 | Samuel Putnam - 1836 - 226 pages
...roll'd on. "Upon his brow he felt their breath, And in his waving hair ; And look'd from that lone post of death, In still, yet brave despair. And shouted but once more aloud, " My Father ! must I stay 1" While o'er him fast, through sail and shroud, The wreathing 'fires made way. 'They wrapt the ship... | |
 | Author of The young man's own book - 1836 - 336 pages
...replied, Upon his brow he felt their breath, And in his waving hair ; And look'd from that lone post of death, In still yet brave despair — And shouted but once more aloud, ' My father! must I stay V While o'er him fast, through sail and shroud, The wreathing lires made way. They wrapt the ship in... | |
 | Gertrude (fict. name.) - 1837 - 238 pages
...rolled on. Upon his brow he felt their breath, And in his waving hair; And look'd from that lone post of death, In still, yet brave despair. And shouted...sail and shroud, The wreathing fires made way. They wrapp'd the ship in splendour wild, They caught the flag on high, And stream'd above the gallant child,... | |
 | Henry Marlen - 1838 - 342 pages
...rolled on. Upon his brow he felt their breath, And in his waving hair, And looked from that lone post of death, In still, yet brave despair. And shouted...splendour wild, They caught the flag on high, And streamed above the gallant child, Like banners in the sky. There came a burst of thunder sound —... | |
 | Chronicles of the sea - 1838 - 488 pages
...that lone post of death In still but brave despair, And shouted but once more aloud, " My father I must I stay ?" While o'er him fast, through sail and...splendour wild — They caught the flag on high, And streamed above the gallant child, Like banners in the sky. There came a burst of thunder sound —... | |
 | Jesse Olney - 1838 - 346 pages
...breath, And in his waving hair, And look'd from that lone post of death, In still, yet brave despair. 1. And shouted but once more aloud, " My father ! must...sail and shroud, • The wreathing fires made way. 8. They wrapt the ship in splendor wild, 0. There came a burst of thunder sound — Jl t The boy —... | |
 | Jacob Abbott - 1838 - 264 pages
...stay ?" While o'er him fast, through sail and shroud, The wreathing fires made way. 8. They wrapp'd the ship in splendour wild, They caught the flag on high, And streani'd above the gallant child, Like banners in the sky. 9. Then came a burst of thunder sound,—... | |
 | Mrs. Hemans - 1839 - 362 pages
...powder. Upon his brow he felt their breath, And in his waving hair, And look'd from that lone post of death, In still, yet brave despair. And shouted...the sky. There came a burst of thunder sound— The boy—oh ! where was he ? Ask of the winds that far around With fragments strew'd the sea!— With... | |
 | Jewel - 1839 - 352 pages
...LEGENDARY POEMS. Upon his brow he felt their breath, And in his waving hair, And look'd from that lone post of death, In still yet brave despair. And shouted...sail and shroud, The wreathing fires made way. They wrapp'd the ship in splendour wild, They caught the flag on high, And stream 'd above the gallant child,... | |
 | Priscilla Maden Watts - 1839 - 286 pages
...rolled on. Upon his brow he felt their breath, And in his waving hair ; And looked from that lone post of death In still, yet brave despair ! And shouted...sail and shroud, The wreathing fires made way. They caught the ship in splendour wild, They caught the flag on high, THE SOLDIER 8 DREAM. And streamed... | |
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And but the booming shots replied, And fast the flames rolled on. Upon his brow he felt their breath, And in his waving hair, And looked from that lone post of death In still yet brave despair. And shouted but once more aloud, "My father! must I stay? 
