 | David Henry Montgomery - American poetry - 1890 - 342 pages
...would not shrink, With knee to man unbent, Unfaltering on its dreadful brink, To his red grave he went. Vain, mightiest fleets, of iron framed ; Vain, those...England keep, untamed, The strong heart of her sons. So let his name through Europe ring — A man of mean estate, Who died, as firm as Sparta's king,2... | |
 | Mrs. Grace Townsend - English poetry - 1890 - 640 pages
...would not shrink, With knee to man unbent, Unfaltering on its dreadful brink, To his red grave he went. Vain mightiest fleets of iron framed, Vain those all-shattering...England keep untamed The strong heart of her sons; So let his name through Europe ring, — A man of mean estate. Who died, as firm as Sparta's king,... | |
 | Grace Townsend - English poetry - 1891 - 570 pages
...would not shrink, With knee to man unbent. Unfaltering on its dreadful brink, To his red grave he went. Vain mightiest fleets of iron framed, Vain those all-shattering...England keep untamed The strong heart of her sons; So let his name through Europe ring, — A man of mean estate, Who died, as firm as Sparta's king,... | |
 | William Ernest Henley - American poetry - 1891 - 404 pages
...Unfaltering on its dreadful brink, To his red grave he went. Vain, mightiest fleets of iron frames; Vain, those all-shattering guns; Unless proud England keep, untamed, The strong heart of her sons. So, let his name through Europe ring — A man of mean estate, Who died, as firm as Sparta's king,... | |
 | William Ernest Henley - American poetry - 1891 - 394 pages
...Unfaltering on its dreadful brink, To his red grave he went. Vain, mightiest fleets of iron frames; Vain, those all-shattering guns; Unless proud England keep, untamed, The strong heart of her sons. So, let his name through Europe ring — A man of mean estate, Who died, as firm as Sparta's king,... | |
 | John Churton Collins - Bookbinding, Victorian - 1896 - 504 pages
...would not shrink, With knee to man unbent, Unfaltering on its dreadful brink, To his red grave he went. Vain, mightiest fleets of iron framed ; Vain, those...England keep, untamed, The strong heart of her sons. So let his name through Europe ring — A man of mean estate, Who died, as firm as Sparta's king, Because... | |
 | Henry Coppée - Literature - 1896 - 546 pages
...would not shrink, With knee to man unbent, Unfaltering on its dreadful brink, To his red grave he went. Vain mightiest fleets of iron framed, Vain those all-shattering...England keep untamed The strong heart of her sons ; 80 let his name through Europe ring — A man of mean estate Who died as firm as Sparta's king Because... | |
 | David Henry Montgomery - Ballads, English - 1896 - 344 pages
...would not shrink, With knee to man unbent, Unfaltering on its dreadful brink, To his red grave he went. Vain, mightiest fleets, of iron framed; Vain, those...England keep, untamed, The strong heart of her sons. So let his name through Europe ring — A man of mean estate, Who died, as firm as Sparta's king, 2... | |
 | Charles Cooper King - Great Britain - 1897 - 508 pages
...would not shrink, With knee to man unbent, Unfaltering on its dreadful brink To his red grave he went. Vain, mightiest fleets of iron framed, Vain, those...England keep untamed The strong heart of her sons. So let his name through Europe ring, A man of mean estate, Who died as firm as Sparta's king Because... | |
 | Sir Frederick Wedmore - Patriotic poetry, English - 1897 - 322 pages
...would not shrink, With knee to man unbent, Unfaltering on its dreadful brink, To his red grave he went Vain mightiest fleets, of iron framed ; Vain those...England keep, untamed, The strong heart of her sons. So, let his name through Europe ring — A man of mean estate, Who died as firm as Sparta's king Because... | |
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Vain, mightiest fleets of iron framed ; Vain, those all-shattering guns ; Unless proud England keep, untamed, The strong heart of her sons. So, let his name through Europe ring — A man of mean estate, Who died, as firm as Sparta's king, Because his... 
