| John Sabine - 1810 - 308 páginas
...in the storm. Heavens! how utilikt tlieir Bi-lgic >ires of old ! Eotigh, poor, content, rngovernably bold; War in each breast, and freedom on each brow; How much unlike the sons of Britain now ! Sri tain. Fir'd at the sound, my genius spreads her And flies where Britain courts the western spring;... | |
| Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 648 páginas
...buys ; A land of tyrants, and a den of slaves, Here wretches seek dishonourable graves. And, calmly bent, to servitude conform, Dull as their lakes that slumber in the storm. Heav'os ! bow unlike their Belgic sires of old ! Rough, poor, content, ungovernably bold ; 'War in... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 656 páginas
...A land of tyrants, and a den of slaves, Here wretches seek dishonourable graves, And, calmly beat, to servitude conform, Dull as their lakes that slumber in the storm. Heav'ns ! h»w unlike their Belgic sires of old ! Rough, poor, content, ungovernaUy bold ; War in each... | |
| Poetical selections - 1811 - 324 páginas
...den of slaves, Here wretches seek dishonorable graves, And calmly bent to servitude conform, Pull. as their lakes that slumber in the storm., Heavens...each brow ; How much unlike the sons of Britain now ! Fir'dat the sound, my genius spreads her wing, Aud flies where Britain courts the western spring... | |
| Dugald Stewart - 1813 - 520 páginas
...of a word ; and is certainly one of the happieft in our language. Heavens ! how unlike their Belgio Sires of old ! Rough, poor, content, ungovernably...each brow, How much unlike the Sons of Britain now ! — Fired at the sound, my Genius spreads her wing, And flies, where Britain courts the western spring.... | |
| Oliver Goldsmith - 1813 - 124 páginas
..." ,* A land of tyrants, and a den of slaves, Here wretches seek dishonourable graves, Ariel calmly bent, to servitude conform, Dull as their lakes that...Heavens ! how unlike their Belgic sires of old! Rough, poor.Vontent, ungovernably bold ; War in each breast, and freedom ou each brow? ' How much unlike the... | |
| Dugald Stewart - 1813 - 564 páginas
...language. Heavens ! how unlike their Belgic Sires of old ! Hough. poor, content, ungovernably bokl ; War in each breast, and freedom on each brow, How much unlike the Sons of Britain now ! — Fired at the sound, my Genius spreads her wing, And flies, where Britain courts the western spring.... | |
| 1814 - 310 páginas
...buys ; A land of tyrants, and a den of slaves ! Here wretches seek dishonorable graves, And calmly bent, to servitude conform, Dull as their lakes that...storm. Heavens ! how unlike their Belgic sires of old t Rough, poor, content, ungovernably bold : War in each breast, and freedom on each brow. How much... | |
| Elegant poems - 1814 - 132 páginas
...reign. Heavens ! how unlike their Belgic sires of old ! Rouith, poor, content, ungovernably bold i War in each breast, and freedom on each brow ; How much unlike the sons of Britain now 1 Fir'd at the sound, my genius spreads her wing, And flies where Britain courts the western spring... | |
| Dugald Stewart - 1814 - 528 páginas
...suggested by the accidental mention of a word ; and is certainly one of the happiest in our language. Heavens ! how unlike their Belgic Sires of old ! Rough, poor, content, ungovernably bold f War in each breast, and freedom on each brow ; How much unlike the Sons of Britain now ! — —... | |
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