 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
 | Benjamin Dudley Emerson - Elocution - 1831 - 356 pages
...beautiful and bright he stood, A proud, though child-like .form. The flames rolled on—he would not..go, Without his father's word; That father, faint in death below, His voice no longer heard. If yet my task is done ?' He knew not thnt the chieftain lay He called aloud—' Say, father, say Unconscious... | |
 | John Stevens Cabot Abbott - Child rearing - 1833 - 190 pages
...them here:-- 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...aloud—" Say, father, say " If yet my task is done." He knew not that the chieftain lay Unconscious of his son. hild at Home. 5 'Speak, father," once again... | |
 | James Hedderwick - Oratory - 1833 - 232 pages
...CASABIANCA, THE ADMIRALS SON. 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...blood, A proud, though child-like form. The flames roll'd on — he would not go, Without his father's word; That father, faint in death below, His voice... | |
 | John Stevens Cabot Abbott - Children - 1834 - 182 pages
...here :• — 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...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,... | |
 | Mrs. Hemans - English poetry - 1835 - 346 pages
...perished in the explosion of the vessel, when the flames had reached the powder. The flames roll'd on — he would not go. Without his Father's word;...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,... | |
 | Jacob Abbott, Old Harlo - Children - 1835 - 262 pages
...Whence all but he had fled; The flame that Jit the battle's wreck, Shone round him o'er the dead. 2. Yet beautiful and bright he stood, As born to rule...creature of heroic blood, A proud, though childlike form. 3. The flames rolled on—he would not go Without his father's word ; That father, faint in death below,... | |
 | Jacob Abbott, Old Harlo - Children - 1835 - 272 pages
...the storm; A creature of heroic blood, A proud though childlike form. 3. The flames rolled on—he would not go Without his father's word ; That father, faint in death below, His voice no longer heard. 4. He called aloud—" Say, father, say, If yet my task is done !" He knew not that the chieftain lay... | |
 | John Epy Lovell - Elocution - 1836 - 534 pages
...lUmes 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...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,... | |
 | Jonathan Barber - Elocution - 1836 - 188 pages
...the powder magazine. The boy stood on the burning deck, Whence all but him had fled: The flameUhat lit the battle's wreck: Shone round him o'er the dead:...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,... | |
 | Harp - English poetry - 1836 - 380 pages
...Admiral of the Orient, who perished when that ship blew up in the battle of the Nile. MllS. HEMANS. THE boy stood on the burning deck Whence all but him...blood, A proud, though child-like form. The flames roll'd on — he would not go Without his father's word ; That father, faint in death below, His voice... | |
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