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 ; The naked negro, panting at the line, Boasts of his golden sands and palmy wine ;... Poetical Works - الصفحة 15بواسطة Oliver Goldsmith - 1806 - عدد الصفحات: 72عرض كامل - لمحة عن هذا الكتاب
| Alfred Milnes - 1920 - عدد الصفحات: 264
...progressive wants. The naked negro, panting at the Line, Boasts of his golden sands and palmy wine ; Basks in the glare, or stems the tepid wave, And thanks his Gods for all the good they gave ; but does not try to improve upon it. But these natural surroundings, or " environment," will include... | |
| Henry Ezekiel Jackson - 1920 - عدد الصفحات: 288
...clearly that to put America into operation in local communities is the unfinished business of the nation. "Such is the patriot's boast, where'er we roam His first best country ever is at home." A Citizenship Club should take its cue not from Tennyson's pessimistic poem, "Locksley Hall," in which... | |
| 1921 - عدد الصفحات: 40
...to be popular by attracting attention. Popularity which has to be sought is of short duration. HOME Such is the patriot's boast, where'er we roam, — His first, best country ever is at home. — Goldsmith. 1) The finer you are, the more certain you will be to practice in your own home every... | |
| George Byron Catlin - 1923 - عدد الصفحات: 792
...assume the duties and responsibilities of citizens of this metropolis because their homes are here: "Such is the patriot's boast, where'er we roam, His first, best country ever is at home." There was a serious purpose back of the publication of the Story of Detroit. That purpose was to better... | |
| Rochester Historical Society (Rochester, N.Y.) - 1927 - عدد الصفحات: 502
...to make ardent patriots is to make people, young and old, familiar with the story of their homeland: "Such is the patriot's boast where'er we roam, His first, best country, ever is at home." Local history should be part of the compulsory courses of study in all of our district and grade schools,... | |
| Alice B. Macdonald - 1923 - عدد الصفحات: 248
...daunt 27 20. Exercises for practice : How sweet the moonlight sleeps upon this bank. — SIIAKSPERE n The patriot's boast, where'er we roam. His first, best country, ever is at home. in For you, for me, for all of us, the sun shineth; The rain falleth alike on the just and the unjust.... | |
| 1924 - عدد الصفحات: 422
...ere untie the filial band. That knits me to thy rugged strand." Goldsmith too, echoes the thought. " Such is the Patriot's boast where'er we roam, His first, best country is at home." Cowper : " England with all thy faults, I love thce still. My country ! and while yet... | |
| Gertrude Richardson Brigham - 1925 - عدد الصفحات: 560
...of many other celebrities. 78 CHAPTER VII HOMEWARD BOUND — THRILLS OF THE VOYAGE — NEW FRIENDS Such is the patriot's boast, where'er we roam, — His first, best country ever is at home. — Oliver Goldsmith: "The Traveler." GOOD-BYE! Good-bye! Good-bye!" a shrill honking of motor horns... | |
| William Cullen Bryant - 1925 - عدد الصفحات: 408
...and ease : The naked negro, panting at the line, lioists of his golden sands and palmy wine, ]!a*ks in the glare, or stems the tepid wave, And thanks his gods for nil the good they gave. Such is the patriot's boast, where'er we roam, His first, best country, ever... | |
| David Nichol Smith - 1926 - عدد الصفحات: 744
...revelry and ease ; 462 The naked negroe, panting at the line, Boasts of his golden sands and palmy wine, Basks in the glare, or stems the tepid wave, And thanks...estimate the blessings which they share, Tho' patriots flatter, still shall wisdom find An equal portion dealt to all mankind, As different good, by Art or... | |
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