 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. Yet beautiful and bright he stood, As born to rule the storm — A creature of heroic blood, A proud, though childlike...  The Poetical Work of Mrs. Felicia Hemans - Page 135by Mrs. Hemans - 1828Full view - About this book
 | Josiah Bushnell Grinnell - 1891 - 464 pages
...found Master Eldridge, 'the boy father of the man,' solus, and with eloquent aptness declaiming: ' The boy stood on the burning deck whence all but him had fled ' ; and, knowing the boy, I confidently predict he will never hie to Canada, nor vacate his trust so... | |
 | Mrs. Hemans - 1826 - 502 pages
...first it roll'd. Let there be silence, deep and strange, Where sceptred cities rose ! CASABIANCA.* THE boy stood on the burning deck, Whence all but him...blood, A proud, though child-like form. The flames roll'd on — be would not go, Without his father's word ; * Young Casabianca, a boy about thirteen... | |
 | Mrs. Hemans - 1826 - 502 pages
...first it roll'd. Let there be silence, deep and strange, Where sceptred cities rose ! CASABIANCA.* THE boy stood on the burning deck, Whence all but him...blood, A proud, though child-like form. The flames roll'd on—he would not go, Without his father's word; * Young Casablanca, a boy about thirteen years... | |
 | 1826 - 726 pages
..." remainder biscuit," and resigns himself to his obscure destiny and the dog-davs. CASABIANCA." The boy stood on the burning deck Whence all but him had fled; The flarae that lit the battle's wreck, Shone round him o'er the dead. Yet beautiful and bright he stood,... | |
 | 1826 - 426 pages
...OBSERVE AND PRESERVE." [iN ADVANCE. Vel beautiful and bright he stood, As born lo rule the storm j A creature of heroic blood, A proud, though child-like form. The flames roll'd on— be would not 50, Without bit father's word; The father, faint in death below, His voice... | |
 | Mrs. Hemans - 1827 - 360 pages
...rose ! Thou speak'st of one who doth not change — — So may our hearts repose. CASABIANCA.* THE boy stood on the burning deck, Whence all but him...blood, A proud, though child-like form. The flames roll'd on — he would not go, Without his father's word ; That father, faint in death below, His voice... | |
 | Ebenezer Porter - 1828 - 452 pages
...meet, they engage, attack and skirmish in a thousand different ways. Campbell. 43. Casabianca.* 1 THE boy stood on the burning deck, Whence all but him...the battle's wreck, Shone round him o'er the dead. 2 The flames roll'd on — he would not go, Without his father's word ; That father, faint in death... | |
 | Mrs. Hemans - 1828 - 228 pages
...strange, Where sceptred cities rose ! Thou, speak'st of one who doth not change — CASABIANCA.t THE boy stood on the burning deck, Whence all but him had fled ; The flame that lit the hattle's wreck, Shone round him o'er the dead. Yet beautiful and bright he stood, As born to rule the... | |
 | Alaric Alexander Watts - 1829 - 476 pages
...the gallant youth perished in the expkxion of the revel, when the flame! had reached the powder. THE boy stood on the burning deck Whence all but him had...blood, A proud though childlike form ! The flames rolled on — he would not go Without his father's word ; That father, faint in death below, His voice... | |
 | Alaric Alexander Watts - 1829 - 424 pages
...gallant youth perished in the explosion of the vessel, when the flames had reached the powder. THE hoy stood on the burning deck Whence all but him had fled...blood, A proud though childlike form ! The flames rolled on — he would not go Without his father's word ; That father, faint in death below, His voice... | |
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