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... fame in his lifetime , that he was well pensioned for what he did , and that he lived to disappoint the hopes which he excited at the beginning of his career . One might reply that the services he rendered his country by his patriotic ...
... fame in his lifetime , that he was well pensioned for what he did , and that he lived to disappoint the hopes which he excited at the beginning of his career . One might reply that the services he rendered his country by his patriotic ...
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... fame ! Lo ! Newton , priest of nature , shines afar , Scans the wide world , and numbers every star ! Wilt thou , with him , mysterious rites apply , And watch the shrine with wonder - beaming eye ? 130 Yes , thou shalt mark , with ...
... fame ! Lo ! Newton , priest of nature , shines afar , Scans the wide world , and numbers every star ! Wilt thou , with him , mysterious rites apply , And watch the shrine with wonder - beaming eye ? 130 Yes , thou shalt mark , with ...
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... fame , 200 Their woes , their wishes , and their hearts the same- Oh , there , prophetic HOPE ! thy smile bestow , And chase the pangs that worth should never know ; There , as the parent deals his scanty store To friendless babes , and ...
... fame , 200 Their woes , their wishes , and their hearts the same- Oh , there , prophetic HOPE ! thy smile bestow , And chase the pangs that worth should never know ; There , as the parent deals his scanty store To friendless babes , and ...
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... fame , thy worth , thy filial love , at last , Shall soothe his aching heart for all the past— With many a smile my solitude repay , And chase the world's ungenerous scorn away . 230 240 And say , when summoned from the world and thee I ...
... fame , thy worth , thy filial love , at last , Shall soothe his aching heart for all the past— With many a smile my solitude repay , And chase the world's ungenerous scorn away . 230 240 And say , when summoned from the world and thee I ...
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... fame , Who warm at Scipio's worth , or Tully's name ! Ye that , in fancied vision , can admire The sword of Brutus , and the Theban lyre ! 440 Rapt in historic ardour , who adore Each classic haunt PART I THE PLEASURES OF HOPE 15.
... fame , Who warm at Scipio's worth , or Tully's name ! Ye that , in fancied vision , can admire The sword of Brutus , and the Theban lyre ! 440 Rapt in historic ardour , who adore Each classic haunt PART I THE PLEASURES OF HOPE 15.
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Page 185 - Ye Mariners of England That guard our native seas, Whose flag has braved a thousand years The battle and the breeze ! Your glorious standard launch again To match another foe, And sweep through the deep, While the stormy winds do blow ; While the battle rages loud and long, And the stormy winds do blow.
Page 194 - ON Linden, when the sun was low, All bloodless lay the untrodden snow, And dark as winter was the flow Of Iser, rolling rapidly. But Linden, saw another sight, When the drum beat, at dead of night, Commanding fires of death to light The darkness of her scenery.
Page 91 - But do not harbor a thought that mine is the joy of fear. Logan never felt fear. He will not turn on his heel to save his life.
Page 194 - Then shook the hills, with thunder riven; Then rushed the steed, to battle driven; And louder than the bolts of Heaven Far flashed the red artillery. But redder yet that light shall glow On Linden's hills of stained snow, And bloodier yet the torrent flow Of Iser, rolling rapidly. 'Tis morn ; but scarce yon level sun Can pierce the war-clouds, rolling dun, Where furious Frank and fiery Hun Shout in their sulphurous canopy.
Page 191 - Like leviathans afloat, Lay their bulwarks on the brine; While the sign of battle flew On the lofty British line : It was ten of April morn by the chime : As they drifted on their path, There was silence deep as death; And the boldest held his breath, For a time. But the might of England flushed To anticipate the scene; And her van the fleeter rushed O'er the deadly space between. 'Hearts of oak!
Page 187 - OF Nelson and the North Sing the glorious day's renown, When to battle fierce came forth All the might of Denmark's crown, And her arms along the deep proudly shone; By each gun the lighted brand In a bold determined hand, And the Prince of all the land Led them on.
Page 92 - I appeal to any white man to say, if ever he entered Logan's cabin hungry, and he gave him not meat; if ever he came cold and naked, and he clothed him not. During the course of the last long and bloody war Logan remained idle in his cabin, an advocate for peace. Such was my love for the whites, that my countrymen pointed as they passed, and said, 'Logan is the friend of white men.
Page 186 - Our song and feast shall flow To the fame of your name, When the storm has ceased to blow; When the fiery fight is heard no more, And the storm has ceased to blow.
Page 230 - The Sun's eye had a sickly glare, The Earth with age was wan, The skeletons of nations were Around that lonely man ! Some had expired in fight, — the brands Still rusted in their bony hands; In plague and famine some...
Page 163 - I'm the chief of Ulva's isle, And this, Lord Ullin's daughter. 'And fast before her father's men Three days we've fled together, For should he find us in the glen, My blood would stain the heather. 'His horsemen hard behind us ride — Should they our steps discover, Then who will cheer my bonny bride When they have slain her lover?