...be*n abandoned : and 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 child-like form. The flames rolled on — he would not go, without his Father's word ; That Father,...

...the enquiry about the source of the Nile as a violent effort of a distempered fancy." 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,...

...Sigourney. 269 THE HEROIC BOY. The boy stood on the burning deck, Whence all but ho had fled ; The flames that lit the battle's wreck Shone round him o'er the...to rule the storm ; A creature of heroic blood, A brave, though childlike form. The flames rolled on — he would not go Without his father's word ;...

...This is an instance x' nfe even unto death.] 1. THE hoy 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...

...; Oh, who will help an orphan child To find her father's grave ? [*. H. SIgourney. THE HEKOIC BOY. The boy stood on the burning deck, Whence all but he had fled ; The flames that lit the battle's wreck Shone round him o'er the dead. Yet beautiful and bright he stood,...

...himself Would proudly call his daughter." — MART HOWITT. "There beautiful and bright he itood — Aa born to rule the storm ; A creature of heroic blood, A proud, though child-like form."— HEMAHS. PHILADELPHIA: TB PETERSON & BROTHERS; 306 CHESTNUT STREET. I1"3 JUBVARD...

...Correlation C. It was well worth waiting for. At one time it looked as though I was cast for the role of "The boy stood on the burning deck whence all but he had fled," but now that the flames are quenched, the passengers are rowing back to the old ship as fast as they...

...Oxford Dictionary of Quotations and Bartletfs Familiar Quotations present the famous line as follows: "The boy stood on the burning deck, whence all but he had fled. . . ." But Bartlett carries this footnote: "The first American edition of Mrs. Hemans's Poems (1826)...

...it sounds a little sentimental today, it also does that unusual thing - treats a child like a hero. The boy stood on the burning deck Whence all but he...storm A creature of heroic blood, A proud, though child-hke form. [...] There came a burst of thunder-sound The boy - oh! where was he? Ask of the winds...

...to be obeyed. NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE, (1804-1864) US author. The Blithedale Romance, ch. 2 (1852). 14 The boy stood on the burning deck Whence all but he had fled. 15 So long as men worship the Caesars and Napoleons, Caesars and Napoleons will duly rise and make...