 Basks in the glare, or stems the tepid wave, And thanks his gods for all the good they gave. Such is the patriot's boast, where'er we roam, His first, best country, ever is at home.  The Lyrics of Ireland - Page 199edited by - 1858 - 360 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Gêlert (pseud.) - 1849 - 176 pages
...verdant vale of Churchover to the rocky pass of Beal-nam-bo. Goldsmith, in his " Traveller," says — " Such is the Patriot's boast, where'er we roam, His first, best country, ever is at home." It is worthy of remark that Captain Thomson's stud, which he sold at Tatersall's, on quitting the Atherstone... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1851 - 160 pages
...wine, Basks in the glare, or stems the tepid wave, And thanks his gods for all the good they gave. Such is the patriot's boast, where'er we roam, His first, best country, ever is at home. And yet, perhaps, if countries we compare, And estimate the blessings which they share, Though patriots... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1851 - 476 pages
...wine, Basks in the glare, or stems the tepid wave, And thanks his gods for all the uood they gave. Such is the patriot's boast where'er we roam, His first, best country, ever is at home. And yet, perhaps, if countries we compare, And estimate the blessings which they share, Though patriots... | |
 | American Institute of Instruction - 1851 - 188 pages
...can he love the home of his adoption, who does not love the home of his birth and education ? •' Such is the patriot's boast where'er we roam — His first, best country ever is at home." The man who can efface from his mind the associations of youth, of parental guidance — who can speak... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1851 - 162 pages
...wine, Basks in the glare, or stems the tepid wave, And thanks his gods for all the good they gave. Such is the patriot's boast, where'er we roam, His first, best country, ever is at home. And yet, perhaps, if countries we compare, And estimate the blessings which they share, Though patriots... | |
 | 1851 - 496 pages
...wine, Basks in the glare, or stems the tepid wave, And thanks his gods for all the good they gave. Such is the patriot's boast, where'er we roam, His first, best country, ever is at home. And yet perhaps if countries we compare, And estimate the blessings which they share. Though patriots... | |
 | Oskar Ludwig Bernhard Wolff - 1852 - 438 pages
...palmy wine, Basks in the glare or stems the tepid wave, And thanks his gods for all the good they gave. Such is the patriot's boast, where'er we roam, His first, best country, ever is at home. And yet, perhaps, if countries we compare, And estimate the blessings which they share, Though patriots... | |
 | George Frederick Graham - 1852 - 570 pages
...wine, 70 Basks in the glare, or stems the tepid wave, And thanks the gods for all the good they gave. Such is the patriot's boast, where'er we roam, His first, best country, ever is at home, z And yet, perhaps, if countries we compare, 75 And estimate the blessings which they share, Though... | |
 | 1853 - 168 pages
...wine ; Basks in the glare, or stems the tepid wave, And thanks his gods for all the good they gave. Such is the patriot's boast, where'er we roam, His first, best country ever is at home." But we must not leave the Ashantee chief without a little more information about him and his father-land.... | |
 | Edward Hughes - 1853 - 766 pages
...wine, Basks in the glare, or stems the tepid wave, And thanks his gods for all the good they gave. Such is the patriot's boast where'er we roam, His first, best country, ever is at home. And yet, perhaps, if countries we compare, And estimate the blessings which they share, Though patriots... | |
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