 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 rock. His sword was in its sheath, His fingers held the pen, When Kempenfelt...  The Poetical Works of William Cowper - Page 348by William Cowper - 1924 - 536 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1852 - 782 pages
...His work ol glory done. " It was 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 - 1799 - 348 pages
...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 rock. His...Once dreaded by our foes, And mingle with our cup The tear that England owes. Her timbers yet are sound, And she may float again, Full charged with England's... | |
 | William Cowper - 1854 - 486 pages
...Kempenfelt is gone ; His last sea-fight is fought ; It was not in the battle ; No tempest gave the shock ; She sprang no fatal leak ; She ran upon no rock :...four hundred men. Weigh the vessel up, Once dreaded hy our foes ! And mingle with our cup The tear that England owes. Her timbers yet are sound, And she... | |
 | Edward Hughes - 1853 - 766 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...dreaded by our foes ! And mingle with our cup The tear that England owes Her timbers yet are sound, And she may float again, Full charged with England's... | |
 | 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...dreaded by our foes ! And mingle with our cup, The tear that England owes. Her timbers yet are sound, And she may float again, Fnll-charg'd with England's... | |
 | William Cowper - 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...dreaded by our foes ! And mingle with our cup, The tear that England owes. Her timbers jet are sound, And she may float again, Full-charg'd with England's... | |
 | William Cowper, Robert Southey - 1854 - 482 pages
...fought ; It was not in the battle ; No tempest gave the shock ; She sprang no fatal leak ; She rau upon no rock : His sword was in its sheath ; His fingers...dreaded by our foes ! And mingle with our cup The tear that England owes. Her timbers yet are sound, And she may float again, Full-charged with England's... | |
 | Literary and Philosophical Society of Liverpool - 1884 - 436 pages
...Kempenfelt is gone ; His last seafight is fought, His work of glory done. " It was not in the battle, " His sword was in its sheath, His fingers held the...Once dreaded by our foes, And mingle with our cup The tear that England owes. " Her timbers yet are sound, And she may float again, Kull charged with England's... | |
 | Frances Osborne - 1854 - 216 pages
...sea-fight is fought, His work of fclory dona It was not in the battle ; No tempest gave the shock ; She sprang no fatal leak ; She ran upon no rock. His...was in its sheath ; His fingers held the pen ; When Kempeufeldt went down. With twice four hundred men.' " OCEANUS abounds with interesting anecdotes,... | |
 | Lord Francis Jeffrey Jeffrey - 1854 - 780 pages
...seafight is fought ; His work ot glory done. " It was not in the battle ; No tempest gave the shuck ; She sprang no fatal leak ; She ran upon no rock. " His sword was in its sheath ; His fingers lirld the pen, When Kempenfelt went down. With twice four hundred men. Vol. ip 127. The same year that... | |
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