Again ! again ! again ! And the havoc did not slack Till a feeble cheer the Dane To our cheering sent us back : Their shots along the deep .slowly boom : Then ceased and all is wail, As they strike the shattered sail ; Or, in conflagration pale, Light... Life and Letters of Thomas Campbell - Page 44by William Beattie - 1849 - 480 pagesFull view - About this book
| Thomas Campbell - 1809 - 148 pages
...her van the fleeter rush'd O'er the deadly space between. ' Hearts of oak,' our captains cried! when each gun From its adamantine lips Spread a death-shade round the ships, Like the hurricane eclipse Of the sun. — IV, Again! again! again! And the havoc did not slack, Till a... | |
| Thomas Campbell - 1810 - 272 pages
...van the fleeter rush'd O'er the deadly space between. 29 ' Hearts of oak,' our captains cried ! when each gun From its adamantine lips Spread a death-shade round the ships, Like the hurriance eclipse Of the sun. IV. Again ! again ! again ! And the havoc did not slack, Till a feeble... | |
| Thomas Campbell - 1810 - 266 pages
...her van the fleetef rush'd O'er the deadly space between. ' Hearts of oak,' our captains cried! when each gun From its adamantine lips Spread a death-shade round the ships, Like the hurricane eclipse Of the suii. Again ! again ! again ! IV. And the havoc did not slack, Till a... | |
| Poetical selections - 1811 - 324 pages
...To anticipate the scene ; And her van the fleeter rush'd " Hearts of oak!" our Captain cried; wheu each gun, From its adamantine lips, Spread a death-shade round the ships, Like the hurricane eclipse Of the sun, — Again! again! again! And the havoc did not slack;. Till a feeble... | |
| Thomas Ewing - 1819 - 448 pages
...her van the fleeter rush'd O'er the deadly space between. ' Hearts of oak,' our captains cried ! when each gun From its adamantine lips Spread a death-shade round the ships, Like the hurricane eclipse Of the sun. Again ! again ! again ! And the havock did not slack, Till a feeble... | |
| British melodies - 1820 - 280 pages
...her van the fleeter rush'd O'er the deadly space between. 'Hearts of oak,' our captains cried!' when each gun From its adamantine lips Spread a death-shade round the ships, Like the hurricane eclipse Of the sun. Again! again! again! And the havock did not slack, Till a feeble... | |
| Privateer - 1821 - 464 pages
...scene, And fleeter rushed O'er the deadly space between. " Hearts of ouk" our captains cried, when each gun From its adamantine lips, Spread a death-shade round the ships, Like the hurricane eclipse Of the sun. CAMPBELL. the appointed hour Raleigh went on shore, and returned... | |
| Allan Cunningham - 1825 - 756 pages
...her van the fleeter rush'd O'er the deadly space between. Hearts of oak ! our captains cried; when each gun From its adamantine lips Spread a death-shade round the ships, Like the hurricane eclipse Of the sun. Again ! again ! again ! And the havoc did not slack, Till a feeble... | |
| Allan Cunningham - 1825 - 388 pages
...fleeter rush'd O'er the deadly space between. VOL. iv. AA Hearts of oak ! our captains cried ; when each gun From its adamantine lips Spread a death-shade round the ships, Like the hurricane eclipse Of the sun. Again ! again ! again ! And the havoc did not slack, Till a feeble... | |
| Thomas Campbell - 1828 - 258 pages
...her van the fleeter rush'd O'er the deadly space between. ' Hearts of oak !' our captains cried; when each gun From its adamantine lips Spread a death-shade round the ships, Like the hurricane eclipse Of the sun. Again ! again ! again ! And the havock did not slack, Till a feeble... | |
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