 | Children's poetry - 1843 - 184 pages
...father, say, If yet my task is done ? " He knew not that the chieftain lay Unconscious of his son. " Speak, father ! " once again he cried, " If I may...that lone post of death, In still, yet brave despair. And shouted but once more aloud, " My father ! must I stay ? " While o'er him fast, thro' sail and... | |
 | William Russell - English language - 1843 - 192 pages
...obedience, remained at his station, after the ship had taken lire. and the guns had all been abandoned. " Speak, father! " once again he cried, " If I may yet...he felt their breath, And in his waving hair, And look'd from that lone post of death, In still, yet br&vc despair, And shouted but once more aloud,... | |
 | sir Archibald Alison (1st bart.) - 1843 - 828 pages
...death below, His voice no longer heard. " Speak, father," once again, ho cried, " If I mfl.v vet l1e gone ! '* And but the booming shots replied. And fast...waving hair; And looked from that lone post of death In stili yet brave despair. And shouted but once more aloud. " My father! Must I stay ?" While o'er him... | |
 | 1843 - 826 pages
...son. " ' Speak, Father!' once again h* cried, ' If I may yet be gone !' And but the burning shrouds replied, And fast the flames rolled on. " Upon his...that lone post of death, In still yet brave despair. " And shouted but once more aloud, ' My father ! must 1 stay?' While o'er him fast, through sail and... | |
 | William Russell - English language - 1843 - 180 pages
...fire, and the guns had all been abandoned. " Sp&ak, father ! " once again he cried, " If I may yiit he gone ! " And but the booming shots replied, And fast...he felt their breath, And in his waving hair, And look'd from that lone post of death, In still, yet br&ve despair, And shouted but once more aloud,... | |
 | John Epy Lovell - Readers - 1843 - 524 pages
...father, say If yet my task is done ?" He knew not that the chieftain lay Unconscious of his son. " Speak, father !" once again he cried, " If I may yet...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,... | |
 | Felicia Dorothea Hemans - 1845 - 360 pages
...Father, say If yet my task is done ?" He knew not that the chieftain lay Unconscious of his son. " Speak, Father ! " once again he cried, " If I may...but the booming shots replied, And fast the flames roll'd on. * Young Casabianca, a boy about thirteen years old, son to the Admiral of the Orient, remained... | |
 | 1843 - 778 pages
...father say, If yet my task is done ?' He knew not that the chieftain lay Unconscious of his son. " * Speak, Father !' once again he cried, ' If I may yet be gone !' And but the burning shrouds replied, And fast ihc flames rolled on. " Upon his brow he felt their breath, And in... | |
 | English poetry - 1844 - 70 pages
...Father, say, If yet my task is done ? " He knew not that the chieftain lay Unconscious of his son. " Speak, Father ! " once again he cried, " If I may...And looked from that lone post of death, In still, but brave despair. And shouted but once more aloud, " My Father ! must I stay ? " While o'er him fast,... | |
 | John Epy Lovell - Elocution - 1844 - 900 pages
...He knew not that the chieftain lay Unconscious of his son. "Speak, father!" once again he cried, It I may yet be gone ! And"-— but the booming shots...rolled on. Upon his brow he felt their breath And m his waving hair, PATHETIC AND ENTERTAINING. 289 And looked from that lone post of death, In still,... | |
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Say, Father, say, If yet my task is done!" He knew not that the chieftain lay Unconscious of his son. "Speak, Father!" once again he cried, "If I may yet be gone! 
