 Thy spirit, Independence, let me share; Lord of the lion-heart, and eagle-eye! Thy steps I follow with my bosom bare, Nor heed the storm that howls along the sky !" Are not these noble verses ? They are the introduction of Smollet's Ode to Independence...  The Works of Robert Burns: With His Life - Page 127by Robert Burns, Allan Cunningham - 1834 - 394 pagesFull view - About this book
 | English poetry - 1790 - 194 pages
...high In rapture too severe for weak Mortality." ODE XXIII. INDEPENDENCE. BY T. SMOLLETT, MD STROPHE. THY spirit, Independence, let me share! Lord of the...bare, Nor heed the storm that howls along the sky. Deep in the frozen regions of the North, A Goddess violated brought thee forth, Immortal Liberty, whose... | |
 | John Bell - English poetry - 1790 - 380 pages
...Mortality." ODE XXIII. TO INDEPENDENCE. BY T. SMOLLETT, MD Strophe. Thy spirit, Independence, let me share 1 Lord of the lion-heart and eagle-eye, Thy steps I...bare, Nor heed the storm that howls along the sky. Deep in the frozen regions of the North, A Goddess violated brought thee forth, Immortal Liberty, whose... | |
 | John Bell - English poetry - 1790 - 390 pages
...Mortality." ODE XXIII. TO INDEPENDENCE. BY T. SMOLLETT, MD STROPHE. THY spirit, Independence, let me share I Lord of the lion-heart and eagle-eye, Thy steps I...bare, Nor heed the storm that howls along the sky^ Deep in the frozen regions of the North, A Goddess violated brought thee forth, Immortal Liberty, whose... | |
 | Sir Egerton Brydges - Bibliography - 1805 - 908 pages
...devoutly to be wished?" "Thy spirit, Independence, let me share; Lord of ihe lion heart and eagle eye ! Thy steps I. follow with my bosom bare, Nor heed the...the introduction of Smollet's Ode to Independence. How wretched is the man that hangs on by the favours of the great! To shrink from every dignity of... | |
 | Sir Egerton Brydges - Bibliography - 1806 - 416 pages
...devoutly to be wished?" " Thy spirit, Independence, let me share; Lord of the lion heart and eagle eye ! Thy steps I follow with my bosom bare, Nor heed the...the introduction of Smollet's Ode to Independence. How wretched is the man that hangs on by the favours of the great! To shrink from every dignity of... | |
 | Sir Egerton Brydges - Bibliography - 1806 - 434 pages
...devoutly to be wished?:' "Thy spirit, Independence, let me share; , Lord of the lion heart and eagle eye ! Thy steps I follow with my bosom bare, Nor heed the...the introduction of Smollet's Ode to Independence. How wretched is the man that hangs on by the favours of the great! To shrink from every dignity of... | |
 | Robert Southey - English poetry - 1807 - 472 pages
...James Smollett, Esq. Ode to Tndeptndencl!. STftOPHE. 1 HY spirit, Independence, let me share I -ord of the lion-heart, and eagle-eye, Thy steps I follow...bare, Nor heed the storm that howls along the sky. TOBIAS SMOLLET. 435 Deep in the frozen regions of the north, A goddess violated brought thee forth,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1810 - 680 pages
...passion. The foregoing ode will illustrate these observations. The introduction is poetical and abrupt. " Thy spirit, Independence, let me share! Lord of the...bare, Nor heed the storm that howls along the sky." The picture exhibited in these lines is striking, because the circumstances are happily chosen, briefly,... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1813 - 506 pages
...wished ?" " Thy spirit, Independence, let me share ; Lord of the lion-heart, and eagle-eye ! Thy steps 1 follow with my bosom bare, Nor heed the storm that...these noble verses ? They are the introduction of Smollefs Ode to Independence: if you have not seen the poem, I will send it to you. How wretched is... | |
 | Robert Burns - Scotland - 1815 - 354 pages
...fate. And is not this a " eonsummation devoutly to he wished?" Thy steps I follow with my hosom hare, Nor heed the storm that howls along the sky !" Are not these nohle verses ? They are the introduetion of Smollett Ode to Independenee. If yon have not seen the... | |
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