| Robert Treat Paine - American literature - 1812 - 572 pages
...the reign of mild Peace, May your nation increase, With the glory of Rome, and the wisdom of Greece ; And ne'er shall the sons of Columbia be slaves, While...the earth bears a plant, or the sea rolls its waves. In a clime, whose rich vales feed the marts of the world, Whose shores are unshaken by Europe's commotion,... | |
| Jesse Torrey - Africa, West - 1817 - 126 pages
...wings, and proclaim to an applauding world, with unalloyed truth> that "The sons of Colombia shall ne'er be slaves, While the earth bears a plant, or the sea rolls its waves." * Since having written this sentence, I have read the speech of Mr. Randolph in the house of representatives,... | |
| Thomas Clio Rickman - Political scientists - 1819 - 302 pages
...their fleets bridge the main, For our altars, and claims, with our lives we'll maintain. CHORUS. For ne'er shall the sons of COLUMBIA be slaves, While the earth bears a plant, or die sea rolls its waves. Should the tempest of war overshadow our land, Its bolts can ne'er rend FREEDOM'S... | |
| Albert Picket - American literature - 1820 - 314 pages
...justice ennobled our nation in story, Till the dark clouds of faction obscur'd our young day, That ne'er shall the sons of Columbia be slaves, While the earth bears a-plant, or the Sea rolls its waves. 'Tis the firj of the flint each American warms : . Then shou'd... | |
| Albert Picket - 1825 - 272 pages
...vain, though their fleets bridge the main, For our altars and laws with our lives we'll maintain ; And ne'er shall the sons of Columbia be slaves, While the earth bears a plant, or the sea rolls its wares. Should the tempest of war overshadow our land. All its bolts could ne'er rend freedom's temple... | |
| Abner Kneeland - Faith and reason - 1836 - 154 pages
...the reign of mild peace, May your nation increase, With the glory of Rome and the wisdom of Greece ; And ne'er shall the sons of Columbia be slaves, While...the earth bears a plant or the sea rolls its waves. 2 'Tis the fire of the flint each American warms, Let the world's haughty victors beware of collision... | |
| John Warner Barber - Cities and towns - 1839 - 666 pages
...the reign of mild peace May your nation increase, With the glory of Rome, and the wisdom of Greece ; And ne'er shall the sons of Columbia be slaves, While...the earth bears a plant, or the sea rolls its waves. WESTPORT. THIS town, previous to its incorporation in 1787, was a part of Dartmouth. There are two... | |
| Rufus Wilmot Griswold - American poetry - 1842 - 638 pages
...the reign of mild Peace May your nation increase, With the glory of Rome, and the wisdom of Greece ; And ne'er shall the sons of Columbia be slaves, While...the earth bears a plant, or the sea rolls its waves. In a clime, whose rich vales feed the marts of the world, Whose shores are unshaken by Europe's commotion,... | |
| William McCarty - National songs - 1842 - 484 pages
...vARIOUS SOURCES. BY WM. MCCARTY. PART THIRD— MILITARY." Come oat, ye Continentalen 1" " And ne'er thai! the sons of Columbia be slaves, While the earth bears a plant, or the sea rolls its waves.'1 PHILADELPHIA : PUBLISHED BY WM. McCARTY, NO. 87 NORTH FIFTH STREET. ENTERED according to Act... | |
| George Dixon - 1842 - 134 pages
...pirates invade, Though in thunders array'd, Let your cannon proclaim the free charter of trade — For ne'er shall the sons of Columbia be slaves, While the earth bears a plant or the sea roll> in wave* The fame of our arms, of our laws the mild sway, Had jufKly ennobled our nation in story,... | |
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