 | 1809 - 572 Seiten
...than 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...And the boldest held his breath, For a time . The description of the battle itself (though it begins with a tremendous line) is in the same spirit of... | |
 | 1809 - 706 Seiten
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 | Thomas Campbell - 1809 - 148 Seiten
...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...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... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - 1810 - 266 Seiten
...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...; And the boldest held his breath, For a time.— III. But the might of England flush'd To anticipate the scene; And her van the fleetef rush'd O'er... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - 1810 - 272 Seiten
...; 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...death ; And the boldest held his breath, For a time. — III. But the might of England flush'd To anticipate the scene ; And her van the fleeter rush'd... | |
 | Poetical selections - 1811 - 324 Seiten
...brine; While the sis;n 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...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 " Hearts... | |
 | Andreas Andersen Feldborg - 1815 - 194 Seiten
...ships in all the sublimity and terror, of which the poet has given so impressive a description. " At they drifted on their path, There was silence deep...death ; And the boldest held his breath For a time V , . The battle commenced at five minutes after ten, when the Provesteen opened her fire on the Edgar.... | |
 | Andreas Andersen Feldborg - 1816 - 158 Seiten
...British ships in all the sublimity and terror, of which the poet baa given so impressive a description. * As they drifted on their path, There was silence deep as death; And i he boldest held his breath For a time."* The battle commenced at five minutes after leu, when the... | |
 | 1830 - 990 Seiten
...men and true ;" and of them, with lamentably few exceptions, it may be said, " As he drilled on his path, There was silence deep as death, And the boldest held his breath For a time." We have dwelt energetically on this passage in the Life of Byron, because for a long time it was thought... | |
 | Thomas Ewing - 1819 - 448 Seiten
...; 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...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... | |
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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... 
