 | Saucy Jack ship - 1840 - 536 страници
...the insatiate mass of water, which closed over them, leaving not the slightest vestige of a grave. " Toll for the brave— The brave that are no more ; All sunk beneath the wave, Far from their native shore." CHAPTER XV. " Full fathom five thy father lies ; Of his bones are coral... | |
 | William Cowper - 1841 - 358 страници
...LOSS OF THE ROYAL GEORGE. TO THE MARCH IN SCIPIO. WRITTEN WHEN THE NEWS ARRIVED. [September, 1782.] TOLL for the brave ! The brave that are no more !...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... | |
 | William Cowper - 1841 - 324 страници
...[To the March in Scipio.] WRITTEN WHEN THE NEWS ARRIVED [September, 1782.] TOLL for the brave ! Tie brave that are no more, All sunk beneath the wave,...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... | |
 | George Mogridge - 1842 - 346 страници
...long ; however, it is beautifully written : but you shall judge for yourselves. ' Toll for the brave ! 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... | |
 | Lydia Howard Sigourney - 1842 - 394 страници
...agreeably restored the plaintive verses of Cowper, so often sung among the ditties of childhood : " Toll for the brave, The brave that are no more, All...sunk beneath the wave, Fast by their native shore." The destructive weapons and instruments of torture, taken from the Spanish armada, are exhibited in... | |
 | William Cowper - 1843 - 406 страници
...is ended. ON THE LOSS OF THE ROYAL GEORGE. WRITTEN WHEN THE NEWS' ARRIVED. TO THE MARCH IN SCIPIO. TOLL for the brave ! The brave that are no more !...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... | |
 | Samuel Leech - 1843 - 358 страници
...untimely end. The poet Cowper has celebrated this melancholy event in '.he following beautiful lines : Toll for the brave! The brave that are no more ! All...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... | |
 | Samuel Maunder - 1844 - 544 страници
...when its whole crew, consisting of 800 souls, with the unfortunate Admiral Kempenfeldt, perished. " Toll for the brave! The brave that are no more, All...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.... | |
 | Literary and Philosophical Society of Liverpool - 1884 - 436 страници
...emotional. Take as an instance the " Loss of the Royal George " : — " Toll for the brave, The brave who are no more, All sunk beneath the wave Fast by their...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... | |
 | William Cowper - 1846 - 310 страници
...LOSS OF THE ROYAL GEORGE. [To the March in Scipio.] WRITTEN WHEN THE MEWS ARRIVED. [September, 1782.] TOLL for the brave ! The brave that are no more, All...made the vessel heel, And laid her on her side. A land breeze shook the shrouds, And she was overset ; 247 Down went the Royal George, With all her crew... | |
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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... 
