...good English Poets : nor should it be forgotten that the song of Rule Britannia is his, a song which will be the political hymn of this country as long as she maintains her political power. So egregiously lazy was 'l homson that he h?.s been seen standing at a peach tree, with both hands...

...[Published In the Masque of Alfred, by James Thomson and David Mallet. " The song of Rule Britannia will be the political hymn of this country as long as she maintains her political power."— SOUTHKT.] WHEN SUMMER COMES. WILLIAM CRAWFORD. When summer comes, the swains on Tweed Sing their successful...

...Furnivall and Parker of Charing Cross. GL SHANNON. " Rule Britannia." — " The song of Rule Britannia will be the political hymn of this country as long as she maintains her political power." — Southey. Where is the above passage to be found in Southey? ' D. Population of Dedham, US — Can...

...is mentioned by Ritson. — Scotish Songs, 1794, vol. i. Lxix. * " Tho song of Rule Britannia " * * will be the political hymn of this country as long as she maintains her political power."— SOUTHEY: Later English I'oets, vol. ii. p. 107. WHEN BRITAIN FIRST, &c. AN ODE. (From Alfred, 1740,...

...Thomson, and played in 1740 ; but Mallet wrote the " celebrated ode," which Southey describes as " the political hymn of this country as long as she maintains her political power." Alfred -was altered by Mallet in 1751, and three stanzas of the ode were omitted and three others supplied...

...BRITANNIA,' one of the national anthems of Great Britain, which has been described by Southey as ' the political hymn of this country as long as she maintains her political power.' Its original appearance was in a masque entitled Alfreil, the words by James Thomson the poet, and...

...at Drury Lane in 1761. It contains the famous song of Ruh Britannia, of which Southey said that " it will be the political hymn of this country as long as she maintains her political power." Alfred. An epic poem in six books, by HEÎJIIY JAMES PYE (1746—1813), published in 1801. Algarsife....

...stage at Drury Lane in 1751 — 'Rule Britannia' first appeared ; a song which, as Southey said, ' will be the political hymn of this country as long as she maintains her political power." Whether Thomson or Mallet was the author of ' Rule Britannia' is not quite settled. A competent critic,...

...BRITANNIA I The music of this noble 'ode in honour of Great Britain,' which, according to Southey, ' will be the political hymn of this country as long as she maintains her political power,' was composed by Arne for his masque of 'Alfred' (the words by Thomson and Mallet), and first performed...

...BRITANNIA,' one of the national anthems of Great Britain, which has been described by Southey as ' the political hymn of this country as long as she maintains her political power.' Its original appearance was in a mosque entitled Alfred, the words t>y James Thomson the poet, and...