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
| Charles Mackay - 1851 - 332 pages
...George 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 tho shock ; She sprang no fatal leak ; She ran upon no rock. His sword was in its sheath ; His fingers... | |
| Fanny Osborne - 1852 - 394 pages
...overset ; Down went the Royal George, With all her crew complete. '"Toll for the brave! Brave Kempenfeldt is gone ; His last sea-fight is fought : His work...was in its sheath • His fingers held the pen, When Kempenfeldt went down, With twice four hundred tuciil 7* " ' Weigh the vessel up, Once dreaded by our... | |
| 1852 - 782 pages
...on the unfortunate loss of the Royal •ge, of which the following stanzas may в as a specimen. " Toll for the brave! Brave Kempenfelt is gone ; His...; She sprang no fatal leak ; She ran upon no rock. " Hie sword was in its sheath ; His fingers held the pen, When Kempenlelt went down, With twice four... | |
| 1852 - 596 pages
...breeze shook the shronds, And the was overset; Down went the Royal George, With all her orew complete. Toll for the brave! Brave Kempenfelt is gone; His...not in the battle; No tempest gave the shock; She sprung upon no fatal leak; She ran upon no rock. His sword was in its sheath; His fingers held the... | |
| William Cowper - 1852 - 466 pages
...shrouds, And she was overset; Down went the Royal George, With all her crew complete. Toll for the hrave ! Brave Kempenfelt is gone; His last sea-fight is fought ; His work of glory done. It was not in the hattle ; No tempest gave the shock ; She sprang no fatal leak ; She ran upon no rock. His sword was... | |
| Amazon ship - 1852 - 278 pages
...high in air. The work of destruction was done. Eighty-one souls had perished. The Kent was no more ! ' It was not in the battle, No tempest gave the shock, She sprang no fatal leak, She run upon no rock.' On the 3rd of March the brig was within sight of ' the Stilly lights.' And running... | |
| Scottish school-book assoc - 1852 - 322 pages
...sunk beneath the wave, fast by their native shore. Toll for the brave ! brave Kempcnfeldt is gona; His last sea-fight is fought; his work of glory done. It was not in the battle ; no temptst gave the shock j She sprang no fatal leak; she ran upon no rock. His sword was in its sheath,... | |
| 1852 - 782 pages
...specimen. " Toll for the brave! Brave Kempenfell is gone ; His last seafight is fought ; His work ol f Lady Hesketh, who nobly took upon herself the task of superintending this melanc iatal leak ; She ran upon no rock. " His sword was in its sheath ; His fingers held the pen, When Kempenlëlt... | |
| Edward Hughes - 1853 - 766 pages
...George 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...was in its sheath, His fingers held the pen, When Kempeufelt went down, With twice four hundred men. Weigh the vessel up, Once dreaded by our foes !... | |
| William Cowper - 1853 - 796 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 last sea-fight is fought ; THE LOSS OF THE ROYAL GEORGE. 113 .t was not in the battle ; No tempest gave the shock ; She sprang... | |
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