 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...  Poems of patriotism, history and legend - Стр. 23721912Полный просмотр - Подробнее о книге
 | William Russell - 1844 - Страниц: 428
...iambic feet; and the second and fourth, six syllables, or three feet; as in the following example : " The boy stood on the burning deck Whence all but him...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 three iambic feet... | |
 | English poetry - 1844 - Страниц: 70
...Thus we salute thee with our early song, And welcome thee, and wish thee long. MILTON. CASABIANCA.* THE boy stood on the burning deck, Whence all but...the battle's wreck Shone round him o'er the dead. * Young Casabianca, a boy about thirteen years old, son to the admiral of the Orient, remained at his... | |
 | Mrs. Hemans - 1845 - Страниц: 382
...alas ! yet joy ! — my son, my son ! CASABIANCA. THE boy stood on the burning deck Whence all but he had fled ; The flame that lit the battle's wreck,...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... | |
 | Modern poetical speaker, Fanny Bury PALLISER - 1845 - Страниц: 540
...— Go, share thy lot with him. CASABIANCA.• THE boy stood on the burning deck, Whence all but he had fled ; The flame that lit the battle's wreck Shone...blood, A proud, though childlike form. The flames roll'd on — he would not go, Without his father's word ; That father, faint in death below, His voice... | |
 | William Russell - 1845 - Страниц: 410
...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...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 three iambic feet... | |
 | David Bates Tower - 1845 - Страниц: 176
...vesse., when the flames had reached the powder. This is an instance ?t obedience even unto death.] 1. THE boy stood on the burning deck, Whence all but...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... | |
 | John Epy Lovell - 1846 - Страниц: 540
...been abandoned, and perished in the explosion of tho vessel, when the dames had reached the powder. The boy stood on the burning deck Whence all but him...father, faint in death below, His voice no longer heard. He called aloud : — " say, father, say If yet my task is done ?" He knew not that the chieftain lay... | |
 | 1846 - Страниц: 436
...They were moving slow, in weeds of woe ; No maiden was by their side ! " CASABIANCA. — Mrs. Hemans. THE boy stood on the burning deck, Whence all but...father, faint in death below, His voice no longer heard. He called aloud, — " Say, father, say If yet my task is done ! " He knew not that the chieftain lay... | |
 | William Russell - 1846 - Страниц: 394
...iambic feet; and the second and fourth, six syllables, or three feet; as irj the following example : " The boy stood on the burning deck Whence all but him...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 three iambic feet... | |
 | Book - 1847 - Страниц: 216
...vessel, when the flames had reached the powder. THE boy stood on the burning deck, Whence all but he had fled ; The flame that lit the battle's wreck Shone...father, faint in death below, His voice no longer heard. He called aloud, " Say, father, say, If yet my task is done !" He knew not that the chieftain lay Unconscious... | |
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