| Felicia Dorothea Hemans - 1872 - 654 pages
...years ! — • 0 Happiness ! how far we flee Thine own sweet paths in search of thec ! CASABIANCA.1 THE boy stood on the burning deck Whence all but he...The flame that lit the battle's wreck Shone round bim o'er the dead. Yet beautiful and bright he stood, As born to rule the storm — A creature of heroic... | |
| Mother - 1872 - 366 pages
...cast a look behind ! Thomas Hood. CASABIANCA. HE boy stood on the burning deck, Whence all but him had fled ; The flame that lit the battle's wreck,...o'er the dead. Yet beautiful and bright he stood, As bom to rule the storm ; A creature of heroic blood, A proud, though child-like form. The flames roll'd... | |
| Thomas Morrison (LL.D.) - 1872 - 168 pages
...beat, Sure many a lonely wanderer has stood. 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. I can easily explain the reason why I acted so. He told the same story as his sister. 7. (a. ) The... | |
| Paul Reeves - 1872 - 236 pages
...hearing, tremble! CASABIANCA.* — Mrs. 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 (he dead. Yet beautiful and bright he stood, As born to rule the storm ; A creature of heroic blood,... | |
| 1872 - 900 pages
...had reached the jK>wdcr.] THE boy stood on the burning deck, Whence all but him liad fled ; The (lame emnant of a line Such as the Doric mothers bore ; And there pe Iwautiful and bright he stood, As born to rule the storm ; A creature -of heroic blood, A proud though... | |
| Mrs. Hemans - 1873 - 704 pages
...toiling years ! — 0 Happiness ! how far we flee Thine own sweet paths in search of thcc ! CASABIANCA.» THE boy stood on the burning deck Whence all but he...beautiful and bright he stood, As born to rule the (storm — Л creature of heroic blood, A proud, though child-like form. The flames roll'd on — he would... | |
| Richard Edwards - 1867 - 274 pages
...belonged to him. Was he worthy of imitation ? What does that mean ? XLIL— CASABIANCA. FELICIA HEMANS. 1. The boy stood on the burning deck Whence all but he...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 proud,... | |
| John Celivergos Zachos - 1873 - 348 pages
...boy stood on the burning deck, Whence all but him had fled ; The flame that lit the battle's wreck Yet beautiful and bright he stood, As born to rule the storm; A creature of heroio blood, A proud though childlike form. The flames rolled on,—he would not go, Without his father's... | |
| Philip George and son, ltd - 1874 - 168 pages
...A&etv—e<z / wreck wreath-ing he-ro-ic strew-ed The boy stood on the burning deck, Whence all but him had fled ; The flame that lit the battle's wreck Shone...he stood, As born to rule the storm ; A creature of be-ro-ic mood, A proud, though childlike form. The flames rolled on — he would not go, Without his... | |
| William Edward Mullins - 1874 - 80 pages
...cannot tell," said he, " But 'twas a famous victory." ROBERT SOUTHEY. (1774-1843.) II.— CASABIANCA. THE boy stood on the burning deck, Whence all but...the battle's wreck Shone round him o'er the dead. 4 Yet beautiful and bright he stood, As born to rule the storm ; A creature of heroic blood, A proud,... | |
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