 | Jesse Olney - 1845 - 348 pàgines
...father, say If yet my task is done ?" He knew not that the chieftain lay Unconscious of his son. 5. " Speak, father !" once again he cried, "If I may yet...but the booming shots replied, And fast the flames roll'd on. 6. Upon his brow he felt their breath, And in his waving hair, And look'd from that lone... | |
 | Modern poetical speaker, Fanny Bury PALLISER - 1845 - 540 pàgines
...been abandoned. He perished in the explosion of the vessel when the flames had reached the powder. " Speak, father ! " once again he cried, " If I may...but the booming shots replied, And fast the flames roll'd on. Upon his brow he felt their breath, And in the waving hair, And look'd from that lone post... | |
 | Mrs. Hemans - 1845 - 382 pàgines
...Father, say If yet my task is done ?" Ho 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 roll'd on. Upon his brow he felt their breath, And in his waving hair, And look'd from that lone post... | |
 | David Bates Tower - 1845 - 176 pàgines
...knew not that the chieftain lay Unconscious of his son. 5. " Speak, father ! " once again he cned, " If I may yet be gone ! " — And but the booming shots replied, And fast the flames rolled on. 6. Upon his brow he felt their breath, And in his waving hair; And looked from that lone post of death,... | |
 | William Draper Swan - 1846 - 174 pàgines
...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...that lone post of death In still, yet brave despair ! — And shouted but once more aloud, " My father, must I stay ? " While o'er him fast, through sail... | |
 | 1846 - 436 pàgines
...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...that lone post of death, In still, yet brave despair. 96 LAMENTATION FOR THE DEATH OF CELIN. And shouted but once more aloud, " My father ! must I stay ?... | |
 | John Epy Lovell - 1846 - 540 pàgines
...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...booming shots replied — And fast the flames rolled on. And looked from that lone post of death, In still, yet brave despair. And shouted but once more aloud,... | |
 | Book - 1847 - 206 pàgines
...yet my task is done !" He knew not that the chieftain lay Unconscious of his son. 38 CASABIANCA. " Speak, father !" once again he cried, " If I may yet...but the booming shots replied, And fast the flames roll'd on. Upon his brow he felt their breath, And in his waving hair, And look'd from, that lone post... | |
 | Book - 1847 - 216 pàgines
...yet my task is done !" He knew not that the chieftain lay Unconscious of his son. 38 CASABIANCA. " Speak, father!" once again he cried, " If I may yet...but the booming shots replied, And fast the flames roll'd on. Upon his brow he felt their breath, And in his waving hair, And look'd from that lone post... | |
 | Gorham Dummer Abbott - 1848 - 168 pàgines
...his son. " Speak, father," once again he cried, " If I may yet begone." And—but the booming shot replied, And fast the flames rolled on. Upon his brow...waving hair ; And looked from that lone post of death, And shouted but once more aloud, " My father, must I stay 1" While o'er him fast, through sail and... | |
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Say, 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! 
