 | Esther Copley - Antislavery movements - 1839 - 674 pages
...Deems his own land of every land the pride, Beloved by Heaven o'er all the world beside ; His home a spot of earth supremely blest, A dearer, sweeter spot than all the rest. And is the negro outlaw'd from his birth ? Is he alone a stranger upon earth ? Ts there no shed, whose... | |
 | Samuel Rogers - English poetry - 1839 - 510 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 Ihe rest, Where man, creation's tyrant, casts aside His sword and sceptre, pageantry and piide, While... | |
 | English poetry - 1840 - 368 pages
...and graces lie ; Around her knees domestic duties meet, And fireside pleasures gambol at her feet. " Where shall that land, that spot of earth be found ?" Art thou a man ? a patriot * look around ; Oh, thou shalt find, howe'er thy footsteps roam, That land thy country, and that spot thy home !... | |
 | 1840 - 408 pages
...free from earth's, trammels in joy he may live, Where no sorrow can trouble his home. MOTLEY. HOME. 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... | |
 | Frederick Coombs - Phrenology - 1841 - 178 pages
...and graces lie ; Around her knees domestic duties meet, And fireside pleasures gambol at her feet. Where shall that land, that spot of earth be found...? Art thou a man ? — a patriot ? — look around ; .Oh ! thou shall find, where'er thy footsteps roam, This land thy country, and this spot thy home."... | |
 | William Hone - Days - 1841 - 894 pages
...domestic duties meet, Aijd ßreeide pleasures g'imljol at her feet. When shall that land, that ¡pot of earth be found ? Art thou a man ? a patriot ? look around ; Oh, thou shalt ¡iii'l, howe'er thy footsteps roam. That land thy country, and that spot thy home.... | |
 | John Epy Lovell - Readers - 1843 - 524 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 his softened... | |
 | 1843 - 488 pages
...trembles 10 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... | |
 | Samuel Rogers - English poetry - 1843 - 516 pages
...Deems his own lend of every land the pride, Beloved by Heaven o'er ell the world beside ^ His home the spot of earth supremely blest, A dearer, sweeter spot than all the rest. t And is the Negro outlaw'd from his birth t Is he alone a stranger on the earth ' Is there no shed,... | |
 | John Epy Lovell - Elocution - 1844 - 900 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 his softened... | |
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There is a spot of earth supremely blest, A dearer, sweeter spot than all the rest... 
