 | David Charles Bell - 1856 - 466 pages
...tears were done,— The FATHER had prayed o'er his only son. Vill.— CASABIANCA.— Itrt. Haiuaa. THE boy stood on the burning deck, whence all but him had fled ; The flames, that lit the battle's wreck, shone round him — o'er thedead! Yet beautiful and bright... | |
 | 1853 - 236 pages
...another." — Whately. 67. But is sometimes employed as a preposition, in the sense of except : as, " The boy stood on the burning deck, Whence all but him had fled." — Hcmatit. 68. " O'clock" is an eliptical expression, contracted from " Of the clock:" — "At seven... | |
 | 1856 - 366 pages
...another." — Whately. 67. But is sometimes employed as a preposition, in the sense of except : as, " The boy stood on the burning deck, Whence all but him had fled." — Hemans. 68. " O'clock" is an eliptical expression, contracted from " Of the clock:" — "At seven... | |
 | Samuel Griswold Goodrich - 1857 - 394 pages
...the fragments of the vessel, as they fell from the immense height to which they had been thrown. 5. The boy stood on the burning deck, whence all but him had fled; The flames that lit the battle's wreck shone round him o'er the dead. Yet beautiful and bright he stood,... | |
 | Worthy Putnam - 1858 - 420 pages
...been abandoned, and perished in the ezploalon of the vesael, whoa the flames had reached the powder. 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... | |
 | Book - 1858 - 124 pages
...the gallant youth perished in the explosion of the vessel, when the flames 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 Shone round him o'er the dead : Yet beautiful and bright he... | |
 | Isaiah J. Morris - 1858 - 228 pages
...the bliss in netion, some in ease, Those (tall it pleasure, and contentment these," — POPK J6. " The boy stood on the burning: deck, Whence all but him had fled."— HEMANS. 27. "And see where surly winter passes off Fur to the north, and calls his ruffian blast*."... | |
 | George Stillman Hillard - 1858 - 248 pages
...com-m&nd§' for-bid§' sm&ll'est un-ccr'tain be-lSnged' 1 wheth'er schSol 8 for-ggf XXTX.-CASABIANCA.' 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... | |
 | Thomas Buckley Smith - 1858 - 310 pages
...again to Freedom's cause return The patriot TELL — the BRUCE of BANNOCKBURN. CAMPBELL. CASABIANCA.t 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... | |
 | Stephen Watkins Clark - 1859 - 320 pages
...sparkle 'neath my feet" 18. " I love to think of him who made These pleasant things for me." 14. " The boy stood on the burning deck, Whence all but him h'ad fled: 15. The flames that lit the battle's wreck, Shone round him o'er the dead." 16. " I love to hear the... | |
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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 form. 
