 | Ballads, English - 1765 - 388 pages
...Nothing then its wealth defended But my orders not to fight: Oh! that in this rolling ocean j* I had caft them with difdain, And obey'd my heart's warm motion...For refiftance I could fear none, But with twenty flaps had done ;o What thou, brave and happy Vernon, Haft atchiev'd with fix alone. Then the baftimentds... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1768 - 1002 pages
...They neither added nor confounded, They neither wanted nor abounded. In that of feven, For refinance I could fear none, But with twenty (hips had done, What, thou brave and happy Vernon, Haft atchiev'd with fix alone. In that of fix, 'Twas when the Teas were roaring, With hollow blalts of wind,... | |
 | Moses Mendez - English poetry - 1770 - 334 pages
...Nothing then its wealth defended But my orders not to fight: O ! that in this rolling ocean I had caft them with difdain, And obey'd my heart's warm motion To have quell'd the pride of Spain ; For reiuhnce I could fear none, But with twenty fhips had done What thou, brave and happy Vernon, Haft... | |
 | Thomas Percy - Ballads - 1794 - 426 pages
...orders not to fight. Oh! that in this rolling ocean 4$ I had caft them with difdain, And oliey'd rny heart's warm motion To have quell'd the pride of Spain! For refiftance I could fear ndne, But with twenty fliips had done 59 What thou, brave and happy Vernon^ Haft atchiev'd wi:h fix... | |
 | 1795 - 1334 pages
...town affright ; a it» wealth defended О ! that in this rolling ocean I had cad them with difdaio, And obey'd my heart's warm motion. To have quell'd the pride of Spain; For refiftante I could fear none, But with twenty (hips had done What thou, brave and nappy Vernon, Haft... | |
 | Matthew Gregory Lewis - Ballads, English - 1801 - 242 pages
...its wealth defended, " But my orders not to fight. (c Oh ! that in this rolling ocean " I had caft them with difdain, " And obey'd my heart's warm motion...For refiftance I could fear none, " But with twenty mips had done " What thou, brave and happy Vernon, " Haft achiev'd with fix alone. " Then the Baftimento's... | |
 | Matthew Gregory Lewis - Ballads, English - 1801 - 266 pages
...But my orders not to fight. ''Oh! that in this rolling ocean " I had cast them with disdain, • '' And obey'd my heart's warm motion *( To have quell'd the pride of Spain 1 " For resistance I could fear none, ' ' But with twenty ships had done 256 11 Then the bastimentos... | |
 | Richard Glover, Thomas Park - 1806 - 336 pages
...defended But my orders not to fight : O ! that in this rolling ocean I had cast them with disdain, And obey'd my heart's warm motion. To have quell'd the pride of Spain ; ' For resistance I could fear none, But with twenty ships bad done What thou, brave and happy Vernon, Hast... | |
 | Richard Glover, Thomas Park - 1808 - 342 pages
...defended But my orders not to fight : O ! that in this rolling ocean I had cast them with disdain, And obey'd my heart's warm motion, To have quell'd the pride of Spain ; * Vttr resistance I could fear none, But with twenty ships had done What them, brave and happy Vernon,... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - English poetry - 1810 - 662 pages
...wealth defended But my orders not to fight : O! that in this rolling ocean I had cast them with disdain, And obey'd my heart's warm motion, To have quell'd the pride of Spain. '• For resistance I could fear none, But with twenty ships had done What thoti, brave and happy Veruon, Hast... | |
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Those were once my sailors bold, Lo, each hangs his drooping forehead, While his dismal tale is told. 
