 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. Yet beautiful and bright he stood, As born to rule the storm, — A creature of heroic blood, A proud, though childlike...  Annual Report - Page 311868Full view - About this book
 | Mrs. Hemans - English poetry - 1845 - 382 pages
...is it — that wan cheek and brow ! — Is it — alas ! yet joy ! — my son, my son ! CASABIANCA. THE boy stood on the burning deck Whence all but he...storm ; A creature of heroic blood, A proud, though child-like form. The flames roll'd on — he would not go Without his Father's word ; That Father,... | |
 | Modern poetical speaker, Fanny Bury PALLISER - 1845 - 540 pages
...Perhaps thou canst redeem The breaking heart from misery — Go, share thy lot with him. CASABIANCA.• THE boy stood on the burning deck, Whence all but...storm ; A creature of heroic blood, A proud, though childlike form. The flames roll'd on — he would not go, Without his father's word ; That father,... | |
 | William Russell - Elocution - 1845 - 410 pages
...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...storm, A 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... | |
 | David Bates Tower - English language - 1845 - 176 pages
...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... | |
 | William Russell - 1846 - 394 pages
...or three feet; as irj the following example : " The boy stood on the burning deck Whence all but him had fled ; The flame that lit the battle's wreck,...storm, A 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... | |
 | John Epy Lovell - Readers - 1846 - 540 pages
...vessel, when the dames 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,...storm ; A creature of heroic blood, A proud though childlike form. The flames rolled on — he would not go, Without his father's word ; That father,... | |
 | 1846 - 436 pages
...by their side ! " 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...storm ; A creature of heroic blood, A proud, though childlike, form. The flames rolled on, — he would not go, Without his father's word ; That father,... | |
 | Brothers of the Christian schools of Ireland - 1846 - 144 pages
...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... | |
 | Book - English poetry - 1847 - 206 pages
...been abandoned. He perished in the explosion of the vessel, when the flames had reached the powder. THE boy stood on the burning deck, Whence all but...storm ; A creature of heroic blood, A proud though childlike form. • The flames rolled on — he would not go, Without his father's word ; That father,... | |
 | Book - English poetry - 1847 - 216 pages
...been abandoned. He perished in the explosion of the vessel, when the flames had reached the powder. THE boy stood on the burning deck, Whence all but...storm ; A creature of heroic blood, A proud though childlike form. The flames rolled on — he would not go, Without his father's word ; That father,... | |
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