National Hymns: How They are Written and how They are Not Written : a Lyric and National Study for the Times : with a Letter to the Saturday Review |
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... songs received by them in the hands of Messrs . Rudd & Carleton for publication under my editorial care . There were very few of these - not thirty , all told ; and those which were remarkable for lyric excellence were gra- dually so ...
... songs received by them in the hands of Messrs . Rudd & Carleton for publication under my editorial care . There were very few of these - not thirty , all told ; and those which were remarkable for lyric excellence were gra- dually so ...
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... songs were written by authors of reputation , it was natural that a part of these , at least , should shrink from exposure to the threatened consequences . One of them remarked , " If I were at the beginning of my career , I should not ...
... songs were written by authors of reputation , it was natural that a part of these , at least , should shrink from exposure to the threatened consequences . One of them remarked , " If I were at the beginning of my career , I should not ...
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... song . Music is the universal language of emotion . It is that in which , with rare exceptions , all can give vent to excitement that without it must be repressed . Men will sing what they would be shamefaced to say . Music has the ...
... song . Music is the universal language of emotion . It is that in which , with rare exceptions , all can give vent to excitement that without it must be repressed . Men will sing what they would be shamefaced to say . Music has the ...
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... songs are beautiful ; but the songs that Mozart wrote are far more beautiful , with a beauty higher , tenderer , more essential , more enduring . Yet the strains of the herdsman never die out of a Switzer's ear , and ever call him back ...
... songs are beautiful ; but the songs that Mozart wrote are far more beautiful , with a beauty higher , tenderer , more essential , more enduring . Yet the strains of the herdsman never die out of a Switzer's ear , and ever call him back ...
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... song . Only a few months ago the Poles , charged and fired upon by the Russian troops , as they assembled to present a petition in Warsaw , fell upon their knees , and sang their national hymn ; thus fortifying themselves to endure an ...
... song . Only a few months ago the Poles , charged and fired upon by the Russian troops , as they assembled to present a petition in Warsaw , fell upon their knees , and sang their national hymn ; thus fortifying themselves to endure an ...
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abreuve nos sillons Amen American arms battle blest blood Britain British nation called Carey chorus citoyens competitors Constitution E Pluribus Unum enemies England English evermore excited favor feeling formez vos bataillons Fort Sumter French Gentleman's Magazine God save hand harmony heart Henry Carey honor Hozanna hundred Jacobite John Bull liberty LIGHT lines live loyal lyric manuscripts Marchons Marseillaise melody ment moral muslin national hymn never noble O'er patriotic peace popular prize qu'un sang impur reason reign republic rhyme RICHARD GRANT WHITE Rule Britannia sang impur abreuve SATURDAY REVIEW save our Fatherland Save the King secession sent sentiment sing slave slavery soul South spirit stanza Star-Spangled Banner strong style Sumter sung Thee thou tion Tis Freedom's true truth Union United verses victorious voice vote wave woman words and music writers written York
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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 57 - Allons, enfants de la patrie, Le jour de gloire est arrivé ; Contre nous de la tyrannie L'étendard sanglant est levé.
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 40 - God save great George our King, Long live our noble King; God save the King.
Page 58 - Amour sacré de la Patrie, Conduis, soutiens nos bras vengeurs. Liberté, liberté chérie, Combats avec tes défenseurs. Sous nos drapeaux, que la Victoire Accoure à tes mâles accents : Que tes ennemis expirants Voient ton triomphe et notre gloire ! Aux armes, citoyens ! Formez vos bataillons : Marchons, qu'un sang impur abreuve nos sillons.
Page 160 - States for peace and for war, — the right to keep troops or ships of war in time of peace, or to engage in war unless actually invaded...
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 bless the Prince of Wales, The true born Prince of Wales, Sent us by Thee! Grant us one favor more, The King for to restore, As thou hast done before, The Familie...
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 57 - Français, pour nous, ah ! quel outrage ! Quels transports il doit exciter ! C'est nous qu'on ose méditer De rendre à l'antique esclavage ! Aux armes, citoyens ! etc. Quoi ! ces cohortes étrangères Feraient la loi dans nos foyers...