 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
 | 1867 - 878 pages
...the rarest kind, (that in which simple pathos it united with simple sublimity,) I cannot comprehend. Toll for the brave ! Brave Kempenfelt is gone ; His...was in its sheath, His fingers held the pen, When Kcmpenfelt went down 'With twice four hundred men. — I hope I shall be excnsed the reference to larger... | |
 | 1860 - 784 pages
...land-breeze shook the shrouds, And she was overset ; Down went the Royal George, With all her crew complete. growth decreed ; autumnal rains Beneath thy parent...hoof dibbling the glebe, prepar'd The soft receptacle ringers held the pen. When Kempenfelt went down With twice four hundred men. Weigh the vessel up, Once... | |
 | John Tillotson - 1860 - 226 pages
...overset : Down went the Royal George, With all her crew complete. Toll for the brave ! Brave Kempeufeldt 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 men. Weigh the vessel up, Once dreaded by our foes !... | |
 | Warren P. Edgarton - 1860 - 530 pages
...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... | |
 | 1860 - 736 pages
...ballad to the wild and mournful music of which every chord of England's affections vibrated: — " It was not in the battle ; No tempest gave the shock...She sprang no fatal leak, She ran upon no rock. His Bword was in its sheath, His fingers held the pen, When Kcmpenfelt went down, "With twice four hundred... | |
 | Charles Knight - 1860 - 528 pages
...not in tbe battle : No tempest gave tbe shuck ; She sprang no fatal leak ; She ran upon no roek. " His sword was in its sheath ; His fingers held the pen, When Kempenfeldt went down Wiih twice four hundred шеu." t Quu iu tlic Tow red from the Wreck. It appears... | |
 | Playtime - 1863 - 436 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...She sprang no fatal leak — She ran upon no rock. 186 YE MARINERS OF ENGLAND. His sword was in its sheath ; His fingers held the pen, When Kempenfelt... | |
 | Charles Dibdin - 1863 - 366 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...fought, His work of glory done. It was not in the hattle, No tempest gave the shock, She sprang no fatal leak, She ran against no rock. His sword was... | |
 | George Stillman Hillard - 1863 - 390 pages
...for the brave ; Brave Kempenfelt is gone ; His last sea fight is fought ; His work of glory done. 6. It was not in the battle ; No tempest gave the shock...; She sprang no fatal leak ; She ran upon no rock. 6. His sword was in its sheath, His fingers held the pen, When Kempenfelt wont down, With twice four... | |
 | William Cowper - 1863 - 540 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...last sea-fight is fought ; His work of glory done. * The Royal Qeorgc, 108 guns, was lost off Spithead, on the 29th August 82. She was undergoing some... | |
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