The Miscellaneous Works of David Humphreys: Late Minister Plenipotentiary to the Court of MadridT. and J. Swords, no. 160 Pearl-street, 1804 - 394 páginas |
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... soon the gloom was spread : Oppress'd with numbers , and their leader dead , Slow from the field the sullen troops retir'd ; Behind , the hostile flame to heav'n aspir'd . 60 Th ' imperious Britons , on the well - fought ground , No ...
... soon the gloom was spread : Oppress'd with numbers , and their leader dead , Slow from the field the sullen troops retir'd ; Behind , the hostile flame to heav'n aspir'd . 60 Th ' imperious Britons , on the well - fought ground , No ...
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... Soon reinforc'd from Albion's crowded shore , New legions came , new plains were drench'd in gore ; And scarce Columbia's arm the fight sustains , While her best blood gush'd from a thousand veins , 90 Then thine , O Brown ! that ...
... Soon reinforc'd from Albion's crowded shore , New legions came , new plains were drench'd in gore ; And scarce Columbia's arm the fight sustains , While her best blood gush'd from a thousand veins , 90 Then thine , O Brown ! that ...
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... soon their deeds , illustrious , shall be shown In breathing bronze , or animated stone , Or where the canvass , starting into life , Revives the glories of the crimson strife . 150 Ye sons of genius , who the pencil hold , Whose master ...
... soon their deeds , illustrious , shall be shown In breathing bronze , or animated stone , Or where the canvass , starting into life , Revives the glories of the crimson strife . 150 Ye sons of genius , who the pencil hold , Whose master ...
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... soon forget the past ! In friendly intercourse your int'rests blend ! From common sires your gallant sons descend ; From free - born sires in toils of empire brave- ' Tis yours to heal the mutual wounds ye gave ; Let those be friends ...
... soon forget the past ! In friendly intercourse your int'rests blend ! From common sires your gallant sons descend ; From free - born sires in toils of empire brave- ' Tis yours to heal the mutual wounds ye gave ; Let those be friends ...
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... Soon shall our sails , in commerce unconfin'd , Whiten each sea and swell in every wind . Then should far other pirates rove the main , 430 To plunder urg'd by sateless lust of gain ; Rise , fathers of our councils ! trade protect ...
... Soon shall our sails , in commerce unconfin'd , Whiten each sea and swell in every wind . Then should far other pirates rove the main , 430 To plunder urg'd by sateless lust of gain ; Rise , fathers of our councils ! trade protect ...
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Página 203 - In flower of youth and beauty's pride. Happy, happy, happy pair! None but the brave, None but the brave, None but the brave deserves the fair...
Página 205 - Flush'd with a purple grace He shows his honest face: Now give the hautboys breath; he comes, he comes! Bacchus, ever fair and young, Drinking joys did first ordain; Bacchus...
Página 207 - Those are Grecian ghosts, that in battle were slain, And unburied remain Inglorious on the plain ; Give the vengeance due To the valiant crew. Behold how they toss their torches on high, How they point to the Persian abodes, And glittering temples of their hostile gods.
Página 301 - The royal band now ready stand, All ranged in dread array, sir, With stomach stout to see it out, And make a bloody day, sir. The cannons roar from shore to shore, The small arms make a rattle ; Since wars began I'm sure no man E'er saw so strange a battle. The rebel dales, the rebel vales, With rebel trees surrounded ; The distant woods, the hills and floods, With rebel echoes sounded.
Página 203 - Such is the power of mighty love ! A dragon's fiery form belied the god ; Sublime on radiant spires he rode, When he to fair Olympia...
Página 300 - The soldier flew, the sailor too, And scared almost to death, sir, Wore out their shoes to spread the news, And ran till out of breath, sir. Now up and down, throughout the town, Most frantic scenes were acted; And some ran here, and others there, Like men almost distracted. Some fire...
Página 209 - At last divine Cecilia came, Inventress of the vocal frame ; The sweet enthusiast, from her sacred store, Enlarged the former narrow bounds, And added length to solemn sounds, With nature's mother-wit, and arts unknown before. Let old Timotheus yield the prize, Or both divide the crown ; He raised a mortal to the skies ; She drew an angel down.
Página iii - Co. of the said district, have deposited in this office the title of a book, the right whereof they claim as proprietors, in the words following, to wit : " Tadeuskund, the Last King of the Lenape. An Historical Tale." In conformity to the Act of the Congress of the United States...
Página 302 - A hundred men, with each a pen, Or more, upon my word, sir, It is most true, would be too few, Their valor to record, sir. " Such feats did they perform that day Against these wicked kegs, sir, That, years to come, if they get home, They'll make their boasts and brags, sir.
Página 205 - Soothed with the sound, the king grew vain ; Fought all his battles o'er again, And thrice he routed all his foes, and thrice he slew the slain...