 | 1910 - 848 pages
...Thomas Howard: "'Fore God I am no coward; But I cannot meet them here, for my ships are out of gear, And the half my men are sick. I must fly, but follow...ships of the line; can we fight with fifty-three?" The ballad (song, rather) which gave a title to Mr. Newbolt's first volume, that too seems poor enough... | |
 | Literature - 1910 - 862 pages
...Thomas Howard: " 'Fore God i am no coward; But i cannot meet them here, for my ships are out of gear. And the half my men are sick. i must fly, but follow quick. We are six ships of the Hue; can we fight with fifty-three?" The ballad (song, rather) which gave a title to Mr. Newbolt's... | |
 | Literature - 1881 - 1008 pages
...perceive that the author might have told it in half the time. " Then spake Sir Richard Grenvilte : ' I know you are no coward; You fly them for a moment...I've ninety men and more that are lying sick ashore. I should count myself the coward if I left them, my Lord Howard, To these Inquisition dogs and the... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1879 - 314 pages
...Thomas Howard : " Tore God I am no coward ; But I cannot meet them here, for my ships are out of gear, And the half my men are sick. I must fly, but follow...Then spake Sir Richard Grenville : " I know you are 74 POEMS OF PLACES. But I 've ninety men and more that are lying sick ashore. I should count myself... | |
 | English poetry - 1879 - 314 pages
...Thomas Howard : " Tore God I am no coward ; But I cannot meet them here, for my ships are out of gear, And the half my men are sick. I must fly, but follow...Then spake Sir Richard Grenville : " I know you are But I 've ninety men and more that are lying sick ashore. I should count myself the coward if I left... | |
 | William Gordon McCabe - Ballads - 1879 - 174 pages
...them here, for my ships are ont of gear, And the half my men are sick. I mnst fly, bnt follow qnick. We are six ships of the line; can we fight with fiftythree ?" Then spake Sir Richard Grenville : "I know yon are no coward ; Yon fly them for a moment to fight with them again. Bnt I've ninety men and more... | |
 | Edward Everett Hale - Children's stories - 1880 - 334 pages
...Thomas Howard : " 'Fore God I am no coward ; But I cannot meet them here, for my ships are out of gear, And the half my men are sick. I must fly, but follow...fly them for a moment to fight with them again. But I 've ninety men and more that are lying sick ashore. I should count myself a coward if I left them,... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1880 - 1880 - 204 pages
...I must fly, but follow quick. "We are six ships of the line ; can we fight with fiftythree I ' ii. Then spake Sir Richard Grenville : ' I know you are...I've ninety men and more that are lying sick ashore. I should count myself the coward if I left them, my Lord Howard, To these Inquisition dogs and the... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1880 - 1880 - 130 pages
...Thomas Howard : ' Fore God I am no coward ; But I cannot meet them here, for my ships are out of gear, And the half my men are sick. I must fly, but follow...ships of the line ; can we fight with fifty-three ? ' n. Then spake Sir Richard Grenville : ' I know you are no coward ; You fly them for a moment to... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1881 - 502 pages
...Thomas Howard: '"Fore God I am no coward ! But I cannot meet them here, for my ships are out of gear, And the half my men are sick. I must fly, but follow...fly them for a moment to fight with them again. But 1 'ye ninety men and more that are lying sick ashore. I should count myself the coward if I left them,... | |
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Fore God I am no coward ; But I cannot meet them here, for my ships are out of gear, And the half my men are sick. I must fly, but follow quick. We are six ships of the line ; can we fight with fiftythree? 
