 There is a spot of earth supremely blest, A dearer, sweeter spot than all the rest, Where man, creation's tyrant, casts aside His sword and sceptre, pageantry and pride, While, in his softened looks, benignly blend The sire, the son, the husband, brother,...  The Book of Scottish Poems: Ancient and Modern - Page 696edited by - 1878 - 760 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1852 - 496 pages
...lines : — " There is- a land, of every land the pride, Beloved of Heaven o'er all the world beside ; There is a spot of earth supremely blest, A dearer, sweeter spot, than all the rest There woman reigns, — the mother, daughter, wife, Strews with fresh flowers the thorny path of life.... | |
 | Society for promoting Christian knowledge - 1855 - 620 pages
...Deems his own land of every land the pride, Beloved by heaven o'er all the world beside ; His home a spot of earth supremely blest, A dearer, sweeter spot than all the rest. MONTGOMERY. THE pain which is felt when we are first transplanted from onr native soil, when the living... | |
 | Epes Sargent - 1852 - 570 pages
...Deems his own land of every land the pride, Beloved by Heaven o'er all the world beside ; His home the spot of earth supremely blest, A dearer, sweeter spot than all the rest ! 44. NATUBB A HARD CREDITOR.— Tkontu Ctrlyle. NATURE admits no lie. Most men profess to be aware... | |
 | Epes Sargent - 1852 - 570 pages
...Deems his own land of every land the pride, Beloved by Heaven o'er all the world beside ; His home the spot of earth supremely blest, A dearer, sweeter spot than all the rest ! 4!. NATURE A HARD CREDITOR.— Thomoi Carlyle. NATURE admits no lie. Most men profess to be aware... | |
 | John Martin Honigberger - 1852 - 824 pages
...pride. Beloved by Heaven, o'er all the world beside ; And in that land of Heaven's peculiar (rrace. The heritage of nature's noblest race. There is a Spot of earth supremely blessed. A dearer, sweeter spot than all the rest. Where may that Land, that Spot of earth be found... | |
 | Michigan. Department of Public Instruction - 1898 - 708 pages
...his soul, lü Touched by remembrance, trembles to thalt pole; For ill this land of Heaven's peculiar grace, The heritage of nature's noblest race, There is a spot of earth supremely blest, 16 A dearer, sweeter spot than all the rest. Where man, creation's tyrant, casts aside His sword and... | |
 | Frederick Saunders, Minnie K. Davis - 1899 - 768 pages
...magnet of his soul, Touched by remembrance, trembles to that pole; For in this land of Heaven's peculiar grace, The heritage of nature's noblest race, There...man, creation's tyrant, casts aside His sword and scepter, pageantry and pride, While in his softened looks, ta*A.\si&3 \tax& The sire, the son, the... | |
 | Julia M. Dewey - 1899 - 316 pages
...Deems his own land of every land the pride, Beloved by Heaven o'er all the world beside; His home the spot of earth supremely blest, A dearer, sweeter spot than all the rest." But it is not merely natural to love our country; it is reasonable and right; it is an obligation.... | |
 | Charles Rufus Skinner - 1900 - 508 pages
...the world beside; Where brighter suns dispense serener light, And milder moons emparadise the night. There is a spot of earth supremely blest, A dearer,...man, creation's tyrant, casts aside His sword and scepter, pageantry and pride, While in his softened looks benignly blend The sire, the son, the husband,... | |
 | William Vincent Byars - 1901 - 614 pages
...eye will mark Our coming, and look brighter when we come. —Byron : * Don Juan,* Canto i. Home, the spot of earth supremely blest, A dearer, sweeter spot than all the rest. — Montgomery. HONESTY — See Manliness. Character, etc. Ay, sir ; to be honest, as this world goes,... | |
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