 Toll for the brave ! The brave that are no more ! All sunk beneath the wave, Fast by their native shore ! Eight hundred of the brave, Whose courage well was tried, Had made the vessel heel, And laid her on her side. A land-breeze shook the shrouds, And...  The Poetical Works of William Cowper - Page 440by William Cowper - 1850Full view - About this book
 | Charles Lamb - 1913 - 624 pages
...shook the shrouds, And she was over set ; Down went the Royal George, With all her sails complete. 4 Toll for the Brave ! Brave Kempenfelt is gone : His...last sea-fight is fought ; His work of glory done. 5 It was not in the battle, No tempest gave the shock ; She sprang no fatal leak ; She ran upon no... | |
 | Gustav Tietje - 1914 - 134 pages
...Has dropt her anchor and her canvass furl'd — S. 85. v. 441. vgl. S. 431. v. 9. 3. Vessel, fern. Eight hundred of the brave, Whose courage well was...land-breeze shook the shrouds, And she was overset. S. 344. v. 5. 5- Royal George (Schiffsname), fern. Down went the Royal George, With all her crew complete.... | |
 | Robert Maynard Leonard - 1914 - 142 pages
...are no more : All sunk beneath the wave, Fast by their native shore. Eight hundred of the brave, 5 Whose courage well was tried, Had made the vessel...land-breeze shook the shrouds, And she was overset ; 10 Down went the Royal George, With all her crew complete. Toll for the braveBrave Kempenfelt is... | |
 | Jeremy Bentham - 1914 - 388 pages
...was overset at Spithead on August 29, 1782, with a loss of more than 800 souls. In Oowper's words, ' A land-breeze shook the shrouds, And she was overset...went the Royal George, With all her crew complete.' (CM a ) Assurance against crimes might have a twofold object: (a) To create a fund for the indemnification... | |
 | Henry Spackman Pancoast - 1915 - 852 pages
...struck by a sudden squall, and, the leeward deck ports being left open, she rapidly filled and sank. Eight hundred of the brave, ; Whose courage well was...land-breeze shook the shrouds, And she was overset; 10 Down went the Royal George, With all her crew complete. Toll for the brave! Brave Kempenfelt is... | |
 | Henry Spackman Pancoast - 1915 - 858 pages
...the leeward deck porte being left open, she rapidly filled und sank. Eight hundred of the brave, 9 ence is closing up his eyes: Now if thou would 'st,...From death to life thou might'st him yet recover. ^_ 10 Down went the Royal George, With all her crew complete. Toll for the brave! Brave Kempenfelt is... | |
 | Henry Spackman Pancoast - 1915 - 854 pages
...the vessel heel, And laid her on her side. A land-breeze shook the shrouds, And she was overset; 10 / IS His work of glory done. It was not in the battle; No tempest gave the shock; She sprang no fatal... | |
 | Emilie Kip Baker - 1915 - 232 pages
...for the brave ! The brave that are no more ! All sunk beneath the wave, Fast by their native shore ! Eight hundred of the brave, Whose courage well was...made the vessel heel, And laid her on her side. A land breeze shook the shrouds, And she was overset; Down went the Royal George, With all her crew complete.... | |
 | Lucius Hudson Holt - 1915 - 956 pages
...for the brave 1 The brave that are no more ! All sunk beneath the wave, Fast by their native shore ! m blind his dusky eyñ; Л land-breeze shook the shrouds, And she was overset ; io Down went the Royal George, With all her... | |
 | Lucius Hudson Holt - 1915 - 952 pages
...for the brave ! The brave that are no more I All sunk beneath the wave, Fast by their native shore ! e blest — Delight ou her side. A land-breeze shook the shrouds, And she was overset ; 10 Down went the Royal George,... | |
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