 Point for assault was nowhere found ; Where'er the impatient Switzers gazed, The unbroken line of lances blazed ; That line 'twere suicide to meet, And perish at their tyrants  The British Poets - Seite 2591865Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | William Brittainham Lacey - 1828 - 308 Seiten
...tyrants' feet ;— How could they rest within their graves, And leave their homes, the homes of slaves 1 Would they not feel their children tread With clanking...must not be : this day, this hour, Annihilates the oppressor's power ; All Switzerland^ in the field. She will not fly, she cannot yield — She must... | |
 | Alaric Alexander Watts - 1828 - 468 Seiten
...their tyrants' feet ; — How could they rest within their graves, And leave their homes, the homes of slaves ? Would they not feel their children tread With clanking chains above their head 1 It must not be : this day, this hour, Annihilates the oppressor's power ; All Switzerland is in the... | |
 | James Montgomery - 1845 - 522 Seiten
...That line 'twere suicide to meet, And perish at their tyrants' feet : How could they rest within their graves, To leave their homes the haunts of slaves...? It must not be ; this day, this hour Annihilates th' invader's power ; All Switzerland is in the field, She will not fly, she cannot yield, She must... | |
 | James Montgomery - 1850 - 402 Seiten
...That line 'twere suieide to meet. And perish at their tyrants' feet : How eould they rest within their graves, To leave their homes the haunts of slaves ? Would they not feel their ehildren tread, With elanking ehains, above their head ? It must not be ! — this day, this hour,... | |
 | John Aikin - 1850 - 764 Seiten
...And leave their homes, the homes of slaves ? Would they not feel their children tread With clanging otected th' oppressor's power; All Switzerland is in the field, She will not fly, she cannot yield— She must... | |
 | Epes Sargent - 1852 - 568 Seiten
...That line 't were suicide to meet, And perish at their tyrants' feet. How could they rest within their graves, To leave their homes the haunts of slaves...children tread, With clanking chains, above their head ? She must not fall ; her better fate Here gives her an immortal date. Few were the numbers she could... | |
 | Epes Sargent - 1852 - 570 Seiten
...That line 't were suicide to meet, And perish at their tyrants' feet. How could they rest within their graves, To leave their homes the haunts of slaves ? Would they not feel their children tread, With elanking chains, above their head ? She must not fall ; her better fate Here gives her an immortal... | |
 | James Montgomery, Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1853 - 926 Seiten
...That line 'twere suicide to meet, And perish at their tyrants' feet : How could they rest within their graves, To leave their homes the haunts of slaves...? It must not be ; this day, this hour Annihilates th' invader's power ; All Switzerland is in the field, She will not fly, she cannot yield, She must... | |
 | William Holmes McGuffey - 1853 - 344 Seiten
...at their tyrants' feet; 45. How could they rest within their graves, And leave their homes the homes of slaves? Would they not feel their children tread...above their head ? It must not be : this day, this how, 60. Annihilates the oppressor's power : All Switzerland is in the field, She will not fly, she... | |
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