 | Robert Southey - 1807 - 502 pages
...business wafts perfume to pride. No! — Men, high-minded Men, With powers as far above dull brutes endued Men, who their duties know, But know their rights, and, knowing, dare maintain, Prevent the long-aim'd blow, And crush the tyrant while they rend the chain : These constitute a State, And sovereign... | |
 | Robert Southey - 1807 - 498 pages
...rich navies ride, Not starr'd and spangled courts, Where low-brow'd business wafts perfume to pride. No! — Men, high-minded Men, With powers as far above dull brutes endued Men, who their duties know, But know their rights, nnd, knowing, dare maintain, Prevent the long-aim'd... | |
 | Richard Warner - 1808 - 142 pages
...navies ride, Not starr'd and spangled courts, Where, lo\v-bro\v'd baseness wafts perfume to pride. No: — Men, high-minded men, With powers as far above...THEIR DUTIES KNOW, BUT KNOW THEIR RIGHTS, AND KNOWING, DARK MAINTAIN', Prevent the long-aim'd bknr, And crush the tyrant while they rend the chain : • *... | |
 | 1808 - 540 pages
...mavies ride ; u Not starr'd and spangled courts " Where low-brow'd baseness wafts perfume to pride ! " No; MEN! high-minded MEN, " With powers as far above...dull brutes endued " In forest, brake, or den, " As beast excel cold rocks and brambles, rude ; " MEN who their duties know, " But know their rights, and... | |
 | English poetry - 1809 - 302 pages
...With pow'rs as far above dull brutes endu'd, • In forest, brake, or den, As beasts excel cold rock, and brambles rude ; Men, who their duties know, But...their rights, and knowing, dare maintain, Prevent the long-aim'd blow, And crush the tyrant while they rend the chain : These constitute a state, And sov'reign... | |
 | Thomas Browne (LL.D.) - 1810 - 514 pages
...; " Not starr'd and spangled courts " Where low-brow'd baseness wafts perfume to pride !., , " No j MEN ! high-minded MEN, " With powers as far above...dull brutes endued " In forest, brake, or den, ' As beast excel cold rocks and brambles rude ; " MEN who their duties know, " But know their rights, and... | |
 | 1814 - 258 pages
...rich navies ride . Not starred and spangled courts, Where low-browed baseness wafts perfume to pride No ; Men, high-minded Men, With powers as far above...excel cold rocks and brambles rude ; Men, who their dutia know, But know their rights, and knowing, dare maintain, Prevent the long-aimed blow, And crush... | |
 | Elegant extracts - 1816 - 490 pages
...baseness wafts perfume to pride. No — MEN, high-minded ME», With powers as far above dull brutes endu'd In forest, brake, or den, As beasts excel cold rocks...rights, and, knowing, dare maintain ; Prevent the 1'ong-aim'd blow, And crush the tyrant while they rend the chain : These constitute a state ; And Sovereign... | |
 | William Cobbett - 1817 - 800 pages
...proud navies ride ; Not starr'd and spangled courts. Where low-brow'd baseness wafts perfume to pride: No ; men, high-minded men, With powers as far above dull brutes endued In forest, brake, or den, . Asbca-ls excel cold rocks and brambles rude ; ,,V'- . Men who their duties know, But know their rights,... | |
 | 1817 - 630 pages
...spangl'd courts, Where low-brow'd Baseness wafts perfume to Pride." After stating that it consists in " Men who their duties know; but know their rights ; and, knowing, dare maintain," he concludes with a stanza expressive of his political opinions at that moment : " Such ivas this heav'n-lov'd... | |
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Where low.browed baseness wafts perfume to pride. No; men, high.minded men, With powers as far above dull brutes endued In forest, brake, or den, As beasts excel cold rocks and brambles rude; Men who their duties know, But know their rights, and knowing,... 
