 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
 | John Matthews Manly - 1916 - 828 Seiten
...battle flew On the lofty British line: It was ten of April morn by the chime: As they drifted on their ver turned his back but marched breast forward, Never doubted clouds would break, 18 But the might of England flushed To anticipate the scene, And her van the fleeter rushed O'er the... | |
 | John Matthews Manly - 1916 - 806 Seiten
...battle flew On the lofty British line : It was ten of April mom by the chime : As they drifted on their the night with dress, diversions, and flattery, and who, having made no acquainta 18 But the might of England flushed To anticipate the scene, And her van the fleeter rushed O'er the... | |
 | George Benjamin Woods - 1916 - 1604 Seiten
...flew On the lofty British line; It was ten of April morn by the chime. 15 As they drifted on their >s as @;T, But the might of England flush 'd 20 To anticipate the scene ; And her van the fleeter rush'd 0 'er... | |
 | Guido Hermann Stempel - 1917 - 412 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. — 3 But the might of England flush'd To anticipate the scene; And her van the fleeter rush'd O'er... | |
 | Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch - 1918 - 1116 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... | |
 | Floyd Calvin Shoemaker - 1918 - 292 Seiten
...business. If there is to be any of it here, it had better be attended to before the speaking begins.' "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 gigantic... | |
 | JOHN BARTLETT - 1919 - 1476 Seiten
...Shall yet terrilu; burn, Till danger's troubled night depart, And the star of peace return. yiiej. There was silence deep as death. And the boldest held his breath For 81 time. Battle if the BaltU. The combat deepens. On, ye brave, "Who rush to glory or the grave ! "Wave,... | |
 | Arthur Mee - 1910 - 656 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... | |
 | G. R. S. Darroch - 1920 - 286 Seiten
...surely never fade from the memory of living man or woman, crises during which it may be said that — " There was silence deep as death, And the boldest held his breath, For a time," the while the fate of the Empire, of the whole civilised world, hung in the balance. Such a crisis,... | |
 | G. R. S. Darroch - 1920 - 294 Seiten
...surely never fade from the memory of living man or woman, crises during which it may be said that — " There was silence deep as death, And the boldest held his breath, For a tune," the while the fate of the Empire, of the whole civilised world, hung in the balance. Such a... | |
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