 | John Gabriel Stedman - 1806 - 518 Seiten
...line, " Boasts of his golden sands and palmy wine; " Basks in the glare, or stems the tepid wave, (C And thanks his gods for all the good they gave :— • " Such is the patriot's boast, where'er he roam, " His first best country ever is at home." No sooner do these wretched strangers begin to... | |
 | James Johnson - 1807 - 430 Seiten
...— d. Sail for England. would be the noblest and richest country in the 1806. world !" January. <c Such is the patriot's boast, where'er we roam : His first, best country ever is at home. With food, as well the peasant is supplied On Idra's cliff's, as Arno's shelvy side ; And tho' the... | |
 | British poets - 1809 - 526 Seiten
...my fellows blest. The naked negro, panting at the line, Boasts of his golden sands and palmy wine, Basks in the glare, or stems the tepid wave, And thanks...at home. And yet, perhaps, if countries we compare, And estimate the blessings which they share, Tho' patriots flatter, still shall wisdom find An equal... | |
 | 1809 - 402 Seiten
...revelry and ease : The naked negro, panting at the line, Boasts of his golden sands and palmy wine ; Basks in the glare, or stems the tepid wave, And thanks...at home. And yet, perhaps, if countries we compare. And estimate the blessings which they share. Though patriots flatter, still shall wisdom find An equal... | |
 | English poetry - 1809 - 308 Seiten
...revelry and ease-'; The naked negro, panting at the line, Boasts of his golden sands and palmy wine, Basks in the glare, or stems the tepid wave, And thanks...at home. And yet, perhaps, if countries we compare, And estimate the blessings which they share, Though patriots flatter, still shall wisdom find An equal... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1809 - 322 Seiten
...revelry and ease ; The naked negro, panting at the line, Boasts of his golden sands and palmy wine, Basks in the glare, or stems the tepid wave, And thanks...at home. And yet, perhaps, if countries we compare, And estimate the blessings which they share, Though patriots flatter, still shall wisdom find An equal... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1809 - 102 Seiten
...negro, panting at the line, Boafts of his golden fands and palmy wine, Bafks in the glare, or ftems the tepid wave, And thanks his gods for all the good they gave; Such is the patriot's boaft where'er we roam, His firft, beft country, ever is at home; And yet, perhaps, if countries we... | |
 | Vicesimus Knox - 1809 - 604 Seiten
...tepid ware, And thanks Ui. gods for all the good tkcy gave. Such b ttie patriot's boast, where'er ive unner rose ; There as I pass'd, with careless steps and slow, The mingling notes came softi And estimate the blessings which they shnre, Though patriots flatter, still shall wisdom rind An equal... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 656 Seiten
...revelry and ease : The naked Negro, panting at (lie line, Boasts of bis golden sands, and palmy wins Basks in the glare or stems the tepid wave, And thanks...we roam, His first, best country, ever is at home. AuJ yet, perhaps, if countries we compare, And estimate the blessings which they share. Though patriots... | |
 | John Sabine - 1810 - 308 Seiten
...reveh-y and ease : The The 'naked negro, panting at the line, Boasts of his golden sands and palmy wine ; Basks in the glare, or stems the tepid wave, And thanks...gave. Such is the patriot's boast, where'er we roam, Our first, best country, ever is at home. GOLDSMITH. On Italy. Far to the right, where Appenine ascends,... | |
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The shuddering tenant of the frigid zone Boldly proclaims that happiest spot his own : Extols the treasures of his stormy seas, And his long nights of revelry and ease ; The naked negro, panting at the line, Boasts of his golden sands and palmy wine ;... 
