 | Charles Eliot Norton - Fairy tales - 1899 - 296 pages
...proud, though child-like form. 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. He call'd aloud : — " Say, father, say If yet my task is done ! " He knew not that the chieftain lay... | |
 | Etta Austin Blaisdell McDonald, Mary Frances Blaisdell - 1900 - 250 pages
...proud though child-like form. The flames rolled on — he would not go Without his father's word ; That father, faint in death below, His voice no longer...yet be gone ! " And but the booming shots replied, Upon his brow he felt their breath, " And in his waving hair ; And looked from that lone post of death,... | |
 | Edward Mallet Young - English poetry - 1900 - 228 pages
...A proud though child-like form. The flames rolled on — He would not . Without his father's word : That father, faint in death below, His voice no longer...not that the chieftain lay Unconscious of his son. 96 CONSTANTIS IUVENEM FIDE. Stabat in ardentis strata puer abiete puppis ; exierat pavida cetera turba... | |
 | Alice Rose Power - American poetry - 1901 - 216 pages
...proud, though child-like form. The flames rolled on — he would not go, Without his father's word; That father, faint in death below, His voice no longer...Speak, father!" once again he cried, " If I may yet begone?" And but the booming shots replied, And fast the flames roll'd on. Poems For Memorizing Upon... | |
 | Henry Troth Coates - American poetry - 1901 - 1080 pages
...proud, though child-like form. The dames roll'd on — lie would not go Without his father's word ; wrapt, trans- ! Adown enormous ravines slope amainTorrents, meth call'd aloud, " Say, father, say, If yet my task is done ?" He knew not that the chieftain lay Unconscious... | |
 | Alice Rose Power - 1902 - 216 pages
...proud, though child-like form. The flames rolled on — he would not go, Without his father's word; That father, faint in death below, His voice no longer...but the booming shots replied, And fast the flames roll'd on. Poems For Memorizing Upon his brow he felt their breath, And in his waving hair, And looked... | |
 | James Lauren Ford, Mary K. Ford - Historical poetry - 1902 - 470 pages
...proud, though child-like form. The flames rolled on — he would not go Without his father's word ; That father, faint in death below, His voice no longer...father!" once again he cried, "If I may yet be gone I" And but the booming shots replied, And fast the flames rolled on. Upon his brow he felt their breath,... | |
 | Thomas William Hodgson Crosland - Ballads, English - 1902 - 376 pages
...heard. He call'd aloud — ' Say, father, say If yet my task is done ? ' He knew not that the cheftain lay Unconscious of his son. ' Speak, father ! ' once again he cried, ' If I may yet be gone P — And but the booming shots replied, And fast the flames roll'd on. Upon his brow he felt their... | |
 | Ballads, English - 1902 - 386 pages
...stood, As born to rule the storm; A creature of heroic blood, A proud, though child-like form. He call'd aloud—' Say, father, say If yet my task is done ?' He knew not that the cheftain lay Unconscious of his son. ' If I may yet be gone P —And but the booming shots replied,... | |
 | English poetry - 1904 - 280 pages
...A proud, though childlike form. The flames roll'd on — he would not go Without his father's word; That father, faint in death below, His voice no longer...but the booming shots replied, And fast the flames roll'd on. Upon his brow he felt their breath, And in his waving hair; And looked from that lone post... | |
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once again he cried, ' If I may yet be gone ! ' And but the booming shots replied, And fast the flames rolled on. 
