| Daniel Webster - Speeches, addresses, etc., American - 1853 - 584 pages
...thing, and we were now at war with her. One of the most charming of her poets had said of her, " Hei march is on the mountain wave, Her home is on the deep." Now, Sir, since we were at war with her, I was for intercepting this march ; I was for calling upon... | |
| United States. Congress - United States - 1853 - 644 pages
...Quebec—have you conquered England 1 Will you seek for ihe deep foundations of el power in ihe frozen deserts of Labrador? " Her march is on the mountain wave, Her home is ou the deep !" IECEMBEH, 1811. Foreign Relations. Will you call upon her to leave your ports and arbors... | |
| John Burnet - 1854 - 480 pages
...countryman Campbell says on that head, ' Britannia needs no bulwarks, — No towers along the steep ; Her march is on the mountain wave, — Her home is on the deep." " That ia a noble picture," said Knox ; " yet though we are a maritime nation, it is a curious fact,... | |
| Daniel Webster - 1854 - 584 pages
...every thing, and v$e were now at war with her. One of the most charming of her poets had said of her, " Her march is on the mountain wave, Her home is on the deep." Now, Sir, since we were at war with her, I was for intercepting this march ; I was for calling upon... | |
| Henry Stooks Smith - 1856 - 56 pages
...conclude by saying with the bard (Campbell;:— " Britannia needs no bulwarks. No tower along the stoep ; Her march is on the mountain wave, Her home is on the deep." The toast was then drunk with great enthusiasm. Col. HODGE, on rising, was received with loud and repeated... | |
| United States. Congress, Thomas Hart Benton - Law - 1857 - 840 pages
...you. conquered England ) Will yon seek for the deep foundations of her power in the frozen deserts of Labrador ? " Her march is on the mountain wave, Her home is on the deep 1 " Will you call upon her to leave your ports and harbors untouched, only just till you can return... | |
| American Orators - 1857 - 656 pages
...deep foundations of her power in the frozen deserts of Labrador ? " Her march is on the mountain ware, Her home is on the deep ! " Will you call upon her to leave yonr ports and harbors untouched, only just till you can return from Canada, to defend them? The coast... | |
| United States. Congress, Thomas Hart Benton - Law - 1858 - 778 pages
...England ? Will you seek for the deep foundations of her power in the frozen deserts of Labrador Î " Her march is on the mountain wave, Her home is on...just till you can return from Canada to defend them Î The coast is to be left defenceless, whilst men of the interior are revelling in conquest and spoil.... | |
| History - 1858 - 884 pages
...our next.) THE COLONIES OF GREAT BRITAIN. " Britannia needs no bulwarks, no towers along: the steep, Her march Is on the mountain wave, her home is on the deep." THE small domestic and vast transmarine Empire of Britain may be thus seen. Divisions. Square Miles.... | |
| Egypt - 1858 - 596 pages
...thousand years The hattle and the breeze — Britannia need* no bulwarks No towers along the steep; Her march Is on the mountain wave Her home is on the deep — With thunders from her native oak. She quells the floods below, As they roar on the shore When... | |
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