The Miscellaneous Works of David Humphreys: Late Minister Plenipotentiary to the Court of MadridT. and J. Swords, no. 160 Pearl-street, 1804 - 394 páginas |
No interior do livro
Resultados 1-5 de 54
Página ix
... hero mov'd along ; Here gallant HUMPHREYS charm'd the list'ning throng ; Sweetly he sung , amid the clang of arms , His numbers smooth , replete with winning charms ; In him there shone a great and godlike mind , The Poet's wreath ...
... hero mov'd along ; Here gallant HUMPHREYS charm'd the list'ning throng ; Sweetly he sung , amid the clang of arms , His numbers smooth , replete with winning charms ; In him there shone a great and godlike mind , The Poet's wreath ...
Página xi
... V " This little poem is scarcely susceptible of extracts : we will only cite the apostrophe to General WASHINGTON , when he comes to take command of the American army . " 2 : " O first of heroes , fav'rite of STRICTURES , & c .
... V " This little poem is scarcely susceptible of extracts : we will only cite the apostrophe to General WASHINGTON , when he comes to take command of the American army . " 2 : " O first of heroes , fav'rite of STRICTURES , & c .
Página xii
... heroes , fav'rite of the skies , To what dread toils thy country bade thee rise ! Oh rais'd by heav'n to save th ' invaded state ! " ( So spake the sage long since thy future fate ) ' Twas thine to change the sweetest scenes of life For ...
... heroes , fav'rite of the skies , To what dread toils thy country bade thee rise ! Oh rais'd by heav'n to save th ' invaded state ! " ( So spake the sage long since thy future fate ) ' Twas thine to change the sweetest scenes of life For ...
Página 13
... hero bleeds , 230 Till rapid vict'ry , to defeat , succeeds . On num'rous plains , whose streams , unknown to song ... heroes ' blood . 265 Yet still , Columbians , see what choice remains , Ignoble bondage and inglorious chains ,, Or ...
... hero bleeds , 230 Till rapid vict'ry , to defeat , succeeds . On num'rous plains , whose streams , unknown to song ... heroes ' blood . 265 Yet still , Columbians , see what choice remains , Ignoble bondage and inglorious chains ,, Or ...
Página 14
... heroes , and the world's applause , Impel each breast , in glory's dread career , Firm as your rock - rais'd hills ... hero's triumph , and the patriot's crown ; The fair reward to suff'ring virtue giv❜n , 305 Pure robes of bliss , and ...
... heroes , and the world's applause , Impel each breast , in glory's dread career , Firm as your rock - rais'd hills ... hero's triumph , and the patriot's crown ; The fair reward to suff'ring virtue giv❜n , 305 Pure robes of bliss , and ...
Outras edições - Ver tudo
The Miscellaneous Works of David Humphreys: Late Minister Plenipotentiary to ... David Humphreys Visualização integral - 1804 |
Palavras e frases frequentes
America arms army arts band battle behold beneath blessings blest bliss blood bosom Boston brave breast breed brigades British Cadiz Captain charms climes Colonel Commander in Chief Congress Connecticut DAVID HUMPHREYS dear death defence dread enemy ev'n ev'ry eyes fair fame favourable feel field fire flame foes force form'd formed Fort Edward Fort Montgomery freedom friends glorious glory happy heav'n heroes honour human HUMPHREYS immortal ISRAEL PUTNAM land letter Lisbon Lord Cornwallis Madrid Major Putnam Malaga mankind Marquis de Montcalm Massachusetts merchant military militia mind nations neral New-Haven New-York night o'er officer party patriot peace plains Poem pow'r present pride rage regiment rise round savage scenes sheep shore sires skies song soon soul Spain storm sweet tears thee thou tion toil Tripoli troops United vessels Washington waves wounded Yale College York Island youth
Passagens conhecidas
Página 203 - In flower of youth and beauty's pride. Happy, happy, happy pair! None but the brave, None but the brave, None but the brave deserves the fair...
Página 205 - Flush'd with a purple grace He shows his honest face: Now give the hautboys breath; he comes, he comes! Bacchus, ever fair and young, Drinking joys did first ordain; Bacchus...
Página 207 - Those are Grecian ghosts, that in battle were slain, And unburied remain Inglorious on the plain ; Give the vengeance due To the valiant crew. Behold how they toss their torches on high, How they point to the Persian abodes, And glittering temples of their hostile gods.
Página 301 - The royal band now ready stand, All ranged in dread array, sir, With stomach stout to see it out, And make a bloody day, sir. The cannons roar from shore to shore, The small arms make a rattle ; Since wars began I'm sure no man E'er saw so strange a battle. The rebel dales, the rebel vales, With rebel trees surrounded ; The distant woods, the hills and floods, With rebel echoes sounded.
Página 203 - Such is the power of mighty love ! A dragon's fiery form belied the god ; Sublime on radiant spires he rode, When he to fair Olympia...
Página 300 - The soldier flew, the sailor too, And scared almost to death, sir, Wore out their shoes to spread the news, And ran till out of breath, sir. Now up and down, throughout the town, Most frantic scenes were acted; And some ran here, and others there, Like men almost distracted. Some fire...
Página 209 - At last divine Cecilia came, Inventress of the vocal frame ; The sweet enthusiast, from her sacred store, Enlarged the former narrow bounds, And added length to solemn sounds, With nature's mother-wit, and arts unknown before. Let old Timotheus yield the prize, Or both divide the crown ; He raised a mortal to the skies ; She drew an angel down.
Página iii - Co. of the said district, have deposited in this office the title of a book, the right whereof they claim as proprietors, in the words following, to wit : " Tadeuskund, the Last King of the Lenape. An Historical Tale." In conformity to the Act of the Congress of the United States...
Página 302 - A hundred men, with each a pen, Or more, upon my word, sir, It is most true, would be too few, Their valor to record, sir. " Such feats did they perform that day Against these wicked kegs, sir, That, years to come, if they get home, They'll make their boasts and brags, sir.
Página 205 - Soothed with the sound, the king grew vain ; Fought all his battles o'er again, And thrice he routed all his foes, and thrice he slew the slain...