| James Montgomery - 1810 - 218 páginas
...his own land of every land the pride, Beloved by heav'n o'er all the world beside ; His home I lie spot of earth supremely blest, A dearer, sweeter spot than all the rest. And is the Negro outlaw'd from his birth ? Is he alone a stranger on the earth ? • Is there no shed,... | |
| 1810 - 478 páginas
...soul, Tbuch'd by remembrance, trembles to that pole : For in this land of heaven's peculiar gntee, The 'heritage of nature's noblest race, There is a spot of earth supremely blest, JL dearer, sweeter spot than all the rest; Where man, creation'« tyrant, casts Mid« i His swcrd and... | |
| 1814 - 642 páginas
...pleasures. " There is a land, of every land the pride, Belov'd by heaven o'er all the woild beside." " There is a spot of earth supremely blest, A dearer, sweeter spot than ail the rest." Then, alter enlarging more fully on the subject, he continues : " Where shall that land,... | |
| Priscilla Wakefield - 1814 - 396 páginas
...the magnet of his soul, Touch'd by remembrance, trembles to that pole; For in this land of Heav'n's peculiar grace, The heritage of nature's noblest race, There is a spot on earth, supremely blest, A dearer, sweeter spot than all the rest, Where man, creation's tyrant,... | |
| Mrs. Jamieson (Frances Thurtle) - 1820 - 538 páginas
...enchanting shores^ Views not a realm so bountiful and fair, Nor breathes the spirit of a purer air 5 In every clime the magnet of his soul, Touch'd by...A dearer sweeter spot than all the rest." " Where shall that land, that spot ofear.th be found/ Art thou a man 2—a patriot?—look around? O thou shalt... | |
| British melodies - 1820 - 280 páginas
...Deems his own land of every land the pridc, Beloved by heaven o'er all the world beside ; His home the spot of earth supremely blest, A dearer, sweeter spot than all the rest. THE WEST IXIHES. MY COUNTRY. Walter droll. BREATHES there the man, with soul so dead, Who never to... | |
| James Montgomery - 1821 - 294 páginas
...Deems his own land of every land the pride, Beloved by heaven o'er all the world beside ; His HOME the spot of earth supremely blest, A dearer, sweeter spot than all the rest. And is the JVegro outlawed from his birth ? Is he alone a stranger on the earth ? Is there no shed,... | |
| Matthews, Mr - 1823 - 272 páginas
...Deems his own land of every land Ihe pride, Beleved by Heaven o'er all the world beside ; His home the spot of earth supremely blest, A dearer, sweeter spot than all the rest." MONTGOMERY. These are subjects worthy of general consideration. The study of his own country is interesting... | |
| John Kitto - 1825 - 244 páginas
...the spirit of a purer air. Jn every clime, the magnet of his soul, Touched by remembrance, tiembles to that pole : For in this land of Heaven's peculiar...sweeter spot than all the rest ; Where man, creation's tyrnnt, casts aside His sword and sceptre — pageantry and pride, While in his softened looks benignly... | |
| Going - 1825 - 662 páginas
...world beside ; Where brighter suns dispense serener light, And milder moons emparadise the night : There is a spot of earth supremely blest ; A dearer, sweeter spot than all the rest : Where shall that land, that spot of earth be found t Art thou a man ? a patriot ? look around : Oh ! thou... | |
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