THE boy stood on the burning deck, Whence all but he had fled ; The flame that lit the battle's wreck Shone round him o'er the dead. Yet beautiful and bright he stood, As born to rule the storm ; A creature of heroic blood, A proud though childlike form.... Reports - Page 67by New Hampshire - 1899Full view - About this book
| 800 pages
...in principle, and as faithful to our Heavenly Father as he was to his arthly father. J. HAWKIKS. " The boy stood on the burning deck, Whence all but he had fled ; The flame that lit the battle's wreck, Shone round him o'er the dead. " Yet beautiful and bright... | |
| Thomas Simpson Birkby - 1864 - 136 pages
...lady lately deceased ; and as the children who read this book may like to see it, it is given here : The boy stood on the burning deck, Whence all but he had fled; The flame that lit the battle's wreck, Shone round him o'er the dead. Yet beautiful and bright he stood,... | |
| Book - 1864 - 396 pages
...plain and hearty ; But never changed the coin and gift Of Bonaparte. T. CAMPBELL. THE HEROIC BOY. 1 HE boy stood on the burning deck, Whence all but he had fled; The flames that lit the battle's wreck Shone round him o'er the dead. Yet beautiful and bright he stood,... | |
| Easy poetry - 1865 - 206 pages
...fret any more indeed, If you will let me learn to read." JANE TAYLOR. K CASABIANCA, THE HEROIC BOY, THE boy stood on the burning deck, Whence all but he had fled ; The flame that lit the battle's wreck Shone round him o'er the dead ; Yet beautiful and bright he... | |
| Our life - 1865 - 234 pages
...cares inwoven with that love, Its nature, and its depth, thou dost not, canst not know. CASABIANCA. THE boy stood on the burning deck Whence all but he had fled; The flame that lit the battle's wreck, Shone round him o'er the dead. Yet beautiful and bright he stood,... | |
| Walter Scott Dalgleish - 1866 - 170 pages
...to sky the wild farewell. — Byron. 3. The better part of valour is discretion. — Shakespeare. 4. The boy stood on the burning deck, Whence all but he had fled. — ffemana. 5. The steed along the drawbridge flies. — Scott. 6. I could hear my friend chide him... | |
| James Stuart Laurie - 1866 - 236 pages
...sublime, And gave that strength of feeling, great Above all human estimate ! Wordsworth. CASABIANCA.* THE boy stood on the burning deck Whence all but he had fled; The flame that lit the battle's -wreck, Shone round him o'er the dead. Yet beautiful and bright he... | |
| Words - 1866 - 368 pages
...shall reclaim her precious things from thee ! Restore the dead, thou sea ! Mrs. Hemans. CASABIANCA* The boy stood on the burning deck Whence all but he had fled ; The flame that lit the battle's wreck, Shone round him o'er the dead. Yet beautiful and bright he... | |
| Richard Edwards - 1867 - 276 pages
...belonged to him. Was he worthy of imitation ? What does that mean ? XLII.— CASABIANCA. FELICIA HEMANS. 1. The boy stood on the burning deck Whence all but he had fled; The flame that lit the battle's wreck, Shone round him o'er the dead. 2. Yet beautiful and bright he... | |
| Acrostics - 1867 - 302 pages
...Ulster's soil." 3. " By that name Cadwallon's love Called it in memory of the absent prince." 4. " The boy stood on the burning deck, Whence all but he had fled; The flame that lit the battle's wreck, Shone round him o'er the dead." 5. " Beneath the cross it grew... | |
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