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" Stern o'er each bosom reason holds her state With daring aims irregularly great ; Pride in their port, defiance in their eye, I see the lords of human kind pass by... "
Miscellaneous poems. Dramatic poems - Page 49
by Oliver Goldsmith - 1820
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Beauties of Poetry: Consisting of Elegant Selections from the Works of Pope ...

1814 - 310 pages
...Stern o'er each bosom reason holds her state, With daring aims irregularly great ; Pride in their port, defiance in their eye, I see the lords of human kind...thoughtful band, By forms unfashion'd, fresh from nature's hanJ; Fierce in their native hardiness of soul, True to imagined right, above control, While ev'n the...
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The Poetical Works, Complete, of Oliver Goldsmith ... with Some Account of ...

Oliver Goldsmith - 1816 - 240 pages
...Stern o'er earh bosom reason holds her state, With daring aims irregularly great : Pride in their port, defiance in their eye, I see the lords of human kind...native hardiness of soul, True to imagin'd right, above control, While e'en the peasant boasts these rights to scan, And learns to venerate himself as man....
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Child's Magazine, Volume 2

1816 - 300 pages
...each bosom reason holds her state, With daring aims irregularly great : Pride in their port, d efiance in their eye, I see the lords of human kind* pass by ; ยป The writer of this was a British subject. As a parallel, see the little boy's song, page 45, head....
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The Traveller, The Deserted Village, and Other Poems ...

Oliver Goldsmith - 1817 - 192 pages
...'Stern o'er each bosom reason holds her state, With daring aims irregularly great; Pride in their port, defiance in their eye, I see the lords of human kind...native hardiness of soul, True to imagin'd right, above control, While e'en the peasant boasts these rights to scan, And learns to venerate himself as man....
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The poems and plays of Oliver Goldsmith

Oliver Goldsmith - 1818 - 274 pages
...Stern o'er each bosom reason holds her state, With daring aims irregularly great: Pride in their port, defiance in their eye, I see the lords of human kind...Intent on high designs, a thoughtful band, By forms unfashioned, fresh from Nature's hand, Fierce in their native hardiness of soul, True to imagined right,...
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Specimens of the British Poets: Churchill, 1764, to Johnson, 1784

Thomas Campbell - 1819 - 482 pages
...Stern o'er each bosom reason holds her state, With daring aims irregularly great ; Pride in their port, defiance in their eye, I see the lords of human kind...soul, True to imagin'd right above controul, While even the peasant boasts these rights to scan, And learns to venerate himself as man. Thine, freedom,...
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Churchill, 1764, to Johnson, 1784

Thomas Campbell - 1819 - 498 pages
...her state, With daring aims irregularly great ; Pride in their port, defiance in their eye, I seethe lords of human kind pass by; Intent on high designs,...soul, True to imagin'd right above controul, While even the peasant boasts these rights to scan, And learns to venerate himself as man. Thine, freedom,...
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The Deserted Village, Traveller, and Miscellaneous Poems

Oliver Goldsmith - 1819 - 120 pages
...Stern o'er each bosom Reason holds her state, With daring aims irregularly great. Pride in their port, defiance in their eye, I see the lords of human kind pass by ; latent on high designs, a thoughtful band, By forms uufashion'd, fresh from Nature's hand, Fierce...
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The Plain Englishman [ed. by C. Knight and E.H. Locker]., Volume 1

Charles Knight - 1820 - 636 pages
...Stern o'er each bosom reason holds her state, With daring aims irregularly great : Pride in their port, defiance in their eye, I see the lords of human kind...Intent on high designs, a thoughtful band, By forms uiifashion'd, fresh from nature's band, Fierce in their native hardiness of soul, True to imagin'd...
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The Wreath: A Collection of Poems from Celebrated English Authors

1821 - 270 pages
...Stern o'er each bosom reason holds her state With daring aims irregularly great ; Pride in their port, defiance in their eye, I see the lords of human kind...Fierce in their native hardiness of soul, True to imagm'd right, above control, While even the peasant boasts these rights to scan, And learns to venerate...
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