 | 1818 - 596 pàgines
...soul, Touch'd by remembrance, trembles to that polii For in this land of heaven's peculiar gract*, The heritage of nature's noblest race ; There is a...the rest; Where man, creation's tyrant, casts aside Mis sword and sceptre, pageantry and pride; While in his soflen'd looks benignly blend The sire, (he... | |
 | 1818 - 166 pàgines
...keen the pang, when I recollected my father's house, so aptly expressed in the words of a poet : 28 *' There is a spot of earth supremely blest, " A dearer,...creation's tyrant casts aside " His sword and sceptre, pagantry and pride, " While in his softened looks benignly blend " The sire, the son, the husband,... | |
 | Mrs. Jamieson (Frances Thurtle) - 1820 - 538 pàgines
...spirit of a purer air 5 In every clime the magnet of his soul, Touch'd by remembrance, trembles to that pole: For in this land of heaven's peculiar grace,...A dearer sweeter spot than all the rest." " Where shall that land, that spot ofear.th be found/ Art thou a man 2—a patriot?—look around? O thou shalt... | |
 | British melodies - 1820 - 280 pàgines
...Deems his own land of every land the pridc, Beloved by heaven o'er all the world beside ; His home the spot of earth supremely blest, A dearer, sweeter spot than all the rest. THE WEST IXIHES. MY COUNTRY. Walter droll. BREATHES there the man, with soul so dead, Who never to... | |
 | James Montgomery - 1821 - 294 pàgines
...Deems his own land of every land the pride, Beloved by heaven o'er all the world beside ; His HOME the spot of earth supremely blest, A dearer, sweeter spot than all the rest. And is the JVegro outlawed from his birth ? Is he alone a stranger on the earth ? Is there no shed,... | |
 | John Platts - 1822 - 844 pàgines
...morning dew distils, And all the air is love. Montgomery thus speaks of the pleasures of home : — There is a spot of earth supremely blest, A dearer,...sword and sceptre, pageantry and pride, While in his soften'd looks benignly blend The sire, the son, the husband, brother, friend ; Here woman reigns ;... | |
 | James Montgomery - 1823 - 180 pàgines
...spirit of a purer air ; In every clime the magnet of his soul, Touch'd by remembrance, trembles to that pole ; For in this land of Heaven's peculiar...sword and sceptre, pageantry and pride, While in his soften 'd looks benignly blend The sire, the son, the husband, brother, friend : Here woman reigns... | |
 | Matthews, Mr - 1823 - 272 pàgines
...Deems his own land of every land Ihe pride, Beleved by Heaven o'er all the world beside ; His home the spot of earth supremely blest, A dearer, sweeter spot than all the rest." MONTGOMERY. These are subjects worthy of general consideration. The study of his own country is interesting... | |
 | George Wentworth - 1824 - 378 pàgines
...spirit of a purer air ; In every clime the magnet of his soul, Touch'd by remembrance, trembles to that pole ; For in this land of heaven's peculiar...sword and sceptre, pageantry and pride ; While in his soften 'd looks benignly blend The sire, tke son, the husband, father, friend : Here woman reigns ;—... | |
 | John Kitto - 1825 - 244 pàgines
...spirit of a purer air. Jn every clime, the magnet of his soul, Touched by remembrance, tiembles to that pole : For in this land of Heaven's peculiar...sweeter spot than all the rest ; Where man, creation's tyrnnt, casts aside His sword and sceptre — pageantry and pride, While in his softened looks benignly... | |
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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... 
