 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.  First (-Fourth) reading book - Page 314by Philip George and son, ltd - 1872Full view - About this book
 | Thomas Campbell - 1821 - 254 pages
...fleeter rush'd O'er the deadly space hetween. ' Hearts of oak,' our captains cried i when each run From its adamantine lips Spread a death-shade round...the ships, Like the hurricane eclipse Of the sun.— IV. Again ! agaia ! again ! And the havoc did not slack, Till a feehle cheer the Dane To our cheering... | |
 | Allan Cunningham - 1825 - 756 pages
...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...back;— Their shots along the deep slowly boom,— Then cease—and all is wail, As they strike the shatter'd sail; Or in conflagration pale Light the gloom.... | |
 | Allan Cunningham - Ballads, Scots - 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...— Their shots along the deep slowly boom, — Then cease — and all is wail, As they strike the shatter'd sail ; •Or in conflagration pale Light the... | |
 | Tobias Merton (pseud) - 1825 - 380 pages
...thousand years ;" or on the blood-stained deep, " Where each gun, From its adamantine lips, Spreads a death-shade round the ships, Like the hurricane eclipse Of the sun—-" Vor,. ГУ. В ere wi- can behold the mightiness of his spirit. It is then that we witness the ptet... | |
 | English poetry - 1826 - 434 pages
...deadly space between. From its adamantine lips " Hearts of oak," our captains cried ! when each gun Spread a death-shade round the ships, Like the hurricane...:— Their shots along the deep slowly boom :— Then ceas'd—and all is wail, As they strike the shatter'd sail; Or, in conflagration pale, Out spoke the... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - 1828 - 258 pages
...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...eclipse Of the sun. Again ! again ! again ! And the havock did not slack, Till a feeble cheer the Dane To our cheering sent us back ; — Their shots along... | |
 | Samuel Rogers - 1829 - 520 pages
...• He irts of oak!» our captains cried; when each gun From its adamantine lips Spread a diMih-shade round the ships, Like the hurricane eclipse Of the...And the havoc did not slack, Till a feeble cheer the ОптТо our cheering sent us hack ; — Their shot* along the deep slowly boom : — Then ceased... | |
 | Samuel Rogers - 1830 - 514 pages
...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...slowly boom . — Then ceased — and all is wail, Ai they strike the shatter'd mil ; Or, in conflagration pale, Light the gloom. — "When t novice,... | |
 | Samuel Rogers - 1830 - 516 pages
...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...the Dane To our cheering sent us back ; — Their shou along the deep slowly boom : — Then ceased — and all is wail, As they sinke the shattcr'd... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - 1830 - 248 pages
...And the boldest held his breath, For a time. — III. "Hearts of oak," our captains cried; when each gun From its adamantine lips Spread a death-shade...the ships, Like the hurricane eclipse Of the sun.— IV. Again ! again ! again ! And the havoc did not slack, Till a feeble cheer the Dane To our cheering... | |
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