 | John Epy Lovell - Elocution - 1836 - 534 pages
...proud though childlike form. The flames rolled on — he would not go, Without his father's word ; That father, faint in death below, His voice no longer...booming shots replied — And fast the flames rolled on. And looked from that lone post of death, In still, yet brave despair. And shouted but once more aloud,... | |
 | Jonathan Barber - Oratory - 1836 - 404 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...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... | |
 | William Holmes McGuffey - Rare books - 1836 - 180 pages
...not go, Without his father's word; That father, faint in death below, His voice no longer heard. 4. He called aloud — "Say, father, say If yet my task...not that the chieftain lay Unconscious of his son. i>. "Speak, father," once again he cried, "If I may yet be gone." And-1— but the booming shot replied,... | |
 | Mrs. Hemans - English poetry - 1836 - 472 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...called aloud — " Say, father, say If yet my task is iloncl" He knew not that the chieftain lay Unconscious of his son. " Speak, Father!" once again he... | |
 | Author of The young man's own book - American poetry - 1836 - 336 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 Unconscious... | |
 | Samuel Putnam - Readers - 1836 - 226 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 Unconscious... | |
 | Chronicles of the sea - 1838 - 488 pages
...would not go Without his father's word ; That father, faint in death below, His voice no longer heardHe called aloud : — " Say, father, say, If yet my task...father !"-once again he cried, If I may yet be gone 1 And" — but the booming shots replied, And fast the flames rolled on 1 Upon his brow he felt their... | |
 | Jesse Olney - Readers - 1838 - 346 pages
...Without his father's word ; That father, faint in death below, His voice no- longer heard. 4. He call'd aloud — " Say, father, say If yet my task is done...not that the chieftain lay Unconscious of his son. 6. " Speak, rather !" once again he cried, "If I may yet be gone r' — And but the booming shots replied,... | |
 | American poetry - 1838 - 332 pages
...proud, though child-like form. The flames rpll'd on — he would not go, Without hin 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 T He knew not that the chieftain lay Unconscious... | |
 | Joseph Payne - 1839 - 302 pages
...been abandoned ; and perished in the explosion of the vessel when the flames had reached the powder. He called aloud — " Say, father, say, " If yet my...he cried, If I may yet be gone ! And" — but the booming[i] shots replied, And fast the flames rolled on. Upon his brow he felt their breath, And in... | |
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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. 
