 This is my own, my native land ? Whose heart hath ne'er within him burned, As home his footsteps he hath turned From wandering on a foreign strand ? If such there breathe, go, mark him well; For him no minstrel raptures swell ; High though his titles,...  The Poetical Works of Sir Walter Scott - Page 37by Sir Walter Scott, edited by J. Logie Robertson, M.A. - 1904Full view - About this book
 | 1806 - 310 pages
...his titles,, proud his name, Boundless his wealth as wish can claim ; Despite those titles, pov/er and pelf, The wretch, concentred all in self, Living,...To the vile dust, from whence he sprung, Unwept,, unhonoured, and unsung. MAG1CK. T HE last extract we shall at present makeirom this amusing production... | |
 | Richard Lovell Edgeworth - Education - 1809 - 516 pages
...minstrel raptures swell, High though his titles, proud his name, Boundless his wealth as wish can frame j Despite those titles, power, and pelf, The wretch...doubly dying shall go down To the vile dust, from which he sprung^ Unwept, unhonour'd, and unsung. In this poem there are many beautiful strokes in the... | |
 | Charles Jared Ingersoll - United States - 1810 - 186 pages
...own, my native land ! Whose heart hath ne'er within him burned, As home his footsteps he hath turned, From wandering on a foreign strand ! If such there...down To the vile dust, from whence he sprung, Unwept, unhonoured, and unsung. T racter, Enterprise, public spirit, intelligence, faction and love of country... | |
 | Maria Edgeworth - 1814 - 424 pages
...go mark him well, High though his titles, proud his fame, Boundless his wealth, as wish can claim, The wretch, concentred all in self, Living shall forfeit...the vile dust from whence he sprung, . . .Unwept, unhonor'd, and unsung." % These lines came full into Caroline's recollection whilst French Clay spoke... | |
 | Maria Edgeworth - 1814 - 418 pages
...well, High though his titles, proud his fame, • • : Boundless his wealth, as wish can clainu Ttie wretch, concentred all in self, Living shall forfeit...down, To the vile dust from whence he sprung* Unwept, unhonor'd, and unsung." These lines came full into Caroline's recollection whilst French Clay spoke... | |
 | John Evans - 1817 - 610 pages
...strand ? If such there breathe — go, mark him well, For HIM — no minstrel raptures swell. High tho' his titles— proud his name, Boundless his wealth...down To the vile dust from whence he sprung, Unwept, unhoncured, and unsung! WALTER SCOTT. Here we were agreeably surprised by a group of Children, close... | |
 | Philadelphia (Pa.) - 1821 - 542 pages
...! If such there breathe, go, mark him well ; For him no Minstrel raptures swell ; High though liis titles, proud his name, Boundless his wealth as wish...down To the vile dust, from whence he sprung, Unwept, unhonoured, and unsung. if. ART. XXI — Italy. By Lady Morgan. 2 Vols. 4to. London, 1821. Lady Morgan,... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1827 - 678 pages
...mark him well; For him uo minstrrl raptures swell; High though his titles, proud his name, Bouudless his wealth as wish can claim; Despite those titles,...dying, shall go down To the vile dust, from whence lie sprung. Unwept, unhonour'd, and unsung. II. 0 (Caledonia! stern and wild, Meet nurse for a poetic... | |
 | John Hobart Caunter - 1830 - 254 pages
...foreign strand ! If such there breathe, go mark him well ; For him no minstrel raptures swell ; High tho' his titles, proud his name, Boundless his wealth as...wretch, concentred all in self, Living, shall forfeit his renown, And, doubly dying, shall go down To the vile dust from whence he sprung Unwept, unhonour'd... | |
 | Religion - 1853 - 1142 pages
...swell. High though his titles, proud his name, Boundless his wealth as wish can claim, Despite his titles, power and pelf, The wretch concentred all...down To the vile dust from whence he sprung, Unwept, unhonored, and unsung." — Scott. Had there been no home for Washington to love, and in which was... | |
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