 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 rock. His sword was in...  Works: Life and Letters - Page 80by William Cowper - 1835Full view - About this book
 | 1832 - 406 pages
...overset ; Down went the Royai George, With all her crew complete. Toll for the brave ! Brave Kcmpenfcldt is gone ; His last sea-fight is fought ; His work...fatal leak ; She ran upon no rock. His sword was in ils sheath ; His fingers held the pen, When Kempenfeldt went down, With twice four hundred men. Weigh... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1832 - 846 pages
...George, With all her crew complete. Toll for the brave ! Brave Kempenfeldt is gone ; His last sea-tight is fought ; His work of glory done. It was not in...fatal leak ; She ran upon no rock ; His sword was in his sheath ; His fingers held the pen. When Kempenfeldt went down With twice four hundred men. Weigh... | |
 | 1875 - 1132 pages
...Channel, with her Admiral and crew of 1,000 men ; the famous Royal George, of which the poet sang — " It was not in the battle — No tempest gave the shock...; She sprang no fatal leak ; She ran upon no rock ! A land breeze shook the shrouds And she was overset ; Down went the Royal George, With all her crew... | |
 | 1832 - 1014 pages
...world ringing with the doleful changes of your eternal toll, toll, toll ? TICKLER. Tol de rol (sings) "Toll for the Brave! Brave Kempenfelt is gone ! His last sea-fight is fought, His race of glory run !" MULLION. Well, if you mean Mr North, you will at least allow that " When Kempenfelt... | |
 | William Cowper - 1835 - 460 pages
...land-breeze shook the shrouds, And she was overset ; Down went the Royal George, With all her crew complete. Toll for the brave ! Brave Kempenfelt is gone ; His...sword was in its sheath ; His fingers held the pen, WThen Kempenfelt went down With twice four hundred men. Weigh the vessel up, Once dreaded by our foes... | |
 | William Cowper - 1841 - 324 pages
...breeze shook the shrouds, And she was overset ; Down went the Royal George, With all her crew complete. Toll for the brave ! Brave Kempenfelt is gone ; His...fatal leak ; She ran upon no rock. His sword was in his sheath ; His fingers held the pen, When Kempenfelt went down, With twice four hundred men. Weigh... | |
 | William Cowper - 1841 - 358 pages
...breeze shook the shrouds, And she was overset ; Down went the Royal George, With all her crew complete. Toll for the brave ! Brave Kempenfelt is gone ; His...tempest gave the shock ; She sprang no fatal leak ; His sword was in its sheath ; His fingers held the pen, When Kempenfelt went down With twice four... | |
 | 1876 - 516 pages
...recovered. The reader, probably, remembers Cowper's touching lines on this melancholy occurrence — " It was not in the battle ; No tempest gave the shock;...She sprang no fatal leak ; She ran upon no rock. His aword was in its sheath ; His fingers held the pen ; When Kempenfelt went down With twice four hundred... | |
 | William Cowper - 1843 - 406 pages
...breeze shook the shrouds, And she was overset ; Down went the Royal George, With all her crew complete. Toll for the brave ! Brave Kempenfelt is gone ; His...tempest gave the shock ; She sprang no fatal leak ; His sword was in its sheath ; His fingers held the pen, When Kempenfelt went down With twice four... | |
 | Samuel Leech - 1843 - 358 pages
...George, With all her crew complete. Toll for the brave — Brave Kempenfeldt is gone, I7is last sea fight is fought — His work of glory done. It was not in...the battle ; No tempest gave the shock ; She sprang n > 1-ai.al leak ; Sh<> ran up )n no rork. His sword was in its sheath ; His fingers, held the pen... | |
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