 THE boy stood on the burning deck Whence all but him 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...  The Poetical Works of Hemans, Heber, and Pollok - Page 280by Mrs. Hemans, Reginald Heber - 1833 - 470 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Mrs. Hemans - 1828 - 216 pages
...CASABIANCA.* THE hoy stood on the burning deck, Whence all but him had fled ; ' The flame that lit the batde's wreck, Shone round him o'er the dead. . Yet beautiful and bright he stood, As born to rnle the storm ; A creature of heroic blood, A proud, though child-like form. The flames roll'd on—... | |
 | Alaric Alexander Watts - English poetry - 1829 - 424 pages
...flames had reached the powder. THE hoy stood on the burning deck Whence all but him had fled ; The flame that lit the battle's wreck Shone round him o'er the...aloud: — " say, father! say, If yet my task is done?" He knew not that the chieftain lay Unconscious of his son. " Speak, father!" once again he cried, "... | |
 | Alaric Alexander Watts - English poetry - 1829 - 476 pages
...flame! had reached the powder. THE boy stood on the burning deck Whence all but him had fled ; The flame that lit the battle's wreck Shone round him o'er the...: — " say, father! say, If yet my task is done?" He knew not that the chieftain lay Unconscious of his son. " Speak, father!" once again he cried, "... | |
 | Felicia Dorothea Browne Hemans - English poetry - 1829 - 346 pages
...fate had given 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...of heroic blood, A proud, though child-like form. * Young Casablanca, a boy about thirteen years old, son to the Admiral of the Orient, remained at his... | |
 | Old Sailor - Naval biography - 1826 - 534 pages
...had reached the powder.} The boy stood on the burning deck Whence all but him had fled ; The ilarne that lit the battle's wreck Shone round him o'er the...heard. He called aloud : — " Say, father, say If I yet may be gone ! And" — but the booming shots replied, And fast the flames rolled on. Upon his... | |
 | George Barrell Cheever - American poetry - 1830 - 516 pages
...search of thee 1 CASABIANCA. THE boy stood on the burning deck, Whence all but him had fled ; The flame that lit the battle's wreck, Shone round him o'er...storm ; A creature of heroic blood, A proud, though child like form. The flames roll'd on — he would not go, Without his father's word ; That father,... | |
 | Benjamin Dudley Emerson - American literature - 1830 - 334 pages
...burning deck, Whence all but him had fled ; The flame that lit the battle's wreck, Shone round him over the dead. Yet beautiful and bright he stood, As born...blood, A proud, though child-like form. The flames rolleS on — he would not go, Without his father's word ; That father, faint in death below, His voice... | |
 | Ebenezer Porter - Elocution - 1830 - 416 pages
...; The flame that lit the battle's wreck, Shone round him o'er the dead. 2 The flames roll'd oft — he would not go, Without his father's word ; That...father, faint in death below, His voice no longer heard. 3 He call'd aloud— "Say, father, say If yet my task is done 1" He knew not that the chieftain lay... | |
 | Benjamin Dudley Emerson - Elocution - 1831 - 356 pages
...bad reached the powder.] THE boy stood on the burning deck, Whence all but him had fled; , The flame that lit the battle's wreck, Shone round him o'er...aloud — ' Say, father, say If yet my task is done ? ' He knew not that the chieftain lay Unconscious of his son. ' Speak, father! ' once again he cried,... | |
 | Felicia Dorothea Browne Hemans, Mrs. Hemans - English poetry - 1831 - 510 pages
...hearts repoae. CASABIANCA.s THE boy stood on the burning deck, Whence all but him had fled ; The flame that lit the battle's wreck, Shone round him o'er...aloud—" Say, father, say If yet my task is done?' He knew not that the chieftain lay Unconscious of his son. " Speak, Father!" once again he cried, "... | |
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