 | William Hutton - 1872 - 476 oldal
...driven by strong benevolence of soul, Will fly, like Oglethorpe, from pole to pole ;" and Thomson — " Lo ! swarming southward on rejoicing suns, Gay colonies extend ; the calm retreat Of undeserved distress, the better home Of those whom bigots chase from foreign lands, Not built on rapine,... | |
 | William Hutton - 1872 - 500 oldal
...strong benevolence of soul, Will fly, like Oglethorpe, from pole to pole ;" anii Thomson— " Io ! swarming southward on rejoicing suns, Gay colonies extend ; the calm retreat Of undeserved distress, the better home Of those whom bigots chase from foreign lands, Not built on rapine,... | |
 | James Thomson - 1873 - 758 oldal
...leaguing world. Despairing Gaul her boiling youth restrains, Dissolv'd her dream of universal sway : The winds and seas are Britain's wide domain ; And...calm retreat Of undeserv'd distress, the better home 6*° Of those whom bigots chase from foreign lands. Not built on Rapine, Servitude, and Woe, And in... | |
 | George Bancroft - 1876 - 622 oldal
...the pride of England ; and a British poet thus gave utterance to the admiration of his countrymen : Lo ! swarming southward on rejoicing suns, Gay colonies extend, — the calm retreat Of undeserved distress, the better home Of those whom bigots chase from foreign lands. Not built on rapine,... | |
 | George Bancroft - 1878 - 624 oldal
...the pride of England ; and a British poet thus gave utterance to the admiration of his countrymen : Lo ! swarming southward on rejoicing suns, Gay colonies extend, — the calm retreat Of undeserved distress, the better home Of those whom bigots chase from foreign lands. Not built on rapine,... | |
 | Henry Hall - 1879 - 104 oldal
...whole world, and our shipping a glorious prestige and leading position. The boast of England — " The winds and seas are Britain's wide domain, And not a sail but by permission spreads " — which, though here expressed only in a poetical trifle, was the assertion of a claim which no... | |
 | James Thomson - 1880 - 548 oldal
...leaguing world Despairing Gaul her boiling youth restrains, Dissolved her dream of universal sway ; The winds and seas are Britain's wide domain ; And...rejoicing suns, Gay colonies extend ; the calm retreat Of undeserved distress, the better home Of those whom bigots chase from foreign lands. Nor built on rapine,... | |
 | Charles Rathbone Low - 1881 - 366 oldal
...shown, by ' letting fly' the top-gallant sheets, or lowering the sail on the cap. As the poet says : ' The winds and seas are Britain's wide domain ; And not a sail but by permission spreads.' The Crusades were golden times for Mediterranean shipowners, those of Venice especially enriching themselves... | |
 | Charles Rathbone Low - 1881 - 368 oldal
...story must ever fill one of the largest chapters in the history of the human race. As Thomson says : ' Lo ! swarming southward on rejoicing suns, Gay colonies extend : the calm retreat Of undeserved distress, the better homo Of those whom bigots chase from foreign lands. JS'or built on... | |
 | George Bancroft - 1883 - 602 oldal
...central " Cowpens." A British poet directed the admiration of his countrymen to the new English world. Lo ! swarming southward on rejoicing suns, Gay colonies extend — the calm retreat Of undeserved distress, the better home Of those whom bigots chase from foreign lands. Not built on rapine,... | |
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Of those whom bigots chase from foreign lands; Not built on rapine, servitude, and woe, And in their turn some petty tyrant's prey, But, bound by social freedom, firm they rise... 
