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 : The naked Negro, panting at the line, Boasts of his golden sands and palmy wine,... The Poetical Works of Oliver Goldsmith, M.B.: With a Life - Page 36by Oliver Goldsmith, Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1857 - 240 lehteFull view - About this book
| James Wallace (ship's surgeon.) - 1824 - 192 lehte
...breaking it, if such an attachment has been made. CHAPTER IV. THE ARRIVAL. • Where'er we roam Our first, best country, ever is at home. And yet, perhaps,...compare, And estimate the blessings which they share, Tho' patriots flatter, still will wisdom find An equal portion dealt to all mankind. GOLDSMITH. AT... | |
| Oliver Goldsmith - 1825 - 476 lehte
...negro, panting at the line, Boasts of his golden sands and palmy wine, Basks in the glare, or stems the tepid wave, And thanks his gods for all the good...mankind ; As different good, by art or nature given, To different nations makes their blessings even. Nature, a mother kind alike to all, Still grants her... | |
| Oliver Goldsmith - 1825 - 160 lehte
...negro, panting at the line, Boasts of his golden sands and palmy wine, Basks in the glare, or stems the tepid wave, And thanks his gods for all the good...share, Though patriots flatter, still shall wisdom fiml An equal portion dealt to all mankind : As difPrent good by art or nature giv'n, To diff'rent... | |
| Lindley Murray - 1825 - 310 lehte
...negro, panting at the line, Boasts of his golden sands and palmy wine ; Basks in the glare, or stems the tepid wave, And thanks his gods for all the good...blessings which they share, Though patriots flatter, still shalJ wisdom find An equal portion dealt to all mankind ; As diff 'rent good, by art or nature giv'n,... | |
| Julia Catherine Beckwith Hart - 1825 - 296 lehte
...provisions. OR THE ADOPTED SON OF AMERICA* A TALE, CONTAINING SCENES FROM REAL LIFE, BY AN AMERICAN. " Such is the patriot's boast, where'er we roam, His first, best country. ever is at home. And yel perhaps, if countries we compare, And estimate Ih; blessings which they share. Though patriots... | |
| Ronald M'Chronicle (pseud.) - 1825 - 804 lehte
...savage, panting at the line, Boasts of his golden sands and palmy wine ; Basks in the glare, or stems the tepid wave, And thanks his gods for all the good they gave. Nor less the patriot's boast, where'er we roam, His first best country ever is at home. The Traveller.... | |
| William Hazlitt - 1825 - 600 lehte
...negro, panting at the line, Boasts of his golden sands ambpalmy wine, Basks in the glare, or stems ] Sueh is the patriot's boast, where'er we roam, His first best eountry ever is at home : And yet, perhaps,... | |
| 1825 - 188 lehte
...which they felt B for men who were condemned to live in a country where there were no date trees. " Such is the patriot's boast where'er we roam, His first best country is his home." BRITISH CARPENTER. ON the surrender of Lord Cornwallis in the revolutionary war in America,... | |
| 1826 - 300 lehte
...negro, panting at the line, Boasts of his golden sands and palmy wine, Basks in the glare, or stems the tepid wave, And thanks his gods for all the good...mankind : As different good, by art or nature given, To different nations makes their blessings even. Nature, a mother kind alike to all, Still grants her... | |
| 1826 - 376 lehte
...pity, which they felt for men who were condemned to lire in a country where there were no date trees. " Such is the patriot's boast where'er we roam, His first best country is at home." BRUTUS. Though it pethaps can scarcely be said of Brutus, that he was " the noblest Roman... | |
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