 | 1876 - 938 pages
...written or spoken by a liberal Englishman at the time of our recognition of American Independence."] O thou, that sendest out the man To rule by land and...sons of thine Who wrench'd their rights from thee! What wonder, if in noble heat Those men thine arms withstood, Retaught the lesson thou had-st taught.... | |
 | Henry Peterson - 1873 - 402 pages
...YEARS AFTER. O thou that sendest out the men, . To rule by land and sea, Strong mother of a Lion line, Be proud of those strong sons of thine, Who wrench'd their rights from thee.—Tennyson. NEARLY five years had passed since the death of Major André. The war was over. The... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1874 - 180 pages
...Earn well the thrifty months, nor wed Raw Haste, half-sister to Delay. ENGLAND AND AMERICA IN 1782. O THOU, that sendest out the man To rule by land and...sons of thine Who wrench'd their rights from thee ! What wonder, if in noble heat Those men thine arms withstood, Retaught the lesson thou hadst taught,... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1875 - 336 pages
...Earn well the thrifty months, nor wed Raw Haste, half-sister to Delay. ENGLAND AND AMERICA IN 1782. O THOU, that sendest out the man To rule by land and...sons of thine Who wrench'd their rights from thee ! What wonder, if in noble heat Those men thine arms withstood, Retaught the lesson thou hadst taught,... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1878 - 688 pages
...fate, but strong in will To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield. ENGLAND AND AMERICA IN 1782. O THOU, that sendest out the man To rule by land and...sons of thine Who wrench'd their rights from thee ! What wonder, if in noble heat Those men thine arms withstood, Retaught the lesson thou hadst taught,... | |
 | 1920 - 706 pages
...adopt the lines of the great Victorian poet, with which one of these Englishmen introduces his work : O, thou, that sendest out the man To rule by land...Lion-line, Be proud of those strong sons of thine Who wrenched their rights from thee." Rather than perpetuate the bad feelings with the Mother Country,... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson (1st baron.) - 1881 - 742 pages
...fate, but strong in will To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield. ENGLAND AND AMERICA IN 1782. O THOU, that sendest out the man To rule by land and...sons of thine Who wrench'd their rights from thee ! What wonder, if in noble heat Those men thine arms withstood, Retaught the lesson thou hadst taught,... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson (1st baron.) - 1884 - 340 pages
...As we bear blossom of the dead ; Earn well the thrifty months, nor wed ENGLAND AND AMERICA IN 1782. O THOU, that sendest out the man To rule by land and...sons of thine Who wrench'd their rights from thee ! What wonder, if in noble heat Those men thine arms withstood, Retaught the lesson thou hadst taught,... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson (1st baron.) - 1884 - 136 pages
...Earn well the thrifty months, nor wed Raw Haste, half-sister to Delay. ENGLAND AND AMERICA IN 1782. O THOU, that sendest out the man To rule by land and...sons of thine Who wrench'd their rights from thee ! What wonder, if in noble heat Those men thine arms withstood, Retaught the lesson thou hadst taught,... | |
 | 1900 - 850 pages
...Trevelyan's point of view may be indicated by the stanza of Tennvson with which he prefaces his work: "O thou that sendest out the man To rule by land and sea, Strong mother of a Lion-line, Be proud of these strong sons of thine Who wrenched their rights from thee!" His generosity is throughout in perfect... | |
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O THOU, that sendest out the man To rule by land and sea, Strong mother of a Lion-line, Be proud of those strong sons of thine Who wrench'd their rights from thee! What wonder, if in noble heat Those men thine arms withstood, Retaught the lesson thou... 
