 | Mrs. Hemans - 1826 - 502 pages
...father, say If yet my task is done ? " He knew not that the chieftain lay Unconscious of his son. " Speak, Father !" once again he cried, " If I may yet...gone ! " — And but the booming shots replied, And fust the flames roll'd on. Upon his brow he felt their breath, And in his waving hair ; And look'd... | |
 | 1826 - 726 pages
...cried, " If I may yet begone ! And " — but the booming shots replied, And fast the flames rolled on. Upon his brow he felt their breath, And in his waving hair, And looked from that lone post of death, In still, yet brave despair. And shouted but once more aloud,... | |
 | Ebenezer Porter - Elocution - 1828 - 418 pages
...father, say If yet my task is done ?" He knew not that the chieftain lay Unconscious of his son. 4 " Speak, Father !" once again he cried, " If I may yet...but the booming shots replied, And fast the flames rolled on. 5 They wrapt the ship in splendour wild, They caught the flag on high, And streamed above... | |
 | Mrs. Hemans - 1828 - 216 pages
...«1?a,k' Fathei: !" once aSa>» he cried, " If 1 may yet be gone !" ' —And but the booming sjiots replied, And fast the flames roll'd on. Upon his brow...he felt their breath, And in his waving hair; . And look'J from that lone post of death, In still, yet brave despair. And shouted but once more aloud,... | |
 | Alaric Alexander Watts - English poetry - 1829 - 424 pages
...father! say, If yet my task is done?" He knew not that the chieftain lay Unconscious of his son. " Speak, father!" once again he cried, " If I may yet...but the booming shots replied, And fast the flames rolled on. Upon his brow he felt their breath, And in his waving hair, And looked from that lone post... | |
 | Alaric Alexander Watts - English poetry - 1829 - 476 pages
...father! say, If yet my task is done?" He knew not that the chieftain lay Unconscious of his son. " Speak, father!" once again he cried, " If I may yet...but the booming shots replied, And fast the flames rolled on. Upon his brow he felt their breath, And in his waving hair, And looked from that lone post... | |
 | Felicia Dorothea Browne Hemans - English poetry - 1829 - 346 pages
...Father, say If yet my task is done ?" He knew not that the chieftain lay Unconscious of his son. " Speak, Father !" once again he cried, " If I may yet be gone I And" — but the booming shots replied, And fast the flames rolled on. Upon his brow he felt their... | |
 | Benjamin Dudley Emerson - American literature - 1830 - 334 pages
...father, say If yet my task is done ? ' He knew not that the chieftain lay Unconscious of his son. ' Speak, Father ! ' once again he cried, ' If I may...but the booming shots replied, And fast the flames rolled on. Upon his brow he felt their breath, And in his waving hair ; And looked from that lone post... | |
 | Ebenezer Porter - Elocution - 1830 - 416 pages
...not that the chieftain lay Unconscious of his son. 4 " Speak, Father !" once again he cried, " If J may yet be gone !" — And but the booming shots replied, And fast the flames rolled on. 5 They wrapt the ship in splendour wild., , They caught the flag on high, / And streamed... | |
 | George Barrell Cheever - American poetry - 1830 - 516 pages
...father, say If yet my task is done ?" He knew not that the chieftain lay Unconscious of his son. " Speak, Father !" once again he cried, " If I may yet be gone !" — And but th? booming shots replied, And fast the flames roll'd on. Upon his brow he felt their breath, And in... | |
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Speak, Father!" once again he cried, "If I may yet be gone!" —And but the booming shots replied, And fast the flames rolled on. 
