| Natural history - 1837 - 738 pages
...princely halls of the noble ; and well indeed is it merited. " Britannia needs no bulwarks, No castles on the steep ; Her march is o'er the mountain waves, Her home is on the deep." The bark of the oak is of very great value as an article of commerce, from the astringent principle... | |
| John Claudius Loudon, Edward Charlesworth, John Denson - Natural history - 1837 - 678 pages
...princely halls of the noble ; and well indeed is it merited. " Britannia needs no bulwarks, No castles on the steep ; Her march is o'er the mountain waves, Her home is on the deep." The bark of the oak is of very great value as an article of commerce, from the astringent principle... | |
| England - 1840 - 784 pages
...lines of Campbell, which stir the heart " as with a trumpet :" — '• Britannia needs no bulwark, No towers along the steep ; Her march is o'er the mountain waves, Her home is ou the deep." Again, some steam-vessel from Boulogne, or Hamburg, or the Rhine, • France, by HL Bulwer.... | |
| Thomas Campbell - English poetry - 1840 - 376 pages
...While the stormy winds do blow, While the battle rages loud and long, And the stormy winds do blow. m. Britannia needs no bulwarks, No towers along the steep ; Her march is o'er the mountain-waves, Her home is on the deep. With thunders from her native oak, She quells the floods below,... | |
| English wit and humor - 1852 - 570 pages
...walls of Old England/ and poets made songs ond odes of alt kind* on the subject, tuch as — " • Britannia needs no bulwarks, No towers along the steep ; Her march Is o'er the mountain wave, Her home Is on the deep/ " Thy pardon, good friend BRIGHT. With all due deference to thy udgment... | |
| H. M. Melford - English language - 1841 - 466 pages
...and made the succeeding darkness donbly terrible. (ГГ. Irvmg't SB) Britannia needs no bulwark, !Vo towers along the steep, Her march is o'er the mountain waves, Her house is on the deep. (Tk. Campbetft (Met.) How many a time have 1 Cloven with arm still lustier, breast... | |
| William Finden, Edward Francis Finden, William Beattie, William Henry Bartlett - Coasts - 1842 - 338 pages
...England against the invasion of her foes has been her wooden-walls : " Britannia needs no bulwark, No towers along the steep ; Her march is o'er the mountain waves, Her home is on the deep. With thunders from her native oak. She quells the floods below. As they roar on the shore, When the... | |
| David Burn - English drama - 1842 - 462 pages
...natural defenders of our Island. Tren. Don't Sir Charles form one of our national bulwarks ? Lou. " Britannia needs no bulwarks, " No towers along the steep, '- Her march is on the mountain wave, " Her home is on the deep !" Tren. This may be all very fine, Miss Louisa, but... | |
| William Johnstoun N. Neale - 1843 - 1008 pages
...time to partake of the hospitable fare that was set before them. 280 THE LOST SHIP. CHAPTER XXIX. " Britannia needs no bulwarks, No towers along the steep...is o'er the mountain waves, Her home is on the deep ; With thunders from her native oak, She quells the floods below, As they roar on the shore. Where... | |
| English poetry - 1844 - 70 pages
...While the stormy tempests blow ; While the battle rages loud and long, 49 Britannia needs no bulwark, No towers along the steep ; Her march is o'er the mountain waves, Her home is on the deep. With thunders from her native oak, She quells the floods below — As they roar on the shore, When... | |
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