 Point for assault was nowhere found ; Where'er the impatient Switzers gazed, The unbroken line of lances blazed ; That line 'twere suicide to meet, And perish at their tyrants  The British Poets - Page 2591865Full view - About this book
 | William Brittainham Lacey - Elocution - 1828 - 308 pages
...tyrants' feet ;— How could they rest within their graves, And leave their homes, the homes of slaves 1 Would they not feel their children tread With clanking...must not be : this day, this hour, Annihilates the oppressor's power ; All Switzerland^ in the field. She will not fly, she cannot yield — She must... | |
 | Alaric Alexander Watts - 1828 - 468 pages
...their tyrants' feet ; — How could they rest within their graves, And leave their homes, the homes of slaves ? Would they not feel their children tread With clanking chains above their head 1 It must not be : this day, this hour, Annihilates the oppressor's power ; All Switzerland is in the... | |
 | James Montgomery - 1845 - 522 pages
...That line 'twere suicide to meet, And perish at their tyrants' feet : How could they rest within their graves, To leave their homes the haunts of slaves...? It must not be ; this day, this hour Annihilates th' invader's power ; All Switzerland is in the field, She will not fly, she cannot yield, She must... | |
 | James Montgomery - English poetry - 1850 - 402 pages
...That line 'twere suieide to meet. And perish at their tyrants' feet : How eould they rest within their graves, To leave their homes the haunts of slaves ? Would they not feel their ehildren tread, With elanking ehains, above their head ? It must not be ! — this day, this hour,... | |
 | John Aikin - English poetry - 1850 - 764 pages
...And leave their homes, the homes of slaves ? Would they not feel their children tread With clanging otected th' oppressor's power; All Switzerland is in the field, She will not fly, she cannot yield— She must... | |
 | Epes Sargent - Elocution - 1852 - 568 pages
...That line 't were suicide to meet, And perish at their tyrants' feet. How could they rest within their graves, To leave their homes the haunts of slaves...children tread, With clanking chains, above their head ? She must not fall ; her better fate Here gives her an immortal date. Few were the numbers she could... | |
 | Epes Sargent - Elocution - 1852 - 570 pages
...That line 't were suicide to meet, And perish at their tyrants' feet. How could they rest within their graves, To leave their homes the haunts of slaves ? Would they not feel their children tread, With elanking chains, above their head ? She must not fall ; her better fate Here gives her an immortal... | |
 | James Montgomery, Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1853 - 926 pages
...That line 'twere suicide to meet, And perish at their tyrants' feet : How could they rest within their graves, To leave their homes the haunts of slaves...? It must not be ; this day, this hour Annihilates th' invader's power ; All Switzerland is in the field, She will not fly, she cannot yield, She must... | |
 | William Holmes McGuffey - Children - 1853 - 344 pages
...at their tyrants' feet; 45. How could they rest within their graves, And leave their homes the homes of slaves? Would they not feel their children tread...above their head ? It must not be : this day, this how, 60. Annihilates the oppressor's power : All Switzerland is in the field, She will not fly, she... | |
 | William Holmes McGuffey - Children - 1853 - 350 pages
...at their tyrants' feet; 45. How could they rest within their graves, And leave their homes the homes of slaves? Would they not feel their children tread With clanking chains above their head ? All Switzerland is in the field, She will not fly, she can not yield; Few were the numbers she could... | |
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