 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 Western Educational Review - Page 811871Full view - About this book
 | Jacob Abbott, Old Harlo - Children - 1835 - 262 pages
...Whence all but he had fled; The flame that Jit the battle's wreck, Shone round him o'er the dead. 2. Yet beautiful and bright he stood, As born to rule...creature of heroic blood, A proud, though childlike form. 3. The flames rolled on—he would not go Without his father's word ; That father, faint in death below,... | |
 | Samuel Putnam - Readers - 1836 - 226 pages
...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...heroic 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,... | |
 | Harp - English poetry - 1836 - 380 pages
...THE boy stood on the burning deck Whence all but him had fled ; The Same that lit the battle's wreck Shone round him o'er the dead. Yet beautiful and bright...heroic 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,... | |
 | Author of The young man's own book - American poetry - 1836 - 336 pages
...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...heroic 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,... | |
 | Jonathan Barber - Elocution - 1836 - 188 pages
...The boy stood on the burning deck, Whence all but him had fled: The flameUhat lit the battle's wreck: Shone round him o'er the dead: Yet beautiful and bright...heroic blood, A proud, though child-like form. The flames rolled on — he would not go, Without his father's word; That father, faint in death below,... | |
 | John Epy Lovell - Elocution - 1836 - 534 pages
...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...of heroic 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,... | |
 | Jonathan Barber - Oratory - 1836 - 404 pages
...Whence all but him had fled ; The flame that lit the battle's wreck, Shone round hirn o'er the dead. i Yet beautiful and bright he stood, As born to rule...heroic 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,... | |
 | William Holmes McGuffey - Rare books - 1836 - 180 pages
...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...creature of heroic blood, A proud, though childlike form. 3. The flames rolled on; he would not go, Without his father's word; That father, faint in death below,... | |
 | Mrs. Hemans - English poetry - 1836 - 472 pages
...that lit'thc battle's wreck, Shone round him o'er the dead. Yet beautiful and bright he stood, As bom to rule the 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, faint in death below,... | |
 | Gertrude (fict. name.) - 1837 - 238 pages
...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...storm; A creature of heroic blood, A proud though childish form. The flames rolled on—he would not go, Without his father's word; That father, faint... | |
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