...the fight, But the sons shall eternally keep The tablet of gratitude bright. We bow not the neck, Ami we bend not the knee, But our hearts, Lafayette, We surrender to thee." It is as fortunate for the tradition of the French alliance that it had so heroic and satisfactory...

...mother say that, as a girl, she used to sing with her enthusiastic mates : " We bow not the neck and we bend not the knee, But our hearts, LaFayette, we surrender to thee. ' ' In 1835, when forty-three years old, Major Mulford came to Chicago with his family and built a...

...American Congress. The Boston poet at that time gave expression to the universal feeling when he said : "We bow not the neck, we bend not the knee, But our hearts, La Fayette, we surrender to thee. " As there never was such a guest, so there never was such a host;...

...ribbon. An arch was thrown across Washington street inscribed with the stanza, "We bow not the neck, and we bend not the knee, but our hearts, Lafayette, we surrender to thee." It was a complete surrender, and the cultivated classes of that somewhat exclusive city led the wild...

...vessel at my own expense." In another a chorus of white-robed girls sang: "We bow not the neck and we bend not the knee, But our hearts, Lafayette, we surrender to thee." It all seemed like the close of a fairy story where the armed knight, who had once rushed to the rescue...

...the fight, But the sons will eternally keep The tablet of gratitude bright, We bow not the neck, And we bend not the knee, But our hearts, Lafayette, We surrender to thee. The Fraternity of Free and Accepted Masons were no less demonstrative than the citizens generally in...

...The strong and universal sentiment found expression in familiar words, repeated everywhere : — " We bow not the neck, We bend not the knee, But our hearts, Lafayette, We surrender to thee." It belongs to the glory of Lafayette that he inspired this sentiment, and it belongs to the glory of...

...and the depth of that gratitude was shown when on his return to America, forty years after, everyone vied in paying him homage, as expressed in the words of a popular song — We bow not the nock, We bend not the knee, But our hearts, Lafayette, We surrender to thee. "He cast his fortunes...

...and the depth of that gratitude was shown when on his return to America, forty years after, everyone vied in paying him homage, as expressed in the words of a popular eong — We bow not the neck, We bend not the knee, But our hearts, Lafayette, We surrender to thee....

...benediction of their great love. The poet spoke for all in the familiar lines: We bow not the neck, And we bend not the knee; But our hearts, Lafayette, We surrender to thee. Says Sumner, "It belongs to the glory of Lafayette that he inspired this sentiment, and it belongs...