 Still more majestic shalt thou rise, More dreadful from each foreign stroke; As the loud blast that tears the skies Serves but to root thy native oak. Thee haughty tyrants ne'er shall tame; All their attempts to bend thee down Will but arouse thy generous...  Abbotsford Series of the Scottish Poets, - Page 122edited by - 1896Full view - About this book
 | James Thomson, Patrick Murdoch - 1802 - 336 pages
...foreign stroke ;. As the loud blast that tears the skies, Serves but to root thy native oak. " Rule, &c." Thee haughty tyrants ne'er shall tame : All their...flame ; But work their woe, and thy renown. « Rule, &c." To thee belongs the rural reign ; Thy cities fhall with commerce shine : All thine shall be the... | |
 | James Thomson - 1802 - 348 pages
...stroke ; As the loud blast that tears the skies, Serves but to root thy native oak. « Rule, tec." Thee haughty tyrants ne'er shall tame: All their attempts...flame ; But work their woe, and thy renown. " Rule, IK." To thee belongs the rural reign; Thy cities fhall with commerce shine : All thine shall be the... | |
 | 1803 - 572 pages
...tame ; All their attempts to bend Thee down, Shall but arouse thy gen'rous flame, Their woe to work, and thy renown. Rule, Britannia, rule the waves ; Britons never will be slaves. 5' The rural sceptre thou shalt sway ; In commerce, too, supreme shalt reign j ~% All seas thy Trident... | |
 | Goldfinch - 1805 - 276 pages
...down, All their, &c. Will but arouse, arouse thy cen'rous flarae$ And work their woe, and thy renown. To thee belongs the rural reign ; Thy cities shall with commerce shine; Thy cities, &c. All thine shall be, shall he the subject main, And ev'ry shore it circles thine. The... | |
 | Select collection - 1806 - 322 pages
...loud blast, loud blast that tears the skies, Serves but to root thy native oak. Rule, Britannia, &c. Thee haughty tyrants ne'er shall tame ; All their attempts to bend thee down, All their, &c. Will but arouse, arouse thy gen'rous flame, And work their woe and thy renown. Rule,... | |
 | James Thomson, Thomas Park - 1808 - 444 pages
...stroke ; As the loud blast that tears the skies Serves but to root Ihy native oak. ' Rule,' &c. Tbee haughty tyrants ne'er shall tame, All their attempts to bend thee down, Will hut arouse thy generous flame, But work their woe, and thy renown. ' Rule,' 8tc. To thee belongs the... | |
 | Richard Clark - 1814 - 530 pages
...the skies, Serves but to root thy native oak. " Rule," &c. Thee haughty tyrants ne'er shall lamo : All their attempts to bend thee down Will but arouse...flame ; But work their woe, and thy renown. « Rule," Sec. To thee belongs the rural reign, Thy cities shall with commerce shine : All thine shall be the... | |
 | Roundelay - 1815 - 260 pages
...but arouse thy — arouse thy generous flame, And work their woe and thy renown. Rule Britannia, &c. To thee belongs the rural reign ; Thy cities shall with commerce shine ; And thine shall be the — shall be the subject main, And every shore it circles thine. • Rule... | |
 | Scottish songs - 1816 - 320 pages
...loud blast — loud blast that tears the skies, Serves but to root thy native oak. Rule Britannia, &c. Thee haughty tyrants ne'er shall tame; All their attempts to bend thee down, All their attempts, &c. Will but arouse— arouse thy generous flame, And work their woe, and thy renown.... | |
 | 1819 - 792 pages
...skies, .•serve» but to rout thy native ouk. Rule, Britannia ! &c. Thee naughty tyrants ne'er »hall tame: All their attempts to bend thee down Will but arouse thy generous flame— And work their woe, and thy renown. Rule, Britannia ! \c. To thee belong the rural reign : Thy cities... | |
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