 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1805 - 264 lehte
...buys ; A land of tyrants, and a den of slaves, Here wretches seek dishonourable graves, And, calmly bent, to servitude conform, Dull as their lakes that slumber in the storm. Heav'ns ! how unlike their Belgic sires of old ! Rough, poor, content, ungovernably bold ; War in each... | |
 | J. C. - 1806 - 156 lehte
...residence, charmingly embosomed with wood, and close by the murmuring of a fine and meandering river. Fir'd at the sound, my genius spreads her wing, And flies where Britain courts the western spring ; Where lawns extend that scorn Arcadian pride, And brighter streams than fam'd Hydaspis glide... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1806 - 248 lehte
...a den of slaves, Here wretches seek dishonorable graves, And calmly bent to servitude conform, Bull as their lakes that slumber in the storm. Heavens ! how unlike their Belgic sires of old ! Hough, poor, content, ungovernably bold ; War in each breast, and freedom on each brow; How much... | |
 | Dugald Stewart - 1808 - 496 lehte
...conduit l'imagination du poëte , d'abord aux phenomènes extraordinaires, qui (i) Heav'ns! how unlite their Belgic sires of old! Rough, poor, content, ungovernably...each brow, How much unlike the sons of Britain now ! • — Firedat the sound, my Genius spreads her 'vviug, And ilics, wereBritain courts the western... | |
 | Dugald Stewart - 1808 - 1016 lehte
...d'abord aux phénomènes extraordinaires, qui (i) Heav'ns! how unlike their Belgic sires of oldl Rotigh, poor, content, ungovernably bold; "War in each breast , and freedom on each broWj How much unlike thé sons of Britain now! — Fired at thé sound, my Genius spreads her wing,... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1809 - 322 lehte
...man buys ; A land of tyrants, and a den of slaves, Her wretches seek dishonorable graves, And calmly bent, to servitude conform, Dull as their lakes that...her wing, And flies where BRITAIN courts the western spring ; Where lawns extend that scorn Arcadian pri-de, And brighter streams than fam'd Hydaspes glide,... | |
 | 1809 - 402 lehte
...A land of tyrants and a cien of slaved, Here wrcltbei seek dishonourable graves. And, calmly beut, to servitude conform, Dull as their lakes that slumber...bold; War in each breast, and freedom on each brow'; I ! I'M much unlike the sons of Britain now ! Fir'd ut the souud, my genius spreads her wing [«pring;... | |
 | British poets - 1809 - 526 lehte
...tyrants, and a den of slaves, Here wretches seek dishonourable graves, And calmly bent to servitnde conform, Dull as their lakes that slumber in the storm. Heavens ! how unlike their Belgic sires of old ! Hough, poor, content, ungovernably bold ; War in each breast, and freedom on each brow ; How much... | |
 | Vicesimus Knox - 1809 - 604 lehte
...man buys; A land of tyrants, and a den of slaves, Here wretches seek dishonorable graves. And calmly grow languid, and the soil subsides, The tender fancy smarts with ev'ry sting. And what was love bef Bclgic sires of old ! Rough, poor, content, ungovernably bold ; War in each breitst, and freedom on... | |
 | English poetry - 1809 - 308 lehte
...buys ; A land of tyrants, and a den of slaves, Here wretches seek dishonourable graves, And calmly bent, to servitude conform, . , Dull as their lakes that slumber in the storm. Heaves! how unlike their Belgic sires of old! Rough, poor, content, ungovernably bold; War in each... | |
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And calmly bent, to servitude conform, Dull as their lakes that slumber in the storm. Heavens ! how unlike their Belgic sires of old ! Rough, poor, content, ungovernably bold ; War in each breast, and freedom on each brow. 
