 RIGHT on our flank the crimson sun went down; The deep sea rolled around in dark repose ; When, like the wild shriek from some captured town, A cry of women rose. The stout ship Birkenhead lay hard and fast, Caught without hope upon a hidden rock; Her...  The Return of the Guards: And Other Poems - Página 232por Sir Francis Hastings Doyle - 1866 - 326 páginasVista completa - Acerca de este libro
 | George Stillman Hillard - 1871 - 410 páginas
...lost ; including the military commander, Colonel Seton, of the 74th Regiment.] 1. EIGHT on our flank l the crimson sun went down ; The deep sea rolled around in dark repose ; Then, like the wild shriek from some captured town, A cry of women rose. 2. The stout ship Birkenhead... | |
 | 1872 - 504 páginas
...gave place to the women and children, who were thus saved in the boats.] 5OOOOOOOOOOOO 1-1 rH it .H (H Right on our flank the crimson sun went down, The...rose. The stout ship ' Birkenhead ' lay hard and fast, Caught, without hope, upon a hidden rock, Her timbers thrilled as nerves, when through them passed... | |
 | John Frederick Denison Maurice - 1872 - 286 páginas
...shall spoil the story. The Professor of Poetry in the sister University shall tell it for me. Bight on our flank the crimson sun went down, The deep sea...rose. The stout ship Birkenhead lay hard and fast, Caught, without hope, upon a hidden rock; Her timbers thrilled as nerves, when thro' them passed The... | |
 | John Charles Curtis - 1872 - 168 páginas
...few who eventually escaped.) When, like the wild shriek from some captured town, A cry of women rose. RIGHT on our flank the crimson sun went down, The deep sea rolled around in dark repose, The stout ship Birkenhead lay hard and fast, Caught, without hope, upon a hidden rock ; Her timbers... | |
 | Francis Turner Palgrave - 1875 - 168 páginas
...faithful heart ! 40 f. Hemans THE LOSS OF THE BIRKENHEAD: Supposed to be told by a Soldier -who survived RIGHT on our flank the crimson sun went down ; The deep sea roll'd around in dark repose ; When, like the wild shriek from some captured town, A cry of women rose.... | |
 | Charles Bruce (writer of tales.) - 1876 - 244 páginas
...death itself. ' The story of these heroic men has been well told in verse by one of our minor poets : "Right on our flank the crimson sun went down, The...rose. " The stout ship Birkenhead lay hard and fast, Caught, without hope, upon a hidden rock ; Her timbers thrilled as nerves, when through thempassed... | |
 | Thomas Allan Croal - 1877 - 652 páginas
...Sir Francis H. Doyle has preserved the story of these heroic men in the following lines : — Bight on our flank the crimson sun went down, The deep sea...rose. The stout ship ' Birkenhead ' lay hard and fast, Caught, without hope, upon a hidden rock ; Her timbers thrilled as nerves, when through them passed... | |
 | William Henry Davenport Adams - 1877 - 800 páginas
...of women and children." The following fine poem was written by the late Sir F. Hastings Doyle : — Right on our flank the crimson sun went down, The...dark repose. When, like the wild shriek from some captnred town, A cry of women rose. The stout ship BirJcenhead lay hard and fast, Caught, without hope,... | |
 | sir Francis Hastings C. Doyle (2nd bart.) - 1877 - 316 páginas
...SOLDIER WHO SURVIVED. RIGHT on our flank the sun was dropping down ; The deep sea heaved around in bright repose ; When, like the wild shriek from some captured...rose. The stout ship ' Birkenhead ' lay hard and fast, Caught without hope upon a hidden rock ; Her timbers thrill'd as nerves, when through them pass'd The... | |
 | Sir Francis Hastings Doyle - 1877 - 326 páginas
...SOLDIER WHO SURVIVED. RIGHT on our flank the sun was dropping down ; The deep sea heaved around in bright repose ; When, like the wild shriek from some captured...rose. The stout ship ' Birkenhead ' lay hard and fast, Caught without hope upon a hidden rock ; Her timbers thrill'd as nerves, when through them pass'd The... | |
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