Howe’er it be, it seems to me
’Tis only noble to be good.
—Tennyson.
II.—CASABIANCA.
Mrs. Hemans.
Casabianca, a boy about thirteen years old, son of the Admiral of the French fleet, remained at his post, in the Battle of the Nile, after his ship, the “Orient,” had caught fire, and after all the guns had been abandoned. He perished in the explosion of the vessel, when the flames reached the powder magazine.
The boy stood on the burning deck,