 Down went the Royal George With all her crew complete. Toll for the brave ! Brave Kempenfelt is gone; His last sea-fight is fought, His work of glory done. It was not in the battle; No tempest gave the shock; She sprang no fatal leak, She ran upon no...  Apis matina: Verses translated and original - Page 68by Edward Mallet Young - 1900 - 207 pagesFull view - About this book
 | English essays - 1852 - 782 pages
...not in the battle ; No tempest gave the shock ; She sprang no iatal leak ; She ran upon no rock. " His sword was in its sheath ; His fingers held the pen, When Kempenlëlt went down, With twice four hundred men. Vol. ip 127. The same year that saw the conclusion... | |
 | Old Humphrey - Seafaring life - 1799 - 348 pages
...was not in the battle, No tempest gave the shock ; She sprang no fatal leak ; She ran upon no rock. His sword was in its sheath, His fingers held the...Her timbers yet are sound, And she may float again, Full charged with England's thunder, And plough the distant main : But Kempenfelt is gone, His victories... | |
 | William Cowper - 1853 - 796 pages
...; No tempest gave the shock ; She sprang no fatal leak ; She ran upon no rock. Hi* sword was in his sheath ; His fingers held the pen, When Kempenfelt...Her timbers yet are sound, And she may float again, Fnll-charg'd with England's thunder, And plough the distant mam. But Kempenfelt is gone, His victories... | |
 | William Cowper - Authors, English - 1853 - 800 pages
...No tempest gave the shock ; She sprang no fatal leal; ; She ran upon no rock. His sword was in his sheath ; His fingers held the pen, When Kempenfelt...with our cup, The tear that England owes. Her timbers jet are sound, And she may float again, Full-charg'd with England's thunder, And plough the distant... | |
 | William Cowper - 1853 - 520 pages
...tempeft gave the fhock ; She fprang no fatal leak ; She ran upon no rock. His fword was in its meath ; His fingers held the pen, When Kempenfelt went down With twice four hundred men. Weigh the veflel up, Once dreaded by our foes ! And mingle with our cup The tear that England owes. Her timbers... | |
 | Edward Hughes - 1853 - 766 pages
...was not in the battle, No tempest gave the shock ; She sprang no fatal leak, She ran upon no rock : His sword was in its sheath, His fingers held the pen, When Kempeufelt went down, With twice four hundred men. Weigh the vessel up, Once dreaded by our foes !... | |
 | William Cowper - 1854 - 486 pages
...was not in the battle ; No tempest gave the shock ; She sprang no fatal leak ; She ran upon no rock : His sword was in its sheath ; His fingers held the...Her timbers yet are sound, And she may float again, Pull-charged with England's thunder, And plough the distant main. But Kempenfelt is gone ; His victories... | |
 | William Cowper - 1854 - 806 pages
...his sheath ; His fingers held the pen, When Kempenfelt went down, With twico four hundred menWeigh the vessel up, Once dreaded by our foes! And mingle...Her timbers yet are sound, And she may float again, Full-charg'd witli England's thunder. And plough the distant main. But Kempenfelt is gone, His victories... | |
 | William Cowper - Poetry - 1854 - 488 pages
...not in the battle ; No tempest gave the shock ; She sprang no fatal leak ; She ran upon no rock. 6 His sword was in its sheath ; His fingers held the...Kempenfelt went down With twice four hundred men. 7 Weigh the vessel up, Once dreaded by our foes ! And mingle with our cup The tear that England owes.... | |
 | William Cowper, Henry Stebbing - 1854 - 850 pages
...leak; She ran upon no rock. His sword was hi its sheath ; His fingers held the pen, When Kenipenfelt went down With twice four hundred men. Weigh the vessel up, Once dreaded by our foes 1 And mingle with our cup The tear that England owes. Her timbers yet are sound, And she may float... | |
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