 | 1837 - 638 pages
...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." There is a simplicity and a natural fluency about Mr. Montgomery's versification, to our taste, infinitely... | |
 | William Hone - Great Britain - 1838 - 890 pages
...the spirit of a pnrer air ; In every clime the magnet of hu soul, Touch'd by remembrance, trembles to that pole. For in this land of heaven's peculiar grace....There is a spot of earth, supremely blest, A dearer, iweeter spot than all the rest ; Where man, creation's tyrant, casts a«d« His sword and sceptre,... | |
 | Henry Marlen - 1838 - 342 pages
...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. THE PATRIOT. SWELL, swell the shrill trumpet clear sounding afar, Our sabres flash splendour around... | |
 | Samuel Rogers - English poetry - 1839 - 510 pages
...the spirit of a purer air; Jn every clime the magnet of his soul, Touch'd by remembrance, trembles to that pole; For in this land of Heaven's peculiar grace,...earth supremely blest, A dearer, sweeter spot than all Ihe rest, Where man, creation's tyrant, casts aside His sword and sceptre, pageantry and piide, While... | |
 | 536 pages
...purer air ; In ev'ry clime the magnet of his soul, Touch'd by remembrance, trembles tothat pole; Foriti this land of heaven's peculiar grace, The heritage...earth supremely blest, A dearer, sweeter spot than all Ihe rest, Where man, creation's tyrant, casts aside His sword and sceptre, pageantry and pride. While... | |
 | Andrews Norton - Apologetics - 1839 - 844 pages
...innocence. " There is a land, of every land the pride ; Beloved of heaven o'er all the world beside ; 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 ? • • . • • 0 thou shalt find, howe'er thy footsteps... | |
 | Esther Copley - Antislavery movements - 1839 - 674 pages
...Deems his own land of every land the pride, Beloved by Heaven o'er all the world beside ; His home a 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 upon earth ? Ts there no shed, whose... | |
 | 1840 - 408 pages
...free from earth's, trammels in joy he may live, Where no sorrow can trouble his home. MOTLEY. HOME. There is a spot of earth supremely blest, A dearer,...sword and sceptre, pageantry and pride ; While in his soften'd looks benignly blend The sire, the son, the husband, brother, friend ! Here woman reigns —... | |
 | English poetry - 1840 - 368 pages
...peculiar grace, The heritage of Nature's noblest race, There is a spot of earth supremely bless'd, A dearer, sweeter spot than all the rest, Where man,...sword and sceptre, pageantry and pride, 'While in his soften'd looks benignly blend The sire, the son, the husband, brother, friend : Here woman reigns ;... | |
 | English poetry - 1840 - 378 pages
...spirit of a purer air ; In every clime the magnet of his soul, Touch'd by remembrance, trembles to that pole ; For in this land of Heaven's peculiar...Nature's noblest race, There is a spot of earth supremely bless'd, A dearer, sweeter spot than all the rest, Where man, creation's tyrant, casts aside His sword... | |
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For in this land of heaven's peculiar grace, The heritage of nature's noblest race, There is a spot of earth supremely blest — A dearer, sweeter spot than all the rest... 
