 1856 - 394 Seiten
...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 of England flush'd To anticipate the scene ; And her van the fleeter rush'd O'er the... | |
 | Lord Francis Jeffrey Jeffrey - 1856 - 794 Seiten
...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 boldest held his breaih For a time. — " — p. 109. The description of the battle itself (though it begins with a... | |
 | Charles Mackay - 1857 - 334 Seiten
...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 of England flush'd, To anticipate the scene ; And her van the fleeter rush'd O'er the... | |
 | Robert Aris Willmott - 1857 - 436 Seiten
...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 of England flush'd To anticipate the scene ; And her van the fleeter rush'd O'er... | |
 | English poetry - 1857 - 334 Seiten
...bulwarks on the brine ; While the sign of battle flew On the lofty British line ; 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... | |
 | Charles William Smith (professor of elocution.) - 1857 - 338 Seiten
...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 of England flushed To anticipate the scene ; And her van the fleeter rushed O'er... | |
 | 1857 - 594 Seiten
...directed to the little hand which worked playfully among the papers ere it made its choice. Then 1 There was silence deep as death, And the boldest held his breath, For a time.' This silence was broken by a trumpeter on the scaffold, whose consequential notes, re-echoed by the... | |
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