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, Basks in the glare, or stems the tepid wave,... Travels in Egypt and Nubia, Syria, and Asia Minor; During the Years 1817 & 1818 - Page 55by Charles Leonard Irby, James Mangles, John Barker - 1823 - 560 pagesFull view - About this book
| John Bell - English poetry - 1789 - 202 pages
...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...we roam, His first, best country ever is, at home. And yet, perhaps, if countries we compare, And estimate the blessings which they share, TIio' patriots... | |
| John Bell - English poetry - 1789 - 396 pages
...revelry and ease; The naked negro, panting at the line, Boasts of his golden sands and palmy wine, ^o Basks in the glare, or stems the tepid wave, And thanks...we roam, His first, best country ever is, at home. And yet, perhaps, if countries we compare, 'And estimate the blessings which they shareJT Tho' patriots... | |
| 502 pages
...Tale of Churchover to the rocky pass of Beal-nam-bo. Goldsmith, in his "Traveller," says: " Such U the patriot's boast, where'er we roam, His first, best country ever is at home." His Scotch lot consists of twenty-throe couple from the Donnington, two couple from the Atherstone,... | |
| Oliver Goldsmith - English poetry - 1800 - 192 pages
...treasures of his stormy seas, And his long nights of revelry and ease; The naked negro, panting at tlie line, Boasts of his golden sands and palmy wine, Basks...we roam, His first, best country, ever is at home. And yet, perhaps, if countries we compare, And estimate the blessings which they share, Though patriots... | |
| Oliver Goldsmith - 1803 - 192 pages
...happiest spot his own ; Extols the treasures of his stormy seas, And his long night* of revelry and ease : The naked negro, panting at the line, Boasts of his...; "~ His first, best country, ever is.. ..at home. And. yet, perhaps, if countries we compare, And estimate the blessings which they share, Though patriots... | |
| Oliver Goldsmith - English poetry - 1805 - 264 pages
...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...we roam. His first, best country, ever is at home. And yet, perhaps, if countries we compare. And estimate the blessings which they share, Though patriots... | |
| Charles Brockden Brown - American literature - 1805 - 500 pages
...happiest spot hiť own, Extols the treasures cf his stormy seas. And his long nights of revelry and ease; The naked Negro, panting at the line. Boasts of his...the patriot's boast, where'er we roam; His first, belt country ever is at home. THE VISITOR. greater our ardour in promoting •whatever is conducive... | |
| Oliver Goldsmith - 1806 - 248 pages
...revelry and ease. The naked negro, panting at the line, Boasts of his golden sands and palmy winef Basks in the glare, or stems the tepid wave, And thanks...we roam. His first, best country, ever is at home. And yet, perhaps, if countries we compare, And estimate the blessings which they share, Tho' patriots... | |
| James Johnson - Voyages and travels - 1807 - 430 pages
...— 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... | |
| English poetry - English poetry - 1809 - 308 pages
...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...we roam, His first, best country, ever is at home. And yet, perhaps, if countries we compare, And estimate the blessings which they share, Though patriots... | |
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