 | Dugald Stewart - 1859 - 508 Seiten
...one of the happiest in our language : — " Heavens ! how unlike their Belgic sires of old ! Bough, poor, content, ungovernably bold ; War in each breast,...And flies, where Britain courts the western spring/ Numberless illustrations of the same remark might be collected from the ancient poets, more particularly... | |
 | Joseph Payne - 1859 - 512 Seiten
...graves, And calmly bent, to servitude conform, Dull as their lakes that slumber in the storm. Heavens ! how unlike their Belgic sires of old! Rough, poor,...unlike the sons of Britain now ! Fired at the sound, 3 rny genius spreads her wing, And flies where Britain courts the western spring, Where lawns extend... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1859 - 200 Seiten
...graves; And, calmly bent, to servitude conform, Dull as their lakes that slumber in the storm. Heavens ! how unlike their Belgic sires of old— Rough, poor,...each brow; How much unlike the sons of Britain now! Fir'd at the sound, my genius spreads her wing, And flies where Britain courts the western spring;... | |
 | William Collins, Thomas Gray, Oliver Goldsmith - 1860 - 422 Seiten
...graves, And, calmly bent, to servitude conform, Dull as their lakes that slumber in the storm. Heavens ! how unlike their Belgic sires of old ! Rough, poor,...And flies where Britain courts the western spring ; Where lawns extend that scorn Arcadian pride, And brighter streams than famed Hydaspes glide. There... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1859 - 592 Seiten
...graves, And calmly bent, to servitude conform, Dull as their lakes that slumber in the storm. Heavens ! how unlike their Belgic sires of old Rough, poor,...And flies where Britain courts the western spring; Where lawns extend that scorn Arcadian pride, And brighter streams than famed Hydaspes glide, There... | |
 | Charles Anderson Dana - 1882 - 906 Seiten
...graves, And, calmly bent, to servitude conform, Dull as their lakes that slumber in the storm. Heavens ! how unlike their Belgic sires of old! Rough, poor,...And flies where Britain courts the western spring ; Where lawns extend that scorn Arcadiun pride. And brighter streams than famed Hydaspes glide. There... | |
 | 1883 - 172 Seiten
...graves; And, calmly bent, to servitude conform, Dull as their lakes that slumber in the storm. Heavens ! how unlike their Belgic sires of old— Rough, poor,...freedom on each brow; How much unlike the sons of Britain.now ! Fired at the sound, my genius spreads her wing And flies where Britain courts the western... | |
 | Thomas Newbigging - 1883 - 244 Seiten
...continent, he turns his eyes to Britain, and in rapturous language gives expression to his feelings,— Fired at the sound, my genius spreads her wing, And flies where Britain courts the western spring ; I 114 OLIVER GOLDSMITH. Where lawns extend that scorn Arcadian pride, And brighter streams than fam'd... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1884 - 784 Seiten
...servitude conform, Dull as their Jakes that slumber in the storm. Heavens ! how unlike their Bclgic H5 ! FirM at the sound, my genius spreads her wing, And flies where Britain courts the western spring... | |
 | John Wesley Hales - 1884 - 564 Seiten
...310 And calmly bent, to servitude conform, Dull as their lakes that slumber in the storm. Heavens ! how unlike their Belgic sires of old Rough, poor,...bold ; War in each breast, and freedom on each brow : 315 How much unlike the sons of Britain now 1 Fir'd at the sound, my genius spreads her wing, And... | |
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how unlike their Belgic sires of old ! Rough, poor, content, ungovernably bold ; War in each breast, and freedom on each brow ; How much unlike the sons of Britain now. Fired at the sound my genius spreads her wing, .And flies where Britain courts the... 
