 But where to find that happiest spot below Who can direct, when all pretend to know? The shuddering tenant of the frigid zone Boldly proclaims that happiest spot his own; Extols the treasures of his stormy seas, And his long nights of revelry and ease:...  Essays, Poems and Plays: With a Preface - Seite 155von Oliver Goldsmith - 1810 - 399 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | 1797 - 332 Seiten
...negro, panting at the line, boafts of his golden fands and palmy wine ; bafks in the glare, or ftcms the tepid wave, and thanks his gods for all the good they gave. That That the paffion for one's country is increafed by abJence, is particularly manifefted by the... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1800 - 192 Seiten
...treasures of his stormy seas, And his long nights of revelry and ease; The naked negro, panting at tlie line, Boasts of his golden sands and palmy wine, Basks...wave, And thanks his gods for all the good they gave. Such is the patriot's boast, where'er we roam, His first, best country, ever is at home. And yet, perhaps,... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1803 - 192 Seiten
...proclaims that happiest spot his own ; Extols the treasures of his stormy seas, And his long night* of revelry and ease : The naked negro, panting at...wave, And thanks his gods for all the good they gave. Such is the patriot's boast, where'er we roam ; "~ His first, best country, ever is.. ..at home. And.... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1804 - 114 Seiten
...proclaims that happiest spot his own ; Extols the treasures of his stormy seas, And his long night of revelry and ease : The naked negro, panting at...wave, And thanks his gods for all the good they gave. Such is the patriot's boast, where-e'er we roam, His first, best country, ever is at home. And yet,... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1805 - 264 Seiten
...zone Boldly proclaims that happiest spot his own ; Extols the treasures of his stormy seas, And his long nights of revelry and ease : The naked negro,...wave, And thanks his gods for all the good they gave. Such is the patriot's boast, where'er we roam. His first, best country, ever is at home. And yet, perhaps,... | |
 | Charles Brockden Brown - 1805 - 500 Seiten
...zone Boldly proclaims that happiest spot hi» own, Extols the treasures cf his stormy seas. And his long nights of revelry and ease; The naked Negro,...wave, And thanks his gods for all the good they gave. Such is the patriot's boast, where'er we roam; His first, belt country ever is at home. THE VISITOR.... | |
 | John Gabriel Stedman - 1806 - 518 Seiten
...for a musket and " some gun-powder." — Each loves his country best, if mild its laws, or rigid ; t( The naked negro, panting at the line, " Boasts of...wine; " Basks in the glare, or stems the tepid wave, (C And thanks his gods for all the good they gave :— • " Such is the patriot's boast, where'er... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1806 - 248 Seiten
...zone Boldly proclaims that happiest spot his own; Extols the treasures of his stormy seas. And his long nights of revelry and ease. The naked negro,...at the line, Boasts of his golden sands and palmy winef Basks in the glare, or stems the tepid wave, And thanks his gods for all the good they gave.... | |
 | 1806 - 542 Seiten
...negro, panting at the line, Boalts of his golden lands and palmy wine, Bafks in the glare, or ftems the tepid wave, And thanks his gods for all the good they gave. Such is the patriot's boaft where'er we fam ; His full, belt country, ever is at home. GotpSMirH. But,... | |
 | English poetry - 1809 - 308 Seiten
...zone Boldly proclaims that happiest spot his own ; Extols the treasures of his stormy seas, And his long nights of revelry and ease-'; The naked negro,...wave, And thanks his gods for all the good they gave. Such is the patriot's boast, where'er we roam, His first, best country, ever is at home. And yet, perhaps,... | |
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