National Hymns: How They are Written and how They are Not Written. A Lyric and National Study for the Times |
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... words or with events . There was no particular æsthetic reason why the brave , calm English soldiers should sing " Annie Laurie " in their cheerless camp before Sevastopol , and weep while they sang or lis- 14 NATIONAL HYMNS .
... words or with events . There was no particular æsthetic reason why the brave , calm English soldiers should sing " Annie Laurie " in their cheerless camp before Sevastopol , and weep while they sang or lis- 14 NATIONAL HYMNS .
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... reason of their art , but altogether in spite of it . It does absolutely nothing towards the elevation of intellectual tone , or the mitigation of moral deform- ity . Let any man ask himself if he ever spoke the more kindly to a ...
... reason of their art , but altogether in spite of it . It does absolutely nothing towards the elevation of intellectual tone , or the mitigation of moral deform- ity . Let any man ask himself if he ever spoke the more kindly to a ...
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... reason have they for asking it ? We have not existed long enough as a nation to pro- duce a distinctive literature . And , in any case , what have political forms , where the essence of liberty is preserved , to do with literature ...
... reason have they for asking it ? We have not existed long enough as a nation to pro- duce a distinctive literature . And , in any case , what have political forms , where the essence of liberty is preserved , to do with literature ...
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... reason to believe that complete copies of the Marseillaise Hymn are not so common as to make a reproduction of the whole song unwelcome here . Most copies contain only three stanzas , the first , second , and sixth , and those only are ...
... reason to believe that complete copies of the Marseillaise Hymn are not so common as to make a reproduction of the whole song unwelcome here . Most copies contain only three stanzas , the first , second , and sixth , and those only are ...
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... reason , too , at the time of the appointment of the committee , for the hope that it might accomplish its object . The excited feeling of the country vented itself in verse to a most remark- able extent . Newspapers which undertook to ...
... reason , too , at the time of the appointment of the committee , for the hope that it might accomplish its object . The excited feeling of the country vented itself in verse to a most remark- able extent . Newspapers which undertook to ...
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abreuve nos sillons Amen American anthem battle battle of Hastings bless called Carey chorus citoyens competitors composition dear E Pluribus Unum earth enemies England English evermore excited favor feeling Flag of freemen formez vos bataillons Fort Sumter Gentleman's Magazine George glorious dreams God save HAMILTON FISH hand Hark harmony heart Henry Carey hills and streams home of Freedom honor Hozanna Jacobite John Bull liberty LIGHT lines live loyal lyric manuscripts Marchons Marseillaise national airs noble O'er origin peace poets popular prize qu'un sang impur race reason reign rhyme RICHARD GRANT WHITE Rule Britannia sang impur abreuve save our Fatherland Save the King save the land Scotch sent sentiment sing songs received soul spirit stanza Star-Spangled Banner stars strong style sung thee thou throne tion Tis Freedom's Jubilee,-hurrah truth verses victorious voice wave words and music writers written
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Page 18 - O'er the land of the free, and the home of the brave? On the shore, dimly seen through the mists of the deep, Where the foe's haughty host in dread silence reposes, What is that which the breeze, o'er the towering steep, As it fitfully blows, half conceals, half discloses?
Page 42 - King ! Long live our noble King! God save the King! Send him victorious, Happy and glorious, Long to reign over us ! God save the King!
Page 40 - God save great George our king! Long live our noble king! God save the king!
Page 43 - O Lord our God, arise! Scatter his enemies, And make them fall; Confound their politics, Frustrate their knavish tricks: On Thee our hopes we fix — God save us all!
Page 76 - Still more majestic shalt thou rise, More dreadful from each foreign stroke; As the loud blast that tears the skies Serves but to root thy native oak.
Page 45 - God Bliss the PRINCE OF WALES The True-born Prince of Wales Sent us by THEE Grant us one favour more The King for to restore As Thou hast done before THE FAMILIB.
Page 42 - May she defend our laws, and ever give us cause to sing with heart and voice, God save the Queen.
Page 33 - A nation properly signifies a great number of families derived from the same blood, born in the same country, and living under the same government.
Page 47 - ... sword in hand with such impetuosity, that in less than ten minutes after the battle began, the king's troops were broken and totally routed. The dragoons fled in the utmost confusion at the first onset ; the general officers, having made some unsuccessful efforts to rally them, thought proper to consult their own safety by an expeditious retreat towards Coldstream on the Tweed.
Page 47 - At length, perceiving they had occupied the rising ground to the southward of Falkirk, he ordered his cavalry to advance, and drive them from the eminence; while his infantry formed, and were drawn up in order of battle. The highlanders kept up their fire, and took aim so well, that the assailants were broke by the first volley : they retreated with precipitation, and fell in amongst the infantry, which were likewise discomposed by the wind and rain beating with great violence in their faces, wetting...