 In forest, brake or den, As beasts excel cold rocks and brambles rude ; Men who their duties know, But know their rights, and, knowing, dare maintain, Prevent the long-aimed blow, And crush the tyrant while they rend the chain ; These constitute a State;...  The Belfast Monthly Magazine - Page 391809Full view - About this book
 | John Hoskins Griscom - 1845 - 118 pages
...as far above dull brutes endued In forest, brake, or den, As beasts excel cold rocks, and brambles rude ; Men who their duties know, But know their rights, and knowing dare maintain. (And among those rights, there is none dearer than the right to live.) Such was this favored isle,... | |
 | Materials - 1846 - 478 pages
...as far above dull brutes endu'd, In forest, brake, or den, As beasts excel cold rocks and brambles rude ; Men, who their duties know, But know their...rights; and, knowing, dare maintain. Prevent the long aimed blow, And crush the tyrant, while they rend the chain, — These constitute a stale ; And sovereign... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1847 - 754 pages
...powers as far above dull brutes endued In forest, brake, or den, As beasts excel cold rocks and brambles rude ; Men who their duties know, But know their rights, and, knowing, dare maintain, Prevent the long-aimed blow, And crush the tyrant while they rend the chain : These constitute a state, And sovereign... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1847 - 764 pages
...powers as far above dull brutes endued In forest, brake, or den, AI beute excel cold rocks and brambles rude ; Men who their duties know, But know their rights, and, knowing, dare maintain, Prevent the long-aimed blow, And crush the tyrant while they rend the chain : The« constitute a state, And «overeign... | |
 | Charles Fenno Hoffman, Lewis Gaylord Clark, Timothy Flint, Kinahan Cornwallis, John Holmes Agnew - 1847 - 752 pages
...and ttpaugled courts, Where low-browed baseness wafu perfumes to pride ; No! m? n I high minded men, Men who their duties know, But know their rights ; and knowing, dare maintain ; Prevent the long-aimed blow, And crush the tyrants, while they rend the chain; These constitute a stnte, And sovereign... | |
 | United States. Congress. Senate - 1849 - 1130 pages
...or their own domestic security, are united to a man — a constituency firm, discreet, enlightened ; who -Their duties know, But know their rights, and knowing dare maintain ; Prtvait the long-aimed blow, And cruih the tyrant when they rend the rhnm ;" acting by the authority... | |
 | 1849 - 442 pages
...as far above dull brutes endued, In forest, brake, or den, As beasts excel cold rocks and brambles rude ; Men, who their duties know, But know their rights, and knowing, dare maintain, Prevent the long-aimed blow, And crush the tyrant, while they rend the chain : These constitute a state, And Sovereign... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin Hallett - 1848 - 84 pages
...stirred and spangled courts Where low-browed baseness wafts perfume to pride, No mfi\. high-minilcd men, Men who their duties know. But know their rights, and knowing dare maintain." "And sovereign law, that. State's collected will, O'er thrones and globes elate, Sita empress, crowning... | |
 | 1848 - 612 pages
...nothing that is not clearly right, and submit to nothing that is wrong.' Tell her onr citizens are MEN, ' who their duties know, but know their rights, and knowing, dare maintain.' Tell her we desire peace with all nations, and will cultivate and strive to preserve it by all just... | |
 | Henry Mandeville - 1849 - 366 pages
...powers, as far above dull brutes endued In forest, brake, or den, As beasts excel cold rocks and brambles rude : Men, who their duties know, But know their rights ; and, knowing, dare maintain : Prevent the long-aimed blow, And crush the tyrant, while they rend the chain. These constitute a state ; 3 And... | |
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