 But thou, my country, thou shalt never fall, Save with thy children — thy maternal care, Thy lavish love, thy blessings showered on all — These are thy fetters — seas and stormy air Are the wide barrier of thy borders, where, Among thy gallant sons...  American Monthly Knickerbocker - Page 435edited by - 1836Full view - About this book
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1911 - 280 pages
...the wide barrier of thy borders, where, Among thy gallant sons that guard thee well, Thou laugh'st at enemies : who shall then declare The date of thy...How happy, in thy lap, the sons of men shall dwell ? 315 °ODE FOR AN AGRICULTURAL CELEBRATION FAR back in the ages, The plough with wreaths was crowned... | |
 | Augustus Hopkins Strong - Literary Criticism - 1916 - 522 pages
...Are the wide barrier of thy borders, where, Among thy gallant sons who guard thee well, Thou laugh'st at enemies: who shall then declare The date of thy...How happy, in thy lap, the sons of men shall dwell! But the law was not his chosen vocation. He became disgusted with the technicality and chicanery which... | |
 | Watson Boone Duncan - American poetry - 1927 - 320 pages
...the wide barriers of thy borders, where, Among thy gallant sons that guard thee well, Thou laugh 'st at enemies : who shall then declare The date of thy...How happy, in thy lap, the sons of men shall dwell?" "Monument Mountain." This beautiful poem is founded upon an Indian tradition. The story has been given... | |
 | Paul C. Nagel - History - 1971 - 398 pages
...improvement. Bryant was confident of progress, but this expectation was the most the nation could claim. Who shall then declare The date of thy deep-founded...How happy in thy lap the sons of men shall dwell? Bryant was still relying on abstract progress at the close of the period. In 1847 he used "Oh Mother... | |
 | American poetry - 186? - 294 pages
...Are the wide barrier of thy borders, where Among thy gallant sons thou guard thee well, Thou laugh'st at enemies : who shall then declare The date of thy...How happy, in thy lap, the sons of men shall dwell. THE EAGLE. BY J. NEAL. THERE'S a fierce gray bird, with a sharpen' d beak, With an angry eye, and a... | |
 | Mormons - 1907 - 750 pages
...air Are the wide barrier of thv borders, Among thy gallant sons who guard thee well, Thou laugh'st at enemies: who shall then declare The date of thy...How happy, in thy lap, the sons of men shall dwell? — The Ages. Bryant, like Wordsworth, was an ardent lover of nature and this love gave the inspiration... | |
 | Languages, Modern - 1855 - 470 pages
...the wide barriers of thy borders, where, Among thy gallant sons that guard thee well, Thou langh'st at enemies; who shall then declare The date of thy...How happy, in thy lap, the sons of men shall dwell. SDÎuê ев niájt alé eine art 3roeifel an biefem glanjenben *ßrogno« ftifon е^фешеп, wenn... | |
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