 | Albert William Mann - 1917 - 610 էջ
...Washington Street with an inscription, the last two lines of which were : "We bow not the neck, and we bend not the knee; But our hearts, Lafayette, we surrender to thee." In Medford he was the guest of Governor Brooks, and an arch over the meeting house in that town had... | |
 | 1918 - 204 էջ
...always with Lafayette the chief figure. The welcome of the people was voiced in a song of the time: — "We bow not the neck, We bend not the knee, But our hearts, Lafayette, We surrender to thee." The incident that I am to relate occurred during the visit of 1824. A brilliant reception was under... | |
 | Octavia Roberts - 1919 - 372 էջ
...That gathered with thee to the fight; But the sons will eternally keep The tablet of gratitude bright. We bow not the neck, we bend not the knee, But our hearts, Lafayette, we surrender to thee." It was natural that Sprague should find inspiration for his verse in patriotic occasions, for his father... | |
 | Octavia Roberts - 1919 - 372 էջ
...That gathered with thee to the fight; But the sons will eternally keep The tablet of gratitude bright. We bow not the neck, we bend not the knee, But our hearts, Lafayette, we surrender to thee." It was natural that Sprague should find inspiration for his verse in patriotic occasions, for his father... | |
 | 1920 - 600 էջ
...Lafayette. 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... | |
 | Walter Hill Crockett - 1921 - 702 էջ
...their love for Washington's friend, were admirably voiced in Sprague's lines : "We bow not the neck and we bend not the knee, But our hearts, Lafayette, we surrender to thee." He arrived at the national capital just before the opening of the Congressional session and remained in... | |
 | Bostonian Society - 1908 - 184 էջ
...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. General Lafayette, our nation's guest, was received in this city, on Tuesday, and welcomed by the inhabitants... | |
 | Allan Forbes, Paul Fletcher Cadman - 1925 - 212 էջ
...arch over Washington Street, bore a scroll with the well-known lines on it, ending with these words: "We bow not the neck, We bend not the knee, But our hearts, Lafayette, We surrender to thee." Another motto near Liberty Tree read: "A republic not ungrateful," and one of the flags on Broad Street... | |
 | Charles Burleigh Galbreath - 1925 - 844 էջ
...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... | |
 | Emma Miller Bolenius - 1926 - 648 էջ
...with Lafayette the chief figure. 10 The welcome of the people was voiced in a song of the time : — "We bow not the neck, We bend not the knee, But our hearts, Lafayette, We surrender to thee." cu The incident that I am to relate occurred during the visit of 1824. 12 A brilliant reception was... | |
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We bow not the neck, we bend not the knee, But our hearts, Lafayette, we surrender to thee. 
