 | Bernard Barton - 1827 - 155 pages
...right, 'Till wrested by a conqueror's might? 11. " Rome, with her palaces, and towers, By us un-wish'd, un-reft ; Her homely huts, and woodland bowers To...Britain might have left ; Worthless to you their wealth must be, But dear to us — for they were free ! 12. " I might have bow'd before ; — but where Had... | |
 | John Epy Lovell - 1836 - 504 pages
...By thy permission held 1 Or that I should retain my right, 'Till wrested by a conqueror's might 1 " Rome, with her palaces, and towers, By us unwished,...might have left ; — Worthless to you their wealth must be, But dear to us — for they were free ! " I might have bowed before, — but where Had been... | |
 | 1843
...By thy permission held ? Or that I should retain my right, 'Till wrested by a conqueror's might ? " Rome, with her palaces, and towers, By us unwished,...might have left ; — Worthless to you their wealth must be, But dear to us — for they were free ! " I might have bowed before, — but where Had been... | |
 | John Epy Lovell - 1844 - 504 pages
...By thy permission held ? Or that I should retain my right, 'Till wrested by a conqueror's might ? " Rome, with her palaces, and towers, By us unwished,...might have left ; — Worthless to you their wealth must be, But dear to us — for they were free ! " I might have bowed before, — but where Had been... | |
 | General reciter - 1845
...conqueror's might ? " Rome, with her palaces and towers, By us un-wish'd and un-reft, Her homely huta, and woodland bowers, To Britain might have left ; — Worthless to you their wealth must be, But dear to us— for they were free ! ' ' I might have bow'd before — but where Had been... | |
 | 1846 - 504 pages
...By thy permission held ? Or that I should retain my right, 'Till wrested by a conqueror's might ? " Rome, with her palaces, and towers, By us unwished,...homely huts, and woodland bowers, To Britain might hare left ; — Worthless to you their wealth must be, But dear to us — for they were free ! " I... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1871 - 789 pages
...scorn, By thy permission held ? Or that I should retain my right Till wrested by a conqueror's might ? " ve no tune to charm away Sad dreams that through the...Shall break the happy slumber when " He giveth his bel must he, But dear to us, for they were free I " I might have bowed before, but where Had been thy triumph... | |
 | Star reciter - 1873
...rny right, Till wrested by a conqueror's might 1 " Rome, with her palaces and towers, By us unwish'd, unreft, Her homely huts and woodland bowers To Britain might have left : Worthless to you their wealth must be, But dear to us, for they were free ! " I might have bow'd before — but where Had been thy... | |
 | Rossiter Johnson - 1876
...scorn, By thy permission held ? Or that I should retain my right Till wrested by a conqueror's might ? " tic kirn's* loud revelry, His native bill-notes, tuned on high, To Marion of the blithesome eye ; must be, But dear to us, for they were free 1 " I might have bowed before, but whore Had been my triumph... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1877 - 934 pages
...scorn, By thy permission held ? Or that I should retain my right Till wrested by a conqueror's might ? " Rome, with her palaces and towers, By us unwished,...Britain might have left ; Worthless to you their wealth must be, But dear to us, for they were free ! " I might have bowed before, but where Had been thy triumph... | |
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Her homely huts and woodland bowers To Britain might have left ; Worthless to you their wealth must be, But dear to us, for they were free ! " I might have bowed before, but where Had been thy triumph now? 
