 | 1843 - 826 páginas
...quit, and lie nobly perished at his post. *" 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. * Mrs. Hr-mans. " Yet beautiful and bright he stood As born to rule the storm, A creature of heroic... | |
 | Jacob Abbott - 1843 - 264 páginas
...poetry, and as the children who lead this book may like to see it, it is given here : CASABIANCA. 1. The boy stood on the burning deck, Whence all but he had fled; The fkme that lit the battle's wreck, Shone round him o'er the dead. 2. Yet beautiful and bright he stood,... | |
 | William Russell - 1843 - 180 páginas
...from the travellers. LESSON LI. CASABLANCA.* 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 d^ad ; Yet beautiful and bright he stood, As born to rule the storm ; A creature of heretic blood,... | |
 | Readings - 1843 - 466 páginas
...of the grave. Do we not perish'?—Father, hear, and save! Thine is our spirits' trust! CASABIANCA2. Whence all but he had fled! The flame that lit the battle's wreck, THE boy stood on the burning deck Shone round him o'er the dead . As born to rule the storm; A creature... | |
 | English poetry - 1844 - 70 páginas
...thee, and wish thee long. MILTON. 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 the dead. * Young Casabianca, a boy about thirteen years old, son to the admiral of the Orient, remained at his... | |
 | David Bates Tower - 1845 - 176 páginas
...an instance ?t obedience even unto death.] 1. 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. 2. Yet beautiful and bright he stood, As born to rule the storm, — A creature of heroic blood, A... | |
 | Brothers of the Christian schools of Ireland - 1846 - 144 páginas
...And brightly the fire-crested billows are gleaming, And wildly from Mullagh the eagles are screaming. The boy stood on the burning deck, Whence all but he had fled; The names that lit the battle's wreck, Shone round him o'er the dead. • More cruel far Than when the... | |
 | George Washington Bethune - 1848 - 520 páginas
...thought allied, Never to mortals given, — Oh ! lay thy lovely dreams aside, Or lift them unto Heaven. THE boy stood on the burning deck Whence all but he had fled ; The flame that lit the battle's wrec*. Shone round him o'er tne dead. Yet beautiful and bright he stood, As born to rule the storm;... | |
 | David Bates Tower - 1849 - 180 páginas
...iustance .V ulir.dience even unto death.] 1. 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. 2. Yet beautiful and bright he stood, As born to rule the storm, — A creature of heroic blood, A... | |
 | England - 1850 - 456 páginas
...set down for you here. It is the pleasantest thing to think of in that terrible battle of the Nile.* The boy stood on the burning deck, Whence all but...the battle's wreck Shone round him o'er the dead. The next battle Nelson fought was in the Baltic Sea, at Copenhagen. The Danes had made an alliance... | |
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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 dead. 
