 | Child rearing - 1911 - 602 pages
...That is the only solid, permanent strength of the Empire; all else will in the end be worth little. " Vain mightiest fleets of iron framed, Vain those all-shattering guns, Unless proud England keeps untamed The strong heart of her sons." Si LBsay Duty and Discipline in the Training of Children... | |
 | American poetry - 1912 - 624 pages
...thus, with eyes that would not shrink, With knee to man unbent, Unfaltering on its dreadful brink, Vain, mightiest fleets of iron framed, Vain, those...firm as Sparta's king, Because his soul was great. Francis Hastings Doyle [1810-1888] HOW OLD BROWN TOOK HARPER'S FERRY [OCTOBER 16, 1859] JOHN BROWN... | |
 | Arthur Quiller-Couch - English poetry - 1913 - 1048 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...firm as Sparta's king, Because his soul was great. i8p. The Epicurean UPON an everlasting tide Into the silent seas we go ; But verdure laughs along the... | |
 | Vere Henry Collins - English poetry - 1914 - 198 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,...firm as Sparta's king, Because his soul was great. INCIDENT OF THE FRENCH CAMP You know, we French stormed Ratisbon : A mile or so away On a little mound,... | |
 | Edward Verrall Lucas - English poetry - 1914 - 108 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...firm as Sparta's king, Because his soul was great. FRANCIS HASTINGS DOYLE Corporal Dicfc's promotion* A BALLAD OF '82 THE Eastern day was well-nigh o'er,... | |
 | Robert Maynard Leonard - English poetry - 1914 - 142 pages
...not shrink, With knee to man unbent, 30 Unfaltering on its dreadful brink, To his red grave he went. Vain, mightiest fleets of iron framed ; Vain, those...all-shattering guns ; Unless proud England keep, untamed, 35 The strong heart of her sons. So, let his name through Europe ring — A man of mean estate, Who... | |
 | 1914 - 238 pages
...the weapon is the man. Sir Francis Hastings Doyle has said : — " Vain mightiest fleets of armour framed Vain those all-shattering guns ; Unless proud England keep untamed The strong hearts of her sons." We, who cannot be with them, know that out in the grey North Sea the same spirit... | |
 | Burton Egbert Stevenson - American poetry - 1915 - 568 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...firm as Sparta's king, Because his soul was great. Francis Hastings Doyle KEARNY AT SEVEN PINES [MAY 31, 1862] So that soldierly legend is still on its... | |
 | Emilie Kip Baker - Children's poetry - 1915 - 232 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...firm as Sparta's king, Because his soul was "great. SIR FRANCIS HASTINGS DOYLE. O BLITHE newcomer ! I have heard, I hear thee and rejoice ; O cuckoo !... | |
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Yes, honour calls! — with strength like steel He put the vision by. Let dusky Indians whine and kneel; An English lad must die. And thus, with eyes that would not shrink, With knee to man unbent, Unfaltering on its dreadful brink, To his red grave he... 
