The Miscellaneous Works of David Humphreys: Late Minister Plenipotentiary to the Court of MadridT. and J. Swords, no. 160 Pearl-street, 1804 - 394 strán (strany) |
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... hearts adore ! What time proud Albion , thund'ring o'er the waves , Frown'd on her sons , and bade them turn to slaves- When , lost to honour , virtue , glory , shame , When nought remain'd of Britain but the name- The parent state - a ...
... hearts adore ! What time proud Albion , thund'ring o'er the waves , Frown'd on her sons , and bade them turn to slaves- When , lost to honour , virtue , glory , shame , When nought remain'd of Britain but the name- The parent state - a ...
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... hearts for others ' suff'rings melt ! What tort'ring pangs your bleeding country felt ! What ! when you fled before superior force , Each succour lost , and perish'd each resource ! When nature , fainting from the want of food , On the ...
... hearts for others ' suff'rings melt ! What tort'ring pangs your bleeding country felt ! What ! when you fled before superior force , Each succour lost , and perish'd each resource ! When nature , fainting from the want of food , On the ...
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... hearts inspire , 275 280 285 With manly patience and heroic fire , The rudest shock of fortune's storm to bear ... heart , and nerves the feeble hand ; This sacred hope , that points beyond the span 300 Which bounds this transitory ...
... hearts inspire , 275 280 285 With manly patience and heroic fire , The rudest shock of fortune's storm to bear ... heart , and nerves the feeble hand ; This sacred hope , that points beyond the span 300 Which bounds this transitory ...
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... heart - felt joy : Nor shall the savages of murd'rous soul , In painted bands dark to the combat roll , With midnight orgies , by the gloomy shade , On the pale victim point the reeking blade ; Or cause the hamlet , lull'd in deep ...
... heart - felt joy : Nor shall the savages of murd'rous soul , In painted bands dark to the combat roll , With midnight orgies , by the gloomy shade , On the pale victim point the reeking blade ; Or cause the hamlet , lull'd in deep ...
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... heart ! " Where'er you go , may milder fates pursue , " Receive my warmest thanks , my last adieu ! " The HERO spoke - an awful pause ensu'd : 75 Each eye was red , each face with tears bedew'd ; As if the pulse of life suspended stood ...
... heart ! " Where'er you go , may milder fates pursue , " Receive my warmest thanks , my last adieu ! " The HERO spoke - an awful pause ensu'd : 75 Each eye was red , each face with tears bedew'd ; As if the pulse of life suspended stood ...
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Strana 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...
Strana 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...
Strana 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.
Strana 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.
Strana 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...
Strana 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...
Strana 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.
Strana 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...
Strana 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.
Strana 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...