| John Celivergos Zachos - 1851 - 570 páginas
...had reached the powder." THE boy stood on the burning deck, Whence all but him had rlud ; The flame that lit the battle's wreck Shone round him o'er the...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, His voice... | |
| William Russell - 1851 - 394 páginas
...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... | |
| Salem Town - 1851 - 372 páginas
...the storm; A 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, His voice no longer heard. 4. He called aloud, — " Say, father, say If yet my task is done ?" He knew not that the chieftain... | |
| Mrs. Hemans - 1852 - 682 páginas
...distempered fancy." CASABIANCA.* THE boy stood on the burning deck Whence all but he had fled ; The flame that lit the battle's wreck. Shone round him o'er...faint in death below, His voice no longer heard. He call'd aloud : — " Say, Father say, If yet my task is done?" He knew not that the chieftain lay Unconscious... | |
| Epes Sargent - 1852 - 568 páginas
...names 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 round him o'er the...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, his voice... | |
| Epes Sargent - 1852 - 570 páginas
...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 round him o'er the...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, his voice... | |
| 1914 - 594 páginas
...following beautiful lines: " 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...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 no... | |
| Burton Egbert Stevenson - 1915 - 568 páginas
...OF THE NILE, AUGUST, 1798] 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...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, His voice... | |
| 1916 - 650 páginas
...Christ, The King. John Oxentiam CASABIANCA THE boy stood on the burning deck, Whence all but he had fled; Yet beautiful and bright he stood, As born to rule...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... | |
| Annie Fellows Johnston - 1916 - 366 páginas
...every object in it. His manner made Georgina think of "Casablanca," another poem of Tippy's teaching: "He stood As born to rule the storm. A creature of heroic blood, A brave though form." "Childlike" was the word she left out because it did not fit in this case. "A brave... | |
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