 And the masts and the rigging were lying over the side; But Sir Richard cried in his English pride, "We have fought such a fight for a day and a night As may never be fought again! We have won great glory, my men! And a day less or more At sea or ashore,...  Ballads and Other Poems - Página 37por Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1880 - 120 páginasVista completa - Acerca de este libro
 | 1894 - 802 páginas
...may be fought again ! We have gained great glory, my men ! And a day less or more At sea or on shore We die — does it matter when ? Sink me the ship,...into the hands of God, not into the hands of Spain! " As Grenville's cousin Raleigh said, " The vast fleet of the Spaniards lying round her like dogs round... | |
 | Thomas Humphry Ward - 1894 - 862 páginas
...less or more At sea or ashore, We die—does it matter when? Sink me the ship, Master Gunner—sink her, split her in twain ! Fall into the hands of God, not into the hands of Spain !' XIL And the gunner said ' Ay, ay,' but the seamen made reply: 'We have children, we have wives,... | |
 | Charles Eliot Norton, George Henry Browne - 1895 - 396 páginas
...that we still could sting, So they watch'd what the end would be. And we had not fought them in vain, But in perilous plight were we, Seeing forty of our...into the hands of God, not into the hands of Spain ! ' XII. And the gunner said 'Ay, ay,' but the seamen made reply: 'We have children, we have wives,... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1895 - 284 páginas
...them stark and cold, And the pikes were all broken or bent, and the powder was all of it spent ; &> And the masts and the rigging were lying over the...into the hands of God, not into the hands of Spain ! ' 90 XII. And the gunner said ' Ay, ay,' but the seamen made reply : ' We have children, we have... | |
 | Roger Granville - 1895 - 632 páginas
...enemy, who were now all cast in a ring about him, now gave the order to destroy his gallant craft. AVe have fought such a fight for a day and a night As...into the hands of God ! not into the hands of Spain ! To this the master-gunner readily assented ; but according to Raleigh's account the captain and master... | |
 | T. S. Peppin - 1895 - 128 páginas
...back upon Don or devil yet.' " Nor did the concluding lines of the eleventh stanza escape : — ' ' Sink me the ship, Master Gunner, sink her, split her...into the hands of God, not into the hands of Spain ! " When the end comes a perfect ovation breaks out, such as accompanies the outlet of feeling long... | |
 | Arthur Compton Auchmuty - 1895 - 172 páginas
...At sea or ashore, We die—does it matter when ? Sink me the ship, Master Gunner—sink her, spilt her in twain ! Fall into the hands of God, not into the hands of Spain !" XII. And the gunner said " Ay, ay," but the seamen made reply : " We have children, we have wives,... | |
 | 1896 - 532 páginas
...that w« still could sting, So they watch'd what the end would be. And we had not fought them in vain, But in perilous plight were we, Seeing forty of our...into the hands of God, not into the hands of Spain ! " XII And the gunner said, " Ay, ay," but the seamen made reply : " We have children, we have wives,... | |
 | David Henry Montgomery - 1896 - 344 páginas
...perilous plight were we, Seeing forty of our poor hundred were slain, And half of the rest of us maimed for life In the crash of the cannonades and the desperate...the hands of God, not into the hands of ' Spain!" And the gunner said " Ay, ay," but the seamen made reply: " We have children, we have wives, And the... | |
 | Samuel Silas Curry - 1896 - 388 páginas
...And the pikes were all broken or bent, and the powder was all of it spent ; And the masts and th« rigging were lying over the side ; But Sir Richard...into the hands of God, not into the hands of Spain ! " And the gunner said, " Ay, ay," but the seamen made reply : " We have children, we have wives,... | |
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