The Works in Verse and Prose

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J. Belcher., 1812 - 464 Seiten
 

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Seite iv - of the said district, has deposited in this office the title of a book, the right whereof he claims as proprietor, in the words following to wit: "The Works,
Seite xlvi - making one or two trivial verbal amendments : Should the Tempest of War overshadow our land, Its bolts could ne'er rend Freedom's temple asunder ; For, unmoved, at its portal, would Washington stand ; And repulse, with his breast, the assaults of the thunder ! • His sword, from the sleep Of its scabbard would leap, And conduct, with
Seite 243 - fought For those rights, which unstained from your Sires have descended, May you long taste the blessings, your valour has bought, And your sons reap the soil, which their fathers defended. 'Mid the reign of mild Peace, May your nation increase, With the glory of Rome, and the wisdom of Greece ; And ne'er may the sons of
Seite 245 - pestilent worm ; Lest our Liberty's growth should be checked by corrosion ; Then let clouds thicken round us ; we heed not the storm ; Our realm fears no shock, but the earth's own explosion. Foes assail us in vain, Though their fleets bridge the main, For our altars and laws with our lives we'll maintain. For ne'er shall the sons,
Seite 244 - Our mountains are crowned with imperial oak ; Whose roots, like our liberties, ages have nourished . But long e'er our nation submits to the yoke. Not a tree shall be left on the field where it flourish Should invasion impend, Every grove would descend, From the
Seite 243 - The fame of our arms, of our laws the mild sway, Had justly ennobled our nation in story, 'Till the dark clouds of faction obscured our young day, And enveloped the sun of American glory. • But let traitors be told, Who their country have sold, And bartered their God for his image in gold, That ne'er will the sons,
Seite 245 - could ne'er rend Freedom's temple asunder; For, unmoved, at its portal, would Washington stand, And repulse, with his Breast, the assaults of the thunder ! His sword, from the sleep Of its scabbard would leap,
Seite xlvi - could ne'er rend Freedom's temple asunder ; For, unmoved, at its portal, would Washington stand ; And repulse, with his breast, the assaults of the thunder ! • His sword, from the sleep Of its scabbard would leap, And conduct, with
Seite 244 - haughty victors beware of collision, Let them bring all the vassals of Europe in arms, We're a world by ourselves, and disdain a division. While with patriot pride, To our laws we're allied, No foe can subdue us, no faction divide. For ne'er shall the sons,
Seite 377 - always let fly the hawk against the wind ; if she flies with the wind behind her, she seldom returns. If, therefore, a hawk was, for any reason, to be dismissed, she was