 | Jehangeer Nowrojee, Nauroji Jahangir, Hirjeebhoy Merwanjee - 1841 - Страниц: 528
...of England' is sung by the " choir, with keener enthusiasm inspired by the " presence of the poet. " Britannia needs no bulwarks, " No towers along the steep, " Her march is o'er the mountain waves, " Her home is on the deep, " were truths, never more forcibly felt, or heartily " responded... | |
 | Royal Scottish Society of Arts - 1856 - Страниц: 860
...little island, which we proudly call Great Britain, is, and yet how ' Britannia rules the waves." " Britannia needs no bulwarks, No towers along the steep ; Her march is o'er the mountain wave, Her home is on the deep." We hear a good deal, in these days, of the moral power of... | |
 | David Burn - 1842 - Страниц: 462
...natural defenders of our Island. Tren. Don't Sir Charles form one of our national bulwarks ? Lou. " Britannia needs no bulwarks, "No towers along the steep, '• Her march is on the mountain wave, "Her home is on the deep !" Tren. This may be all very fine, Miss Louisa, but... | |
 | John Wilson - 1842 - Страниц: 426
...England, to the Nore. There her Fleet lay moored, like a thunder-cloud whose lightning rules the sea — " Her march is o'er the mountain-wave, Her home is on the deep !" Wo to all the isle, when the sons of ocean walk their decks in mutiny ! Wo to France and Spain and... | |
 | William Johnstoun N. Neale - 1843 - Страниц: 1008
...time to partake of the hospitable fare that was set before them. 280 THE LOST SHIP. CHAPTER XXIX. " Britannia needs no bulwarks, No towers along the steep : Her march is o'er the mountain waves, Her home is on the deep ; With thunders from her native oak, She quells the floods... | |
 | Charlotte Elizabeth Tonna - 1844 - Страниц: 622
...and many a tongue gave utterance to the same burst of confidence in unconquerable maritime prowess. Britannia needs no bulwarks. No towers along the steep Her march is o'er the mountain waves, Her home is on the deep. And so it proved ; for instead of staying to be annihilated... | |
 | James Robinson Planché - 1846 - Страниц: 412
...her strength, and the decay of which will be the first melancholy signal of her own destruction. " Britannia needs no bulwarks, No towers along the steep : Her march is on the mountain wave, Her home is oa the deep i" CHAPTER XXIII. NATIONAL COSTUME OF SCOTLAND. Scotek... | |
 | Half hours - 1847 - Страниц: 580
...While the stormy tempests blow ; While the battle rages loud and long, And the stormy tempests blow. Britannia needs no bulwarks — No towers along the steep ; Her march is o'er the mountain waves, Her home is on the deep. With thunders from her native oak, She quells the floods below,... | |
 | William Beattie - 1849 - Страниц: 520
...take advantage. Nothing in poetry could have been better timed, or more forcibly expressed : — " Britannia needs no bulwarks, No towers along the steep ; Her march is o'er the mountain-waves, Her home is on the deep : With thunders from her native oak, She quells the floods... | |
 | Robert Gordon Latham - 1851 - Страниц: 634
...follows fast ; That fills the white and swelling sail, And bends the gallant mast. ALLAN CUNNINGHAM. 2. Britannia needs no bulwarks, No towers along the steep...is o'er the mountain-wave, Her home is on the deep. THOMAS CAMPBELL. To speak first of the term gallant mast. If gallant mean brave, there are two words.... | |
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She quells the floods below, As they roar on the shore When the stormy winds do blow ; When the battle rages loud and long, And the stormy winds do blow. 
