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Led to the Light: A Sequel to Opposite the Jail - Page 109
by Mary Andrews Denison - 1867 - 346 pages
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The West Indies, and Other Poems

James Montgomery - 1810 - 218 pages
...polej For in this land of heaven's peculiar grace, The heritage of nature's noblest race, There in a spot of earth supremely blest, A dearer, sweeter spot than all the rest, Where man, creation's tyrant, caste aside His sword and sceptre, pageantry and pride, While in his...
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The Philanthropist, Or, Repository for Hints and Suggestions ..., Volume 1

1811 - 424 pages
...pole : For in this land of heaven's peculiar grace, The heritage of nature's noblest race, There is a spot of earth, supremely blest, A dearer, sweeter, spot than all the rest, Where man, creation's tyrant, casts aside His sword and sceptre, pageantry and pride, While in his...
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Select Reviews, Volume 5

1812 - 470 pages
...pole; For in this landof heaven's peculiar grace, The heritage of nature's noblest race, There is a spot of earth supremely blest, A dearer, sweeter spot than all the rest, Where man, creation's tyrant, casts aside His sword and scepire, pageantry and pride, While in his...
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The West Indies, and Other Poems

James Montgomery - 1814 - 178 pages
...Unchanging man, in every varying clime, Deems his own land of every land the pride, Beloved by heaven o'er all the world beside ; His home the spot of earth...supremely blest, A dearer, sweeter spot than all the rest. And is the Negro outlaw'd from his birth ? Is he alone a stranger on the earth ? Is there no shed,...
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The Female Speaker; Or, Miscellaneous Pieces, in Prose and Verse: Selected ...

Mrs. Barbauld (Anna Letitia) - 1816 - 414 pages
...pole ; For in this land of Heav'n's peculiar grace, The heritage of nature's noblest race, There is a spot of Earth supremely blest, A dearer, sweeter spot than all the rest. Where man, creation's tyrant, casts aside His sword and sceptre, pageantry and pride. While in his...
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Tickler, Or, Monthly Compendium of Good Things, in Prose and ..., Volumes 1-3

1818 - 596 pages
...polii For in this land of heaven's peculiar gract*, The heritage of nature's noblest race ; There is a spot of earth supremely blest, A dearer, sweeter spot than all the rest; Where man, creation's tyrant, casts aside Mis sword and sceptre, pageantry and pride; While in his...
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The Troubles of a Good Husband

1818 - 166 pages
...when I recollected my father's house, so aptly expressed in the words of a poet : 28 *' There is a spot of earth supremely blest, " A dearer, sweeter spot than all the rest ; " Where man, creation's tyrant casts aside " His sword and sceptre, pagantry and pride, " While in...
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British melodies, extracts from the modern poets [signed J.H.R.].

British melodies - 1820 - 280 pages
...Unchanging man, in every varying clime, Deems his own land of every land the pridc, Beloved by heaven o'er all the world beside ; His home the spot of earth...supremely blest, A dearer, sweeter spot than all the rest. THE WEST IXIHES. MY COUNTRY. Walter droll. BREATHES there the man, with soul so dead, Who never to...
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Popular Voyages and Travels Throughout the Continent & Islands of Europe: In ...

Mrs. Jamieson (Frances Thurtle) - 1820 - 538 pages
...pole: For in this land of heaven's peculiar grace, The heritage of nature's noblest race, There is a spot of earth supremely blest, '" ( ' A dearer sweeter spot than all the rest." " Where shall that land, that spot ofear.th be found/ Art thou a man 2—a patriot?—look around?...
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The Poetical Works of James Montgomery: Including Several Poems ..., Volume 1

James Montgomery - 1821 - 294 pages
...Unchanging man, in every varying clime, Deems his own land of every land the pride, Beloved by heaven o'er all the world beside ; His HOME the spot of earth...supremely blest, A dearer, sweeter spot than all the rest. And is the JVegro outlawed from his birth ? Is he alone a stranger on the earth ? Is there no shed,...
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