 | Going - 1825 - 662 pages
...world beside ; Where brighter suns dispense serener light, And milder moons emparadise the night : There is a spot of earth supremely blest ; A dearer,...Where shall that land, that spot of earth be found t Art thou a man ? a patriot ? look around : Oh ! thou sho.lt find where'er thy footsteps roam, That... | |
 | John Kitto - 1825 - 244 pages
...to that pole : For in this land of Heaven's peculiar grace, The heritage of nature's noblest race. There is a SPOT of earth supremely blest, A dearer, sweeter spot than all the rest ; Where man, creation's tyrnnt, casts aside His sword and sceptre — pageantry and pride, While in his softened... | |
 | L F. Winter - Historical fiction, English - 1825 - 784 pages
...ESQ. VOL. I. LONDON: PRINTED FOR AR NEWMAN AND CO. LEADEN HALL-STREET. CASTLE HARCOURT. CHAPTER I. There is a spot of earth supremely blest, A dearer, sweeter spot than all the rest; Where man, creation's tyrant, casts aside His sword and sceptre, pageantry and pride. Oh, thou shall find,... | |
 | William Hone - Days - 1827 - 892 pages
...trembles to that pole. For in this land of heaven's peculUr grace. The heritage of Nature's noblest race. There is a spot of earth, supremely blest, A dearer, sweeter spot than all the rest ; Where man, creation's tyrant, oasts aside Hi» sword and sceptre, pageantry ant] pride ; While in his softened... | |
 | William Hone - Almanacs, English - 1827 - 394 pages
...trembles to that pole. For in this land of heaven's peculiar grace, The heritage of Nature's noblest race. There is a spot of earth, supremely blest, A dearer, sweeter spot than all the rest ; Where man, creation's tyrant, casts aside His sword and sceptre, pageantry and pride ; While in his softened... | |
 | James Ewell - Cooking - 1827 - 868 pages
...night; A land of beauty, virtue, valour, truth, Time-tutor'd age, and loverexalted youth. "Where f-hall that land, that spot of earth be found?" Art thou a man? — & patriot? — look round; O thon shalt find, howe'er thy footsteps roam, That laud thy COUNTRY,... | |
 | William Brittainham Lacey - Elocution - 1828 - 308 pages
...to that pole ; For in this land of Heaven's peculiar grace, The heritage of Nature's noblest race, There is a spot of earth supremely blest, A dearer, sweeter spot than all the rest, Where man, creation's tyrant, casts aside His sword and sceptre, pageantry and pride ; Within his softened... | |
 | English poetry - 1828 - 814 pages
...to that pole ; For in this land of heaven's peculiar grace, The heritage of nature's noblest race, There is a spot of earth supremely blest, A dearer, sweeter spot than all the rest, Where man, creation's tyrant, casts aside His sword and sceptre, pageantry and pride, While in bis softened... | |
 | Children's poetry - 1828 - 188 pages
...trembles to that pole For in this land of heav'n's peculiar grace, The heritage of nature's noblest race, There is a spot of earth supremely blest, A dearer, sweeter spot than all the rest, Where man, creation's tyrant, casts aside His sword and sceptre, pageantry and pride, While in his soften'd... | |
 | John Malcolm - 1829 - 344 pages
...night; A land of beauty, virtue, valour, truth, Time-tutored age, and love-exalted youth. • • * • Where shall that land, that spot of earth be found ? Art thou a man ? a patriot ? — look around ; Oh thou shall find, howe'er thy footsteps roam, That land thy country, and that spot thy home." MONTGOMERY.... | |
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