 | Joseph Dennie, Asbury Dickins - 1809
...description of the British fleet bearing up to close action. As they drifted on their path, There was silence deep as death ; And the boldest held his breath, For a time . The description of the battle itself (though it begins with a tremendous line) is in the same spirit... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - 1809 - 134 pages
...lofty British line: It was ten of April morn by the chime As they drifted on their path, There was silence deep as death ; And the boldest held his breath, For a time. — in. But the might of England flush'd To anticipate the scene ; And her van the fleeter rush'd O'er... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - 1810
...lofty British line : It was ten of April morn by the chime : As they drifted on their path, There was silence deep as death ; And the boldest held his breath, For a time. — III. But the might of England flush'd To anticipate the scene ; And her van the fleeter rush'd... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - 1810 - 252 pages
...lofty British line: It was ten of April morn by the chime: As they drifted on their path, There was silence deep as death ; And the boldest held his breath, For a time.— III. But the might of England flush'd To anticipate the scene; And her van the fleetef rush'd O'er... | |
 | Poetical selections - 1811
...lofty British line. It was Ten of April morn by the chime, As they drifted on their path, There was silence deep as death; And the boldest held his breath For a time.— But the might of England flush'd To anticipate the scene ; And her van the fleeter rush'd " Hearts... | |
 | Andreas Andersen Feldborg - 1815 - 174 pages
...of which the poet has given so impressive a description. " At they drifted on their path, There was silence deep as death ; And the boldest held his breath For a time V , . The battle commenced at five minutes after ten, when the Provesteen opened her fire on the Edgar.... | |
 | 1830
...and of them, with lamentably few exceptions, it may be said, " As he drilled on his path, There was silence deep as death, And the boldest held his breath For a time." We have dwelt energetically on this passage in the Life of Byron, because for a long time it was thought... | |
 | Thomas Ewing - 1819 - 436 pages
...lofty British line : It was ten of April morn by the chime : As they drifted on their path, There was silence deep as death ; And the boldest held his breath For a time. — But the might of England flush'd To anticipate the scene ; And her van the fleeter rush'd O'er... | |
![British melodies, extracts from the modern poets [signed J.H.R.].](http://bks8.books.google.ca/books?id=IbcDAAAAQAAJ&printsec=frontcover&img=1&zoom=5&edge=curl "British melodies, extracts from the modern poets [signed J.H.R.].") | British melodies - 1820
...lofty British line : It was ten of April morn by the chime : As they drifted on their path, There was silence deep as death ; And the boldest held his breath, For a time. — But the might of England flush'd To anticipate the scene ; And her van the fleeter rush'd O'er... | |
 | Privateer - 1821
...find a friend in him, And he forsook me too. CHAPTER III. AH they drifted on their path, There was silence deep as death, And the boldest held his breath For a time— Bat the might of England flushed To anticipate the scene, And fleeter rushed O'er the deadly space... | |
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Lay their bulwarks on the brine; While the sign of battle flew On the lofty British line : It was ten of April morn by the chime : As they drifted on their path, There was silence deep as death; And the boldest held his breath, For a time. But the might... 
