 | 1928 - Liczba stron: 432
...made the vessel heel And laid her on her side; A land-breeze shook the shrouds, And she was overset; Down went the Royal George, With all her crew complete...tempest gave the shock, She sprang no fatal leak, She sprang upon no rock; His sword was in the sheath, His fingers held the pen, When Kempenfelt went down... | |
 | David Keppel-Jones - 2001 - Liczba stron: 304
...clearly in actual examples of verse that do not deliberately override it. For example (in iambics) : It was not in the battle, No tempest gave the shock, She sprang no fatal leak, She ran upon no rock; Cowper, "On the Loss of the Royal George," 17-20 To proceed. The beat that opens a line will inevitably... | |
 | William Cowper - 2003 - Liczba stron: 124
...shook the shrouds, And she was overset; Down went the Royal George, With all her crew complete. 12 Toll for the brave— Brave Kempenfelt is gone, His...fatal leak, She ran upon no rock; His sword was in the sheath, His fingers held the pen, When Kempenfelt went down With twice four hundred men. 24 Weigh... | |
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Toll for the brave ! Brave Kempenfelt is gone ; His last sea-fight is fought, His work of glory done. It was not in the battle ; No tempest gave the shock ; She sprang no fatal leak ; She ran upon no rock. 
