Semi-serious Observations of an Italian Exile, During His Residence in England |
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Page 81 - Britannia needs no bulwark, No towers along the steep. Her march is on the mountain waves, Her home is on the deep. With thunders from her native oak, She quells the floods below— As they roar, on the shore, When the stormy tempests blow : When the battle rages loud and long, And the stormy tempests blow.
Page 81 - The meteor-flag of England Shall yet terrific burn, Till danger's troubled night depart, And. the star of peace return : Then, then, ye ocean warriors, 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 233 - Gay hope is theirs, by fancy fed, Less pleasing when possest, The tear forgot as soon as shed, The sunshine of the breast; Theirs buxom health of rosy hue, Wild wit, invention ever new, And lively cheer of vigour born : The thoughtless day, the easy night, The spirits pure, the slumbers light, That fly the approach of morn.
Page 32 - An exile from home, splendour dazzles in vain, Oh ! give me my lowly thatch'd cottage again! The birds singing gaily that came at my call, Give me them, and the peace of mind dearer than all. Home, home, sweet, sweet home. There is no place like home, there is no place like home
Page 76 - but arouse thy generous flame, And work their woe and thy renown. ' Rule, Britannia,' &c. " To thee belongs the rural reign, ,, > Thy cities shall with commerce shine, And thine shall be the subject main, And every shore it circles thine. ' Rule, Britannia,
Page 35 - How has kind heaven adorn'd the happy land, And scatter'd blessings with a wasteful hand! But what avail her unexhausted stores, Her blooming mountains, and her sunny shores, With all the gifts that heav'n and earth impart, The smiles of nature, and the charms of art, While proud oppression in her valleys
Page 76 - And thine shall be the subject main, And every shore it circles thine. ' Rule, Britannia,' &c. " The Muses still with Freedom found, Shall to thy happy coasts repair, Blest isle ! with matchless beauty crown'd, And manly hearts to guard the fair !
Page 91 - He travels and expatiates as the bee, From flower to flower, so he from land to land ; The manners, customs, policy of all. Pay contribution to the store he gleans; He seeks intelligence in every clime, And spreads the honey of his deep research At his
Page 23 - of the year, In the wild depth of winter, while without The ceaseless winds blow ice,—be my retreat Between the groaning forest and the shore Beat by the boundless multitude of waves; A rural, shelter'd, solitary scene, Where ruddy fire and beaming tapers join To cheer the
Page 67 - O'er the glad waters of the dark blue sea, Our thoughts as boundless, and our souls as free, Far as the breeze can bear, or billows foam, Survey our empire, and behold our home.