From wandering on a foreign strand ! If such there breathe, go, mark him well ; For him no minstrel raptures swell ; High though his titles, proud his name, Boundless his wealth as wish can claim ; Despite those titles, power, and pelf, The wretch, concentred... The modern reader and speaker - Page 103by David Charles Bell - 1879 - 544 pagesFull view - About this book
| 1806 - 310 pages
...his titles,, proud his name, Boundless his wealth as wish can claim ; Despite those titles, pov/er and pelf, The wretch, concentred all in self, Living,...whence he sprung, Unwept,, unhonoured, and unsung. MAG1CK. T HE last extract we shall at present makeirom this amusing production is n note upon the 5th... | |
| Charles Jared Ingersoll - United States - 1810 - 186 pages
...wandering on a foreign strand ! If such there breathe, go, mark him well ; For him no minstrel raptures swell ; High though his titles, proud his name, Boundless...whence he sprung, Unwept, unhonoured, and unsung. T racter, Enterprise, public spirit, intelligence, faction and love of country are natural to such... | |
| John Galt - Greece - 1813 - 472 pages
...on a foreign strand ! . , If such there breathe, go, mark him wellj rf For him no minstrel raptures swell, High though his titles, proud his name, Boundless...the vile dust, from whence he sprung, .„ Unwept, unhonour'd, and unsung. O Caledonia ! stern and wild, Meet nurse for a poetic child ! Land of brown... | |
| John Galt - 1813 - 412 pages
...! If such there breathe, go, mark him wellj For him no minstrel raptures swell, Tlit>-h though bis titles, proud his name, Boundless his wealth as wish...down To the vile dust, from whence he sprung, Unwept, unhonour'd, and unsung. O Caledonia ! stern and wild, Meet nurse for a poetic child ! Land of brown... | |
| John Evans - 1817 - 610 pages
...strand ? If such there breathe — go, mark him well, For HIM — no minstrel raptures swell. High tho' his titles— proud his name, Boundless his wealth...down To the vile dust from whence he sprung, Unwept, unhoncured, and unsung! WALTER SCOTT. Here we were agreeably surprised by a group of Children, close... | |
| Philadelphia (Pa.) - 1821 - 542 pages
...! If such there breathe, go, mark him well ; For him no Minstrel raptures swell ; High though liis titles, proud his name, Boundless his wealth as wish...whence he sprung, Unwept, unhonoured, and unsung. if. ART. XXI — Italy. By Lady Morgan. 2 Vols. 4to. London, 1821. Lady Morgan, as a female, is, to... | |
| English poetry - 1822 - 418 pages
...foreign strand ? If such there breathe, go mark him well ; For him no minstrel raptures swell ; High tho' his titles, proud his name, Boundless his wealth as...To the vile .dust, from whence he sprung, Unwept, unhonour'd, and unsung. O Caledonia ! stern and wild, Meet nurse for a poetic child ! Land of brown... | |
| George Wilkins - English fiction - 1825 - 504 pages
...native land!" Whose heart hath ne'er within him burn'd, As home his footsteps he hath turn'd, From wandering on a foreign strand! If such there breathe,...Despite those titles, power, and pelf, The wretch, concentered all in self, Living, shall forfeit fair renown, And, doubly dying, shall go down To the... | |
| Walter Scott - 1827 - 678 pages
...mark him well; For him uo minstrrl raptures swell; High though his titles, proud his name, Bouudless his wealth as wish can claim; Despite those titles,...dying, shall go down To the vile dust, from whence lie sprung. Unwept, unhonour'd, and unsung. II. 0 (Caledonia! stern and wild, Meet nurse for a poetic... | |
| Walter Scott - Scottish poetry - 1831 - 582 pages
...wandering on a foreign strand? If such there breathe, go, mark him well; For him no minstrel raptures swell; High though his titles, proud his name, Boundless...down To the vile dust, from whence he sprung, Unwept, unhonour'd, and unsung. II. O Caledonia! stern and wild. Meet nurse for a poetic child! Land of brown... | |
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