There is a spot of earth supremely blest, A dearer, sweeter spot than all the rest, Where man, creation's tyrant, casts aside His sword and sceptre, pageantry and pride, While in his softened looks benignly blend The sire, the son, the husband, brother,... Selections, from Several Literary Works: Comprising The Declaration of ... - Side 146redigeret af - 1824 - 153 siderFuld visning - Om denne bog
| Charles Mackay - 1858 - 420 sider
...earth supremely blest, A dearer, sweeter spot than all the rest, Where man, creation's tyrant, fasts aside His sword and sceptre, pageantry and pride,...looks benignly blend The sire, the son, the husband, brother, friend; Here woman reigns; the mother, daughter, wife, Strew with fresh flowers the narrow... | |
| Epes Sargent - 1858 - 566 sider
...supremely blest, A dearer, sweeter spot than all the rest, Where man, creation's tyrant, casts aside Hia sword and sceptre, pageantry and pride, While in his...looks benignly blend The sire, the son, the husband, brother, friend ; — " Where shall that land, that spot of earth, bo found " ? Art thou a man ? —... | |
| Joseph Payne - 1859 - 512 sider
...heritage of nature's noblest race, There is a spot of earth supremely blest — A dearer, sweeter spot than all the rest, Where man, creation's tyrant, casts...looks benignly blend The sire,' the son, the husband, brother, friend. Here woman reigns ; the mother, daughter, wife, Strews with fresh flowers the narrow... | |
| William M. Thayer - 1859 - 372 sider
...a model lady. " There is a spot of earth supremely blest, A dearer, sweeter spot than all the rest; Here woman reigns ; the mother, daughter, wife, Strews with fresh flowers the narrow way of life : Around her knees domestic duties meet, And fireside pleasures gambol at her feet." MontyonKry. '... | |
| Richard Green Parker, James Madison Watson - 1859 - 422 sider
...heritage 5 of nature's noblest race, There is a spot of earth supremely 6 blest, A dearer, sweeter spot than all the rest, Where man, creation's tyrant, casts aside His sword and scepter, pageantry 7 and pride. While, in his soften'd looks, benignly 3 blend 8 The sire, the son,... | |
| John Clark Ridpath - 1881 - 342 sider
...his joyous sport. — Wordsworth. 5. There is a spot of earth supremely blest, A dearer, sweeter spot than all the rest; Where man, creation's tyrant, casts aside His sword and scepter, pageantry and pride. — Montgomery. 6. Within that chest had she concealed herself, Fluttering... | |
| Charlotte Fiske Bates - 1882 - 984 sider
...heritage of nature's noblest race, There 'is a sjmt of earth supremely blest, A dearer, sweeter spot than all the rest: Where man, creation's tyrant, casts...reigns; the mother, daughter, wife, Strews with fresh llowers the narrowway of life ; In the clear heaven of her delightful eye, An angel-guard of loves... | |
| Ascott Robert Hope Moncrieff - 1882 - 420 sider
...object of all my wishes — HOME." " ' There is a spot of earth supremely blest, A dearer, sweeter spot than all the rest, Where man, creation's tyrant, casts...aside His sword and sceptre, pageantry and pride. Here woman reigns ; the mother, daughter, wife, Strew with fresh flowers the narrow path of life. Where... | |
| John William Kirton - 1882 - 316 sider
...DEAREK, SWEETER SPOT THAN ALL THE BEST, Where man, creation's tyrant, casts aside His sword and fceptre, pageantry and pride, While, in his softened looks, benignly blend The sire, the eon, the husband, father, friend. " HERE WOMAV REIONS; the mother, daughter, wife, Strews with fresh... | |
| Emma Raymond Pitman - 1883 - 518 sider
...— TWO PEEPS AT HOUSEHOLD LIFE. "There is a spot of earth, supremely blest, A dearer, sweeter spot than all the rest, Where man, creation's tyrant, casts...Strews with fresh flowers the narrow way of life." —James Montgomery. I HAVE hinted to you before that Dr. Carr's home and family affairs were not as... | |
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