 | 1872 - 300 pàgines
...the while been speakmg that sweet story which has kept us spellbound. For the lark has a home — ' A spot of earth supremely blest, A dearer, sweeter spot than all the rest — ' make great exertions to preserve its little ones. The lark has been known, when danger threatened,... | |
 | 1915 - 314 pàgines
...Deems his own land of every hind 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 I" Nor has the holy religion of Christ come to condemn or suffocate this natural sentiment of the human... | |
 | Michael Vincent O'Shea, Ellsworth D. Foster, George Herbert Locke - 1917 - 872 pàgines
...and give to its folk that comfort which will make it, to quote the poet, James Montgomen' — "the spot of earth supremely blest, A dearer, sweeter spot than all the rest." COMFORTABLE, BUT UNATTRACTIVE A house an owner would probably design for himself. PLEASING TO THE EYE... | |
 | Ontario. Legislative Assembly - 1917 - 676 pàgines
...possessions are those which are common to us all, our home, our dear ones, our friends: " Our home—the spot of earth supremely blest, A dearer, sweeter spot than all the real." What supreme possession we have of our dwelling-place. It may be so poor that the wind may blow... | |
 | Ernest Clark Hartwell - 1921 - 422 pàgines
...imparadise the night. O land of beauty, virtue, valor, truth, s Time-tutored age, and love-exalted youth ! 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 scepter, pageantry and pride, 10 While in his softened... | |
 | Kumudnatha Das̄a - 1922 - 174 pàgines
...manget of his soul, Touched by remembrance trembles to that pole, The heritage of nature's noblest race, There is a spot of earth supremely blest A dearer, sweeter spot than all the rest." — these lines of Montgomery come sponta•neously to our memory, when we read the pathetic story... | |
 | Anna I. Birmingham, George Philip Krapp - 1922 - 252 pàgines
...against the steep coast. 8. The stupid teamster insists that he must ride on the last step of the bus. 9. "There is a spot of earth supremely blest, A dearer, sweeter spot than all the rest. ' ' 10. ' ' Halt ! the dust-brown ranks stood fast, Fire ! out blazed the rifle's blast. ' ' 11. "And... | |
 | KATE LOUISE ROBERTS - 1922 - 1422 pàgines
...all resort of mirth, Save the cricket dn the hearth. MILTON — II Penseroso. L. 81. 20 His home, the means be just, the conduct true, Applause, in spite of trivial faults, MONTGOMERY — West Indies. Pt. III. L. 67. 21 Who has not felt how sadly sweet The dream of home,... | |
 | Mary McSorley Russell - 1923 - 244 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. — JAMES MONTGOMERY. [Singing off-stage, "Columbia, the Gem of the Ocean." During the singing Columbia... | |
 | Dominic Barthel - 1927 - 790 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. PHILIP AN ENEMY OF ATHENIAN DEMOCRACY -DEMOSTHENES. There are persons among you, 0 Athenians, who think... | |
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