 Thy spirit, Independence, let me share; Lord of the lion-heart, and eagle-eye! Thy steps I follow with my bosom bare, Nor heed the storm that howls along the sky!  Lord Roldan - Page 1by Allan Cunningham - 1836Full view - About this book
 | English literature - 1858 - 594 pages
...poet in him : — ' Thy spirit, Independence ! let me share, Lard of the lion-heart and eagk-eife ; Thy steps I follow with my bosom bare, Nor heed the storm that howls along the sky.' And in the same Ode there is this powerful strophe : — ' In Fortune's car behold that minion ride,... | |
 | John HAYDEN (Independent Minister.) - 1859 - 120 pages
...labours employ! Since'all that is truly delightful in life Is what all, if they please, may enjoy. ANON. Thy spirit, Independence! let me share, Lord of the lion-heart and eagle-eye; Thy steps I follov wifh my bosom bare, Nor heed the stojniihat howls along the sky. SMOLLETT'S ODE TO INDEPENDENCE.... | |
 | Benson John Lossing - Presidents - 1860 - 872 pages
...unison with the sentiment of the English historian and novelist, who had recently said in verse : — " Thy spirit, INDEPENDENCE, let me share, Lord of the...bare, Nor heed the storm that howls along the sky." It is now impossible to determine the precise time when aspirations for political independence first... | |
 | W. G. Coutts - 1860 - 180 pages
...INDEPENDENCE " Thy spirit, Independence, let me share, Lord of the lion heart and eagle eye ! Thee will I follow with my bosom bare, Nor heed the storm that howls along the sky! " SMOLLETT'S Ode to Independence HARD is the crust that Independence gains, ' A peck o' troubles "... | |
 | Robert Burns - Scottish poetry - 1886 - 458 pages
...devoutly to be wished?" " Thy spirit, Independence, let me share ; Lord of the lion-heart and eagle eye ! Thy steps I follow with my bosom bare, Nor heed the storm that howls along the sky ! " Are not these noble verses? They are the introduction of Smollet's "Ode to Independence": if you... | |
 | William Douglas O'Connor - 1886 - 102 pages
...— Thy spirit, Independence, let me share, Lord of the liou-heart and eagle-eye ! Thy steps I '11 follow with my bosom bare, Nor heed the storm that howls along the sky! — lines which make one almost regret that Smollett was diverted from the domain where he might have... | |
 | Stedman, Edmund C. and Hutchinson Ellen M. - 1888 - 566 pages
...OF THE REVOLUTIONARY PERIOD 1765—1787 INDEPENDENCE. r I iHY spirit, Independence, let me share, -L Lord of the lion-heart and eagle-eye ; Thy steps I...bare, Nor heed the storm that howls along the sky. Deep in the frozen regions of the North, A goddess violated brought thee forth,— Immortal Liberty,... | |
 | David Breakenridge Read - Canada - 1888 - 516 pages
...independence. " Thy spirit, independence, let me share, Lord of the lion heart and eagle eye ; Thy iteps I'll follow with my bosom bare, Nor heed the storm that howls along the sky." All we know of the cause of the Vice-Chancellor and his wife's disagreements is, that there was that... | |
 | Ignatius Donnelly - 1888 - 520 pages
...Independence? — Thy spirit, Independence, let me share, Lord of the lion-heart and eagle-eye ! Thy steps I'll follow with my bosom bare, Nor heed the storm that howls along the sky.' VIII. BACON'S COURT MASK. Let us go a step farther and prove that Bacon wrote verse, and mastered the... | |
 | Robert Burns - Scotland - 1887 - 730 pages
...is not this a "consummation devoutly to be wished''? "Thy spirt. Independence, let me share; I^ord of the lion-heart and eagle-eye! Thy steps I follow...bare, Nor heed the storm that howls along the sky ! " Are not these noble verses? They are the introduction of Smollett's Ode to Independence: if you... | |
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