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" It was not in the battle ; No tempest gave the shock ; She sprang no fatal leak ; She ran upon no rock. His sword was in its sheath, His fingers held the pen, When Kempenfelt went down With twice four hundred men. Weigh the vessel up, Once dreaded by... "
Great Shipwrecks: A Record of Perils and Disasters at Sea. 1544-1877 ... - Page 78
by William Henry Davenport Adams - 1877 - 637 pages
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The Life and Posthumous Writings of William Cowper, Esqr: With an ..., Volume 1

William Hayley - 1803 - 454 pages
...went down, With twice four hundred Weigh the vessel up, Once dreaded by our foes ! And mingle with our cup, The tear that England owes. Her timbers yet are sound, And she may jl oat again, Full-charg'd with England's thunder, And plough the distant main. But Kempenfelt is gone,...
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The Life and Posthumous Writings of William Cowper, Esqr: With an ..., Volume 1

William Hayley - 1803 - 450 pages
...down, With twice four hundred men. , Weigh the vessel up, Once dreaded by our foes! And mingle with our cup, The tear that England owes. Her timbers yet are sound, And she mayjloat again Full charg'd with England's thunder, And plough the distant main. But Kempcnfelt is...
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The life and posthumous writings of William Cowper, by W. Hayley, Volume 1

William Cowper - 1803 - 482 pages
...was in its sheath ; His fingers held the pen, When Kempenfelt went down, With twice four hundred men. Weigh the vessel up, Once dreaded by our foes! And mingle with our cup t The tear that England owes. Her timbers yet are sound, And she may float again Full charg'd...
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The life and posthumous writings of William Cowper, by W. Hayley ..., Volume 2

William Cowper - 1806 - 462 pages
...was in its sheath ; His fingers held the pen, When Kempenfelt went down, With twice four hundred men. Weigh the vessel up, Once dreaded by our foes ! And mingle with oui cup, The tear that England owes. Her timbers yet are sound, And she may float again, Full-charg'd...
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The life and letters of William Cowper, Volume 2

William Cowper, William Hayley - 1809 - 460 pages
...sheath ; • His fingers held the pen, When Kempenfelt went down, With twice four hundred men. • Weigh the vessel up, Once dreaded by our foes! And mingle with our cup, The tear that England owes. Her timbers yet are sound, And she may float again* Full-charg'd-...
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Drinking-songs. Miscellaneous songs. Ancient ballads

1819 - 394 pages
...was in its sheath ; His fingers held the pen, When Kempenfelt went down, With twice four hundred men. Weigh the vessel up, Once dreaded by our foes ! And mingle with our cup The tear that England owes. Her timbers yet are sound, And she may float again, But Kempenfelt...
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Poems, by William Cowper, in Two Volumes

William Cowper - 1815 - 528 pages
...was in its sheath ; His fingers held the pen, When Kempenfelt went down, With twice four hundred men. Weigh the vessel up, Once dreaded by our foes ! And mingle with our cup Her timbers yet are sound, And she may float again, Full-charg'd with England's thunder, And...
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Poems, Volume 3

William Cowper - 1815 - 434 pages
...was in its sheath ; His fingers held the pen, When Kempenfelt went down, With twice four hundred men. Weigh the vessel up, Once dreaded by our foes ! And mingle with our cup, The tear that England owes. Her timbers yet are sound, And she may float again, Full-charg'd...
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The minor poems of William Cowper, Volume 1

William Cowper - 1818 - 244 pages
...down, With twice four hundred men. Weigh the vessel up, Once dreaded by our foes ! And mingle with our cup The tear that England owes. Her timbers yet are sound, And she may float again, Full charged with England's thunder, And plough the distant main. But Kempenfelt is gone, His victories...
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The Minor Poems of William Cowper of the Inner Temple, Part 1

William Cowper - 1818 - 240 pages
...was in its sheath; His fingers heid'the pen, When Kempenfelt went down, With twice four hundred men. Weigh the vessel up, Once dreaded by our foes! And mingle with our cup The tear that England owes. Her timbers yet are sound, And she may float again, Full charged...
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