 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1809 - 322 pages
...happiest spot his own ; Extols the treatures of his stormy seas, And his long nights of revelry and ease ; The naked negro, panting at the line, Boasts of his...blessings which they share, Though patriots flatter, still shall wisdom find An equal portion dealt to all mankind ; As different good by art of nature... | |
 | British poets - 1809 - 526 pages
...consign'd, Where my worn soul, each wandering hope atresU May gather bliss to see my fellows blest. The naked negro, panting at the line, Boasts of his...compare, And estimate the blessings which they share, Tho' patriots flatter, still shall wisdom find An equal portion dealt to all mankind : As different... | |
 | John Sabine - 1810 - 308 pages
...his own; Ejctols the treasures of bis stormy seas, Aoii his Jong nights «£ reveh-y and ease : The The 'naked negro, panting at the line, Boasts of his...gave. Such is the patriot's boast, where'er we roam, Our first, best country, ever is at home. GOLDSMITH. On Italy. Far to the right, where Appenine ascends,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 656 pages
...revelry and ease : The naked Negro, panting at (lie line, Boasts of bis golden sands, and palmy wins Basks in the glare or stems the tepid wave, And thanks...we roam, His first, best country, ever is at home. AuJ yet, perhaps, if countries we compare, And estimate the blessings which they share. Though patriots... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1810 - 436 pages
...happiest spot his own; Extols the treasnres of his stormy seas, And lm long nights of revelry and ease: The naked negro, panting at the line, Boasts of his...wave, And thanks his gods for all the good they gave. Snch is the patriot's boast, where'er we roam, His first, best conntry, ever is at home. And yet, perhaps,... | |
 | Poetical selections - 1811 - 324 pages
...happiest spot his owni Extols the treasures of his stormy seas, And his long nights of revelry and ease. The naked negro panting at the line, Boasts of his...compare, And estimate the blessings which they share, Tho' patriots flatter, still shall wisdom find An equal portion dealt to all mankind : As different... | |
 | John Gabriel Stedman - 1813 - 528 pages
...for a musket and " some gun-powder." — Each loves his country best, if mild its laws, or rigid : " The naked negro, panting at the line, " Boasts of...:— •. " Such is the patriot's boast, where'er he roam, " His first best country ever is at home." No soonfer do these wretched strangers begin to... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1813 - 124 pages
...hippiest spot his own; Extols the treasures of his stormy seas, And his long nights of revelry and ease; The naked negro, panting at the line, Boasts of his...for all the good they gave. Such is the patriot's boastj where'er we roam, His first, best country, ever is at home. And yet, perhaps, if countries we... | |
 | James Forbes - 1815 - 458 pages
...good, by Art or Nature given To different nations, make their blessing even. — — The naked savage, panting at the line . Boasts of his golden sands,...wave, And thanks his gods for all the good they gave." . GOLDSMITH. 1785. CONTENTS. Transactions with Mhadajee Sindia respecting the embassy — character... | |
 | 1814 - 310 pages
...happiest spot his own ; Extols the treasures of his stormy seas, And his long nights of revelry and ease ; The naked negro, panting at the line Boasts of his...blessings which they share, Though patriots flatter, still shall wisdom find .An equal portion dealt to all mankind : As different good, by art or nature... | |
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But where to find that happiest spot below Who can direct, when all pretend to know ? The shuddering tenant of the frigid zone Boldly proclaims that happiest spot his own ; Extols the treasures of his stormy seas, And his long nights of revelry and ease... 
