 Mid the reign of mild peace, May your nation increase, With the glory of Rome, and the wisdom of Greece ; And ne'er shall the sons of Columbia be slaves, While the earth bears a plant, or the sea rolls its waves.  The Works in Verse and Prose - Page 231by Robert Treat Paine - 1812 - 464 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Great Britain - 1803 - 390 pages
...the year round. THE SONS OF OLD ENGLAND. Tune — " To Anacreon in Heaven." YE Sons of Old England, who bravely have fought For those rights, which, unstained,...bought, And your sons reap the soil which their fathers defendedl Thpugh robb'd of mild peace, May our nation increase With the glory of Rome and the wisdom... | |
 | France - 1904 - 518 pages
...THE'SONS OLD ENGLAND. Tune — " To Anacretm in Heaven." YE Sons of Old England, who bravely have fot ght For those rights, which, unstained, from your Sires...the blessings your valour has bought, And your sons leap the soil which their fiithers defended! Though robb'd of mild peace, May qur nation increase With... | |
 | Albert Picket - American literature - 1820 - 314 pages
...which unstain'd from your sires had descended ! Mid the reign of mild peace, may your nation increase, May you long taste the blessings your valour has bought, And your sons reap the soil, which your fathers defended, With the glory of Rome, and the wisdom of Greece ; For ne'er shall the sous... | |
 | Albert Picket - 1825 - 272 pages
...Columbia, who bravely have fought for those rights, which unstain'd from your sires had descended J May you long taste the blessings your valour has bought, « And your sons reap the soil, which your fathers defended, Mid the reign of mild peace, may your nation increase, With the glory of Rome,... | |
 | Abner Kneeland - Faith and reason - 1836 - 154 pages
...Song, by THOMAS PAINE. 1 YE sons of Columbia who bravely have fought, For, those rights which unstain'd from your sires had descended ; May you long taste the blessings your valor has bought, Anil your sons reap the soil which your fathers defended. Mid the reign of mild peace,... | |
 | John Warner Barber - Massachusetts - 1839 - 674 pages
...Adams and Liberty, is perhaps the most widely known; of which the following is the first stanza. Ye sons of Columbia, who bravely have fought For those...had descended, May you long taste the blessings your valor has bought, And your sons reap the soil which their fathers defended. * A worthy son of worthy... | |
 | John Warner Barber - Cities and towns - 1839 - 666 pages
...rights, which unstained from your sires had descended, May you long taste the blessings your valor has bought, And your sons reap the soil which their fathers defended. * A worthy son of worthy parents. 'Mid the reign of mild peace May your nation increase, With the glory... | |
 | William McCarty - National songs - 1842 - 486 pages
...LIBERTY. BV RT PAINE. YE sons of Columbia, who bravely have fought For those rights, which unstain'd from your sires had descended, May you long taste...valour has bought, And your sons reap the soil which your fathers defended; Mid the reign of mild peace, May your nation increase, With the glory of Rome... | |
 | John Warner Barber - Massachusetts - 1844 - 688 pages
...Adams and Liberty, is perhaps the most widely known; of which the following is the first stanza. Ye sons of Columbia, who bravely have fought For those...rights, which unstained from your sires had descended, — - .M — • May you long taste the blessings your valor has bought, And your sons reap the soil... | |
 | Richard Green Parker - 1852 - 380 pages
...themselves unworthy that he should be mindful of them. LESSON XXXVII. National Song.* — ET PAINE. 1. YE sons of Columbia, who bravely have fought For those...rights, which unstained from your sires had descended, * This song, under the name of "Adams and Liberty," was written during the presidency of the elder... | |
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