 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 Log Book; Or, Nautical Miscellany.. - Side 202af Old Sailor - 1826 - 498 siderFuld visning - Om denne bog
 | Frederic Charles Cook - 1851 - 118 sider
...flames 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...blood, A proud though childlike form ! The flames roll'd on — he would not go • Without his father's word ; That father, faint in death below, His... | |
 | William Russell - 1851 - 392 sider
...the following example : " 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...creature of heroic blood, A proud though childlike form." A less common form of the iambic stanza is that in which no verse contains more than three iambic feet... | |
 | Edward Hughes - 1851 - 362 sider
...boy stood on the burning deck, Whence all but him had fled ; The flame that lit the battle's wreck1 Shone round him o'er the dead. Yet beautiful and bright...blood, A proud though childlike form ! The flames roll'd on — he would not go Without his father's word ; That father, faint8 in death below, His voice... | |
 | Salem Town - 1851 - 372 sider
...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... | |
 | Epes Sargent - 1852 - 568 sider
...names had reached the powder. 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...heard. He called aloud : — " Say, Father, say, if yet my task is done ? " He knew not that the chieftain lay, unconscious of his son. " Speak, Father... | |
 | Epes Sargent - 1852 - 570 sider
...flames had reached the powder. 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...heard. He called aloud : — " Say, Father, say, if yet my task is done ? " He knew not that the chieftain layr ujacojisc.iQus. of his SOJQ. 1 Speak, Father... | |
 | William Harris Elson, Christine M. Keck - 1920 - 424 sider
...CASABIANCA FELICIA DOROTHEA HEMANS 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...to rule the storm — A creature of heroic blood, The flames rolled on — he would not go Without his father's word ; That father, fault in death below,... | |
 | William Harris Elson - 1920 - 424 sider
...CASABIANCA FELICIA DOROTHEA HEMANS 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...and bright he stood, As born to rule the storm— The flames rolled on—he would not go Without his father's word; That father, faint in death below,... | |
 | Sir John Collings Squire - 1921 - 232 sider
...hours to fill. 98. Casablanca 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...heard. He called aloud : — ' Say, father, say If yet my task is done ! ' He knew not that the chieftain lay Unconscious of his son. ' Speak, father... | |
 | Charles Madison Curry, Erle Elsworth Clippinger - 1921 - 720 sider
...FELICIA DOROTHEA HEMANS 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...longer heard. He called aloud, "Say, father, say, If yet my task be done!" He knew not that the chieftain lay Unconscious of his son. "Speak, father!" once... | |
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