say, father ! say, If yet my task is done ? " He knew not that the chieftain lay Unconscious of his son. " Speak, father!" once again he cried, " If I may yet be gone ! And" — but the booming shots replied, And fast the flames rolled on. The Forest Sanctuary: With Other Poems - Page 244by Felicia Dorothea Browne Hemans - 1829 - 324 pagesFull view - About this book
| 1826 - 726 pages
...he stood, As born to rule the storm ; A creature of heroic blood, A proud, though child-like form. The flames rolled on — he would not go, Without...Speak, Father !" once again he cried, " If I may yet begone ! And " — but the booming shots replied, And fast the flames rolled on. Upon his brow he felt... | |
| Felicia Dorothea Browne Hemans - 1826 - 502 pages
...the flames had reached the 17 That father, faint in death below, His voice no longer heard. He call'd aloud — " Say, father, say If yet my task is done...Father ! " once again he cried, " If I may yet be gone ! " — And but the booming shots replied, And fast the flames roll'd on. Upon his brow he felt their... | |
| Boston (Mass.) - 1826 - 426 pages
...proud, though child-like form. The flames roll'd on— be would not 50, Without bit father's word; The father, faint in death below, His voice no longer heard. He called aloud— 'Say, Father, sty, ' If yet my task is done »' Re knew not that the chieftain lav Unconscious of lib ion. 'Speak,... | |
| Mrs. Hemans - 1826 - 502 pages
...abandoned; and perishcd in the explosion of the vessel, when the flames had reached the powder. 17 That father, faint in death below, His voice no longer heard. He call'd aloud—" Say, father, say If yet my task is done ? " He knew not that the chieftain lay Unconscious... | |
| Mrs. Hemans - 1826 - 502 pages
...abandoned ; and perished in the explosion of the vessel, when the flames had reached the powder. 17 That father, faint in death below, His voice no longer heard. He call'd aloud—" Say, father, say If yet my task is done ? " He knew not that the chieftain lay Unconscious... | |
| Mrs. Hemans - 1827 - 360 pages
...to rule the storm ; A creature of heroic blood, A proud, though child-like form. The flames roll'd on — he would not go, Without his father's word...faint in death below, His voice no longer heard. He call'd aloud — " Say, father, say If yet my task is done ? " He knew not that the chieftain lay Unconscious... | |
| Mrs. Hemans - English poetry - 1828 - 228 pages
...to rule the storm ; A creature of heroic blood, A proud, though child-like form. The flames rpll'd on— he would not go, Without his father's word ;...faint in death below, His voice no longer heard. He call'd aloud — " Say, father, say If yet my task is done ?" Pie knew not that the chieftain lay Unconscious... | |
| Ebenezer Porter - Elocution - 1828 - 414 pages
...had fled ; The flame that lit the battle's wreck, Shone round him o'er the dead. 2 The flames roll'd on — he would not go, Without his father's word...father, faint in death below, His voice no longer heard. 3 He call'd aloud — " Say, father, say If yet my task is done 1" He knew not that the chieftain lay... | |
| Mrs. Hemans - 1828 - 228 pages
...in death below, His voice no longer heard. He call'd aloud—" Say, father, say If yet my task i» done?" He knew not that the chieftain lay Unconscious...son. " Speak, Father !" once again he cried, « If 1 may yet be gone !" — And but the booming shots replied, And fast the flames roll'd on. Upon his... | |
| Ebenezer Porter - Elocution - 1828 - 418 pages
...; The flame that lit the battle's wreck, Shone round him o'er the dead. 2 The flames roll'd on—he would not go, Without his father's word ; That father, faint in death below, His voice no longer heard. 3 He call'd aloud—" Say, father, say If yet my task is done ?" He knew not that the chieftain lay... | |
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