 | Mary ASHDOWNE - 1839 - 309 pagina’s
...as wish can claim ; Despite those titles, power, and pelf, The wretch concentred all in selfLiving, shall forfeit fair renown ; And, doubly dying, shall...down To the vile dust from whence he sprung, Unwept, unhonour'd, and unsung. " There are yet many features of the autumn calculated to make lasting impressions... | |
 | Fitz-Greene Halleck - 1840
...own, my 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...down To the vile dust from whence he sprung, Unwept, unhonour'd, and unsung. Vol. II.— T Oh Caledonia ! stern and wild, Meet nurse for a poetic child... | |
 | Book - 1841 - 139 pagina’s
...though his titles, proud his name, Boundless his wealth as wish can claim, Despite those titles, pow'r, and pelf, The wretch, concentred all in self, Living...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... | |
 | Henry Stuart Foote - 1841
...wealth, as wish can claim; The wretch, concentred all in self, Despite those titles, power and pelf, Living, shall forfeit fair renown, And doubly dying,...whence he sprung, Unwept, unhonoured, and unsung." The Anglo-American population of Texas, as a mass, are not deserving of reproach ; they did, under... | |
 | P. Sadler - 1841 - 251 pagina’s
...claim ; Despile those lilies, power, and pelf (2) , The wretch concentered all in self, Living (3), shall forfeit fair renown, And, doubly dying , shall...from whence he sprung, Unwept, unhonoured, and unsung (4). WALTER SCOTT. EVE'S ADIEU TO PARADISE. Must I thus leave thee , Paradise ? thus leave Thee, native... | |
 | 1851
...aggrandisement or national emolument — the historian who breathes on his pages a lying spirit, ' Living, shall forfeit fair renown, And doubly dying,...down, To the vile dust from whence he sprung, Unwept, unhonoored, and unsung.' Of misguided historic genius I shall submit but one example: but that n noble... | |
 | Samuel Church - 1842 - 96 pagina’s
...Boundless his wealth as wish can claim ; Despite his titles, power, and pelf, The wretch, concentered all in self, Living, shall forfeit fair renown, And...down To the vile dust from whence he sprung, Unwept, unhonored, and unsung." It was here that our eyes first opened upon the light of heaven ; it was among... | |
 | William Erigena ROBINSON - 1842 - 64 pagina’s
...Boundless his wealth, as wish can claim, Despite those titles, power, and pelf, The wretch concentered all in self, Living, shall forfeit fair renown, And...down To the vile dust from whence he sprung, Unwept, unhonored, and unsung." It has been the custom in some cities, and I regret to be compelled to say,... | |
 | 1843
...— my 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...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... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1844
...[Loi* of Country.'} Breathes there a man with soul so dead, Who never to himself hath said, This is hambers 0 Caledonia ! stern and wild, Meet nurse for a poetic child ! Land of brown heath and shaggy wood,... | |
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As home his footsteps he hath turned 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... 
