 | George Dixon - 1842 - 134 pages
...we disclaim, If bought by our sovereignty, justice or fair>0 : For ne'er shall the sons of Columbia be slaves, While the earth bears a plant or the sea rolls in wave*. 'Tis the fire of the flint, each American warms ; _,et Rome's haughty victor? beware of collision!... | |
 | William McCarty - 1842 - 484 pages
...thunders roar, May freedom and peace bless our dear native shore : "And ne'er may the sons of Columbia be slaves, While the earth bears a plant, or the sea rolls in waves." By art, more than arms, our foes have long tried To lead the brave sons of Columbia in slavery;... | |
 | John Warner Barber - 1844 - 688 pages
...nation increase, With the glory of Bome, and-the wisdom of Greece; And ne.er shall the sons of Columbia be slaves, While the earth bears a plant, or the sea rolls Us waves. .WESTPORT. THIS town, previous to its incorporation in 17S7, was a part of Dartmouth. There... | |
 | John Pickering - 1847 - 222 pages
...truth, " all men are born free and equal," remains inscribed on the tablets of our hearts. Never—nor " While the earth bears a plant, Or the sea rolls its waves;" Nor while there is an arm to bear arms, will American freemen grant such claims, nor be disfranchised... | |
 | Elisha Reynolds Potter - 1852 - 406 pages
...beginning* Ye sons of Columbia who bravely have fought, with the chorus For ne'er shall the sons of Columbia be slaves, While the earth bears a plant, or the sea rolls its waves, has probably given birth, in its day, to more patriotic emotions, than any speech or volumn of speeches... | |
 | Richard Green Parker - 1852 - 380 pages
...nation increase, With the glory of Rome, and the wisdom of Greece ; And ne'er shall the sons of Columbia be slaves, While the earth bears a plant, or the sea rolls its waves. 2. In a clime whose rich vales feed the marts of the world, Whose shores are unshaken by Europe's commotion,... | |
 | One of 'em - 1855 - 340 pages
...Like LEONIDAS' band, And swear to the God of the ocean and laud, That ne'er shall the sons of Columbia be slaves, While the earth bears a plant, or the sea rolls its waves ! TEACHINGS OF THE REVOLUTION. BY JAKBD SPARKS. HAPPY was it for America, happy for the world, that... | |
 | Sarah Josepha Buell Hale - 1855 - 610 pages
...trust ? 'T is seatter'd in darkness, Ч is trampled in dust. Byron. - Ne'er shall the sons of Columbia be slaves, While the earth bears a plant, or the sea rolls her waves. Timothy Dwight. SLEEP. Sleep, that knits up the rave/l! VI sleeve of eare, The death of... | |
 | Alfred M. Lorrain - 1856 - 268 pages
...i, 6. THE case of Jon all is a very singular one — such an event that will never transpire again, while the earth bears a plant, or the sea rolls its waves. We observe this, because seamen have sometimes, influenced by a strange superstition, been led to act... | |
 | Lydia Howard Sigourney - 1858 - 352 pages
...increase, With the glory of Rome, x And the wisdom of Greece ; For ne'er shall the sons of Columbia be slaves, While the earth bears a plant, or the sea rolls in waves." It was affecting to see with what enthusiasm the two venerable soldiers joined in the chorus.... | |
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And ne'er shall the sons of Columbia be slaves, While the earth bears a plant, or the sea rolls its waves. 
