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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... words or with events . There was no particular æsthetic reason why the brave , calm English soldiers should sing " Annie Laurie " in their cheerless camp before Sevastopol , and weep while they sang or lis- 14 NATIONAL HYMNS .
... words or with events . There was no particular æsthetic reason why the brave , calm English soldiers should sing " Annie Laurie " in their cheerless camp before Sevastopol , and weep while they sang or lis- 14 NATIONAL HYMNS .
Pagina 16
... reason of their art , but altogether in spite of it . It does absolutely nothing towards the elevation of intellectual tone , or the mitigation of moral deform- ity . Let any man ask himself if he ever spoke the more kindly to a ...
... reason of their art , but altogether in spite of it . It does absolutely nothing towards the elevation of intellectual tone , or the mitigation of moral deform- ity . Let any man ask himself if he ever spoke the more kindly to a ...
Pagina 31
... reason have they for asking it ? We have not existed long enough as a nation to pro- duce a distinctive literature . And , in any case , what have political forms , where the essence of liberty is preserved , to do with literature ...
... reason have they for asking it ? We have not existed long enough as a nation to pro- duce a distinctive literature . And , in any case , what have political forms , where the essence of liberty is preserved , to do with literature ...
Pagina 56
... reason to believe that complete copies of the Marseillaise Hymn are not so common as to make a reproduction of the whole song unwelcome here . Most copies contain only three stanzas , the first , second , and sixth , and those only are ...
... reason to believe that complete copies of the Marseillaise Hymn are not so common as to make a reproduction of the whole song unwelcome here . Most copies contain only three stanzas , the first , second , and sixth , and those only are ...
Pagina 62
... reason , too , at the time of the appointment of the committee , for the hope that it might accomplish its object . The excited feeling of the country vented itself in verse to a most remark- able extent . Newspapers which undertook to ...
... reason , too , at the time of the appointment of the committee , for the hope that it might accomplish its object . The excited feeling of the country vented itself in verse to a most remark- able extent . Newspapers which undertook to ...
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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 CHARLES KING chorus citoyens competitors 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 Hail Columbia 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 never noble O'er origin peace poets popular prize qu'un sang impur race reason reign rhyme 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 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 58 - Amour sacré de la patrie, Conduis, soutiens nos bras vengeurs ! Liberté ! Liberté chérie, Combats avec tes défenseurs ! Sous nos drapeaux, que la victoire Accoure à tes mâles accents ! Que tes ennemis expirants Voient ton triomphe et notre gloire ! Aux armes, etc.
Pagina 57 - Français, pour nous, ah ! quel outrage ! Quels transports il doit exciter ! C'est nous qu'on ose méditer De rendre à l'antique esclavage ! Aux armes, citoyens ! etc. Quoi ! ces cohortes étrangères Feraient la loi dans nos foyers...
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 48 - ... to retire. In less than thirty minutes they were totally defeated, and the field covered with the slain. The road, as far as Inverness, was strewed with dead bodies; and a great number of people, who from motives of curiosity had come to see the battle, were sacrificed to the undistinguishing vengeance of the victors.
Pagina 42 - May she defend our laws, and ever give us cause to sing with heart and voice, God save the Queen.
Pagina 47 - Highlanders, halfarmed, who charged him 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...
Pagina 98 - But though it may have a full octave of strings, To both maker and minstrel the harp is a unit. So the power that creates Our republic of States, Into harmony brings them at different dates; And the thirteen or thirty, the Union once done, Are " £ Pluribus Unum
Pagina 92 - See our sunlit mountain chains ! See our waving woods, unbounded, And our cities on the plains ! See the oceans kiss our strand, Oceans stretched from pole to pole ! See our mighty lakes expand, And our giant rivers roll ! Such a land, and such alone, Should be leader of the van, As the nations sweep along To fulfil the hopes of man ! Yes, the spirit of our land, The young giant of the West, With the waters in his hand, With the forests for his crest, — To our hearts...