 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
 | Charles Mackay - 1857 - 334 pages
...work of glory done. It was not in the battle ; No tempest gave the shock ; She sprang no fatal leak ; His sword -was in its sheath, His fingers held the...Her timbers yet are sound, And she may float again, Full charg'd with England's thunder, And plough the distant main. But Kempenfelt is gone, His victories... | |
 | Epes Sargent - Elocution - 1857 - 444 pages
...; no tempest gave the shock ; She sprang no fatal leak ; she ran upon no rock. His sword was in his sheath, his fingers held the pen, When Kempenfelt...Her timbers yet are sound, and she may float again, Full charged with England's thunder, and plow the distant main. But Kempenfelt is gone, his victories... | |
 | Silvester Tissington - 1857 - 560 pages
...toll, for the braveBrave KEMPENFELDT is gone ; His last sea-fight is fought, His work of glory done. His sword was in its sheath, His fingers held the pen, When Kempenfeldt went down, With twice four-hundred men." In Bath Abbey church : — " Here under lyes all... | |
 | Daniel Ricketson - Antislavery movements - 1858 - 426 pages
...was not in the battle; No tempest gave the shock ; She sprang no fatal leak; v 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... | |
 | Henry Reed - English literature - 1858 - 424 pages
...battle; No tempest gave the shock; She sprang no fatal leak; She ran upon no rock. His sword was in the sheath ; His fingers held the pen, When Kempenfelt...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... | |
 | Children - 1859 - 198 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 plow the distant main. But Kempenfelt is gone ; His victories... | |
 | Mackenzie Edward Charles Walcott - 1859 - 660 pages
...Toll for the brave ! brave Kempenfelt is gone. His last sea-fight is fought ; his work of glory done. His sword was in its sheath, his fingers held the...Kempenfelt went down, with twice four hundred men." In 1817, Mr. Ancell, of the Dockyard, reported that it was impossible to destroy the wreck ; but, in... | |
 | Mackenzie Edward C. Walcott - Dorset (England) - 1859 - 198 pages
...Toll for the brave ! brave Kempenfelt is gone, His last sea-fight is fought ; his work of glory done. His sword was in its sheath, his fingers held the...Kempenfelt went down, with twice four hundred men." In 1817, Mr. Ancell, of the Dockyard, reported that it was impossible to destroy the wreck ; but, in... | |
 | William Cowper - Literary Collections - 2003 - 124 pages
...battle, No tempest gave the shock, She sprang no fatal leak, She ran upon no rock; His sword was in the sheath, His fingers held the pen, When Kempenfelt went down With twice four hundred men. 24 Weigh the vessel up, Once dreaded by our foes, And mingle with your cup The tears that England owes;... | |
 | GLENN G. TUCKER - Fiction - 2005 - 572 pages
...thfiJtoyjaLGeQEge!! a battleship that foundered. As he finished the poem, he read the last two stanzas again. "Weigh the vessel up Once dreaded by our foes And mingle with our cup The tears that England owes. Her timbers yet are sound And may she float again Full charged with England's... | |
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