National Hymns: How They are Written and how They are Not Written. A Lyric and National Study for the TimesRudd & Carleton, 1861 - 152 pagini |
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Pagina 13
... interest of slavery dominant in this country , and to pervert the flag of this free republic to the protection of inchoate slave communities , or to rend and ruin the great nation in which that interest had ceased to rule . This purpose ...
... interest of slavery dominant in this country , and to pervert the flag of this free republic to the protection of inchoate slave communities , or to rend and ruin the great nation in which that interest had ceased to rule . This purpose ...
Pagina 14
... interests , its honor , or even its exist ence against a foreign foe . The feeling thus awak- ened , though so considerate and so placable , was yet enthusiastic . The fire of patriotism never burned with purer , brighter , or intenser ...
... interests , its honor , or even its exist ence against a foreign foe . The feeling thus awak- ened , though so considerate and so placable , was yet enthusiastic . The fire of patriotism never burned with purer , brighter , or intenser ...
Pagina 31
... interests of life , our share of contributions to that literature , in the last fifty years , is one , of which , neither as to its quality nor its quantity , need we be ashamed . Irving , Dana , Bryant , Prescott , Webster , Everett ...
... interests of life , our share of contributions to that literature , in the last fifty years , is one , of which , neither as to its quality nor its quantity , need we be ashamed . Irving , Dana , Bryant , Prescott , Webster , Everett ...
Pagina 68
... interest to their writers , " or , in plain terms , either the flattest common - place , or absolutely neither rhyme nor reason . From the whole collection , only about thirty were reserved as worthy of a second reading , and these , on ...
... interest to their writers , " or , in plain terms , either the flattest common - place , or absolutely neither rhyme nor reason . From the whole collection , only about thirty were reserved as worthy of a second reading , and these , on ...
Pagina 74
... interest . This may be attained for- tuitously , or at least unconsciously ; but attained , it insures immortality , a dwelling - place in the heart of a whole nation . The words must express with fervid directness the central ...
... interest . This may be attained for- tuitously , or at least unconsciously ; but attained , it insures immortality , a dwelling - place in the heart of a whole nation . The words must express with fervid directness the central ...
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National Hymns: How They are Written and how They are Not Written. A Lyric ... Richard Grant White Vizualizare completă - 1861 |
National Hymns: How They are Written and how They are Not Written : a Lyric ... Richard Grant White Vizualizare completă - 1862 |
National Hymns: How They are Written and how They are Not Written. A Lyric ... Richard Grant White Vizualizare completă - 1861 |
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abreuve nos sillons Amen American anthem battle battle of Hastings bless called Carey chorus citoyens competitors composition dear E Pluribus Unum earth enemies England English evermore excited favor feeling Flag of freemen formez vos bataillons Fort Sumter Gentleman's Magazine George glorious dreams God save HAMILTON FISH hand Hark harmony heart Henry Carey hills and streams home of Freedom honor Hozanna Jacobite John Bull liberty LIGHT lines live loyal lyric manuscripts Marchons Marseillaise national airs noble O'er origin peace poets popular prize qu'un sang impur race reason reign rhyme RICHARD GRANT WHITE Rule Britannia sang impur abreuve save our Fatherland Save the King save the land Scotch sent sentiment sing songs received soul spirit stanza Star-Spangled Banner stars strong style sung thee thou throne tion Tis Freedom's Jubilee,-hurrah truth verses victorious voice wave words and music writers written
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Pagina 18 - O'er the land of the free, and the home of the brave? On the shore, dimly seen through the mists of the deep, Where the foe's haughty host in dread silence reposes, What is that which the breeze, o'er the towering steep, As it fitfully blows, half conceals, half discloses?
Pagina 42 - King ! Long live our noble King! God save the King! Send him victorious, Happy and glorious, Long to reign over us ! God save the King!
Pagina 40 - God save great George our king! Long live our noble king! God save the king!
Pagina 43 - O Lord our God, arise! Scatter his enemies, And make them fall; Confound their politics, Frustrate their knavish tricks: On Thee our hopes we fix — God save us all!
Pagina 76 - 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.
Pagina 45 - God Bliss the PRINCE OF WALES The True-born Prince of Wales Sent us by THEE Grant us one favour more The King for to restore As Thou hast done before THE FAMILIB.
Pagina 42 - May she defend our laws, and ever give us cause to sing with heart and voice, God save the Queen.
Pagina 33 - A nation properly signifies a great number of families derived from the same blood, born in the same country, and living under the same government.
Pagina 47 - ... sword in hand with such impetuosity, that in less than ten minutes after the battle began, the king's troops were broken and totally routed. The dragoons fled in the utmost confusion at the first onset ; the general officers, having made some unsuccessful efforts to rally them, thought proper to consult their own safety by an expeditious retreat towards Coldstream on the Tweed.
Pagina 47 - At length, perceiving they had occupied the rising ground to the southward of Falkirk, he ordered his cavalry to advance, and drive them from the eminence; while his infantry formed, and were drawn up in order of battle. The highlanders kept up their fire, and took aim so well, that the assailants were broke by the first volley : they retreated with precipitation, and fell in amongst the infantry, which were likewise discomposed by the wind and rain beating with great violence in their faces, wetting...