 Feats of renown, though wrought in ancient days, Tells of a few stout hearts that fought and died Where duty placed them, at their country's side, The man that is not moved with what he reads, That takes not fire at their heroic deeds, Unworthy of the...  Poems - Seite 3von William Cowper - 1813 - 443 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | William Cowper - 1801 - 280 Seiten
...country's side; The man that is not mov'd with what he reads, That takes not fire at their heroic deeds, Unworthy of the blessings of the brave, Is base in kind, and born to be a slave. u 2 THE KINGLY OFFICE. 1 PITY kings whom worship waits upon, Obsequious, from the cradle to the throne... | |
 | William Cowper - 1808 - 330 Seiten
...country's side ; The man that is not mov'd with what he reads, That takes not fire at their heroic deeds, Unworthy of the blessings of the brave, Is base in kind, and born to be a slave. s But let eternal infamy pursue The wretch, to naught but his ambition true ; Who, for the sake of... | |
 | John Corry - 1808 - 260 Seiten
...country's skle ; The man who is not mov'd with what he reads, Who takes no part in their heroic deeds, Unworthy of the blessings of the brave, Is. base in kind, and born to be a slave." Though much of the ancient grandeur of this magnificent city has been destroyed by the hand of time,... | |
 | Samuel Cooper Thacher, David Phineas Adams, William Emerson - 1809 - 446 Seiten
...are not inapplicable to this scourge of the human race. " But let eternal infamy pursue The wreteh, to nought but his ambition true, Who, for the sake...post-horns of all Europe, lays her waste. Think yourself stationed on a towering rock, To see a people scattered like a flock, Some royal mastiff panting at... | |
 | 1809 - 878 Seiten
...against Austria. The following lines of Co? per are not inapplicable to this scourge of the human race. " But let eternal infamy pursue The wretch, to nought...true, Who, for the sake of filling with one blast The poat-horns of all Europe, lays her waste . Think yourself stationed on a towering rock, To see a people... | |
 | David Phineas Adams, William Emerson, Samuel Cooper Thacher - 1809 - 448 Seiten
...human race. " But let eternal infamy pursue The wreteh, to nought but his ambition true, AVho, foi*the sake of filling with one blast The post-horns of all Europe, lays her waste. Think yourself stationed on a towering rock, To see a people scattered like a flock, Some royal mastiff piinting at... | |
 | Abraham John Valpy - 1814 - 598 Seiten
...applied : The man that is not moved with what he reads, That takes not fire at their heroic deeds; Unworthy of the blessings of the brave, Is base in kind, and bom to be a slave. 1 Palestine; an Oxford Prize Poem for 1803, by Reginald Heber, p. if. \ 282 But... | |
 | John Evans - 1814 - 298 Seiten
...country's side. The man who is not mov'd with what he reads, That takes not fire at their heroic deeds, Unworthy of the blessings of the brave, Is base in...one blast, The post-horns of all Europe, lays her w-iste ! Think yourself stationed on a tow'ring rock, To see a people scatter'd like a flock; Some... | |
 | Abraham John Valpy - 1814 - 602 Seiten
...applied : The man that is not moved with what he reads, That takes not fire at their heroic deeds; Unworthy of the blessings of the brave, Is base in kind, and born to be a slave. • Palestine; an Oxford Prize Poem for 1803, by Reginald Heber,p. Tt. 282 But the Swedish Government... | |
 | Abraham John Valpy - 1814 - 600 Seiten
...imn that is not rnovprl with what he reads, That take* not fire :it liicir heroic deeds; Umvo/thy or- the blessings of the brave, • Is base in kind, and born to be a slave. •..'.... : • : • Palestine; au Oxford Prise.Ppem (or 1303, bv.Keginald lleber, p. 77, 282 But... | |
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