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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... "
The muses' bower, embellished with the beauties of English poetry - Page 140
by English poetry - 1809
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Beauties of Poetry: Consisting of Elegant Selections from the Works of Pope ...

1814 - 310 pages
...master's mind ! Stern o'er each bosom reason holds her state, With daring aims irregularly great ; Pride in their port, defiance in their eye, I see...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
...the master's mind; Stern o'er earh bosom reason holds her state, With daring aims irregularly great : Pride in their port, defiance in their eye, I see...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
...master's mind ; 'Stern o'er each bosom reason holds her state, With daring aims irregularly great; Pride in their port, defiance in their eye, I see...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
...the master's mind; Stern o'er each bosom reason holds her state, With daring aims irregularly great: Pride in their port, defiance in their eye, I see...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
...the master's mind. Stern o'er each bosom reason holds her state, With daring aims irregularly great ; Pride in their port, defiance in their eye, I see...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
...the master's mind. 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
...Goldsmith's Traveller.) Stern o'er each bosom reason holds her state, With daring aims irregularly great : Pride in their port, defiance in their eye, I see...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
...the master's mind ! Stern o'er each bosom reason holds her state With daring aims irregularly great ; Pride in their port, defiance in their eye, I see...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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