 | 1844 - 784 pages
...And oh, may heaven their simple lives prevent From luxury's contagion, weak and vile ! Then, howe'er crowns and coronets be rent, A virtuous populace may...rise the while And stand a wall of fire around their muehlov'd isle." Here are patriotic sentiments strongly engrafted on domestic sympathies, and the heart... | |
 | George Willson - American literature - 1844 - 300 pages
...And, oh ! may Heaven their simple lives prevent From luxury's contagion weak and vile ! Then, howe'er crowns and coronets be rent, A virtuous populace may rise the while, And stand a wall of lire around their much-loved isle. 10 O Thou! who poured the patriotic tide That streamed through Wallace's... | |
 | English literature - 1844 - 742 pages
...— and let us ever be prepared to join in the noble, patriotic prayer of the Ayrshire Bard — Oh thou ! who poured the patriotic tide, That streamed through Wallace's undaunted heart, Who nobly dared to stem tyrannic pride, Or noblv die, the second glorious part, (The patriot's God peculiarly... | |
 | John Wilson - 1845 - 248 pages
...And O ! may Heaven their simple lives prevent From luxury's contagion, weak and vile! Then, howe'er crowns and coronets be rent, A virtuous populace may...rise the while, And stand a wall of fire around their much lov'd Isle. " O Thou ! who pour'd the patriotic tide That stream'd through Wallace's undaunted... | |
 | 1845 - 440 pages
...Luxury's contagion, weak and vile : Then, howe'er crowns and coronets he reut, A virtuous popalace may rise the while, And stand a wall of fire around their muchloved hie. XXI. О Thou ! who ponr'd the patriotic tide, That stream'd thro' Wallace's undaunted heart :... | |
 | John Wilson - 1845 - 266 pages
...From luxury's contagion, weak and vile! Then, howe'er crowns and coronets be rent, A virtuous poputace may rise the while, And stand a wall of fire around their much lov'd hie, " 0 Thou ! who pour'd the patriotic tide That stream'd through Wallace's undaunted... | |
 | 1846 - 436 pages
...And, O, may Heaven their simple lives prevent From luxury's contagion, weak and vile ! Then, howe'er crowns and coronets be rent, A virtuous populace may...stand a wall of fire around their much-loved isle. 0 Thou, who poured the patriotic tide That streamed through Wallace's undaunted heart ; Who dared to... | |
 | John W. Curtis - American poetry - 1846 - 180 pages
...And, O ! may Heaven their simple lives prevent From luxury's contagion, weak and vile ! Then, howe'er crowns and coronets be rent, A virtuous populace may...stand a wall of fire around their much-loved isle. BURKS. WHOE'ER hath viewed with e'en a careless eye, The scenes of bustling life that round him lie,... | |
 | Baptists - 1744 - 596 pages
...And O! may Heaven their simple lives prevent From luxury's contagion, weak and vile ! Then, howe'er crowns and coronets be rent, A virtuous populace may...rise the while, And stand a wall of fire around their much lov'd Isle. THE COTTAGER'S SABBATH. An ! why should the thought of a world that is flying, Encumber... | |
 | 1846 - 404 pages
...native soil, — be safe " From luxury's contagion, weak and vile ! Then howe'er crowns and coronets he rent, A virtuous populace may rise the while, And stand a wall of fire around their much-lov'd isle/' (1845-6.) SELECTIONS FROM [PRINTED] REPORT. * * Among other very serious obstacles... | |
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And oh ! may Heaven their simple lives prevent From luxury's contagion, weak and vile ! Then, howe'er crowns and coronets be rent, A virtuous populace may rise the while, And stand a wall of fire around their much-loved Isle. O Thou! who pour'd the patriotic... 
