 Should the tempest of war overshadow our land, Its bolts could ne'er rend freedom's temple asunder; For, unmoved, at its portal would Washington stand. And repulse, with his breast, the assaults of the thuuder ! His sword from the sleep Of its scabbard...  The Works in Verse and Prose - Page 233by Robert Treat Paine - 1812 - 464 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Philadelphia (Pa.) - 1813 - 706 pages
...Andes — to thunder and to lightning, Mr. Paine is sometimes in the hahit of quoting himself:— " Should the Tempest of War overshadow our land, Its...asunder; For, unmoved, at its portal, would Washington s and, And repulse, with his breast, the assaults of the thunder1 His sword, from the sleep Of its... | |
 | 700 pages
...Andes — to thunder .and to lightning. Mr. Paine is sometimes in the hahit of quoting himself: — " Should the Tempest of War overshadow our land, Its...asunder, For, unmoved, at its portal, would Washington s ami, And repulse, with his breast, the assaults of the thunder! His sword, from the sleep Of its... | |
 | England - 1876 - 818 pages
...point of my sword. Listen — "Should the tempest of war overshadow oar land, Its bolts ne'er conld rend Freedom's temple asunder ; For, unmoved at its...repulse with his breast the assaults of the thunder." Mallett. Bravo ! Bravo ! Belton. I have not been able to get those lines out of my mind since you repeated... | |
 | Thomas Clio Rickman - Political scientists - 1819 - 302 pages
...bears a plant, or die sea rolls its waves. Should the tempest of war overshadow our land, Its bolts can ne'er rend FREEDOM'S temple asunder; For unmoved at...breast the assaults of the thunder, His sword from its sleep, In its scabbard would leap, And conduct with its point every flash to the deep. CHORUS.... | |
 | Albert Picket - American literature - 1820 - 314 pages
...tempest of war overshadow our land, All its bolts could ne'er rend freedom's temple asunder; For unmov'd at its portal would Washington stand, And repulse, with his breast, the assaults of its thunder ! His sword from the sleep of its scabbard would leap, And conduct, with its point, ev'ry... | |
 | Albert Picket - 1825 - 272 pages
...tempest of war overshadow our land. All its bolts could ne'er rend freedom's temple asunder; For unmov'd at its portal would Washington stand, And repulse, with his breast, the assaults of its thunder ! His sworn from the sleep of its scabbard would lenp, And conduct, with its point, ev'ry... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - American poetry - 1842 - 638 pages
...bridge the main, For our altars and laws with our lives we'll maintain. For ne'er shall the sons, ete. Should the tempest of war overshadow our land, Its...temple asunder ; For, unmoved, at its portal would WASRINGTON stand, And repulse, with his breast, the assaults of the thunder ! His sword, from the sleep... | |
 | George Dixon - 1842 - 134 pages
...ne'er rend Freedom's temple asunder, For, unmov'd at its portal, did Washington stand, And repuls'd, with his breast, the assaults of the thunder! His sword from the sleep Of its scabbard did laap, And conduct with its point, every flash to the deep, For ne'er shall the sons of Columbia... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - American poetry - 1843 - 558 pages
...moment, called for a pen, and wrote the following lines, which are, perhaps, the best in the song : Should the tempest of war overshadow our land, Its...unmoved, at its portal would Washington stand ; And repu!se,with his breast, the assaults of the thunder ! His sword, from the sleep Of its scabbard would... | |
 | 1844 - 620 pages
...and popularity go for anything, it ought to be the best in the whole range of the American Helicon. Should the tempest of war overshadow our land, Its...at its portal would Washington stand, And repulse, trith /its breast, the assaults of the thunder ! His sword from the sleep Of its scabbard would leap,... | |
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