150 COUNTRY - PATRIOTISM. 4. Gay sprightly land of mirth and social joy! GOLDSMITH'S Traveller. 5. The wandering mariner, whose eye explores In every clime the magnet of his soul, 6. Then said the mother to her son, "Come with it, when the battle's done, 7. Breathes there a man with soul so dead, J. MONTGOMERY. R. MONTGOMERY. SCOTT's Last Minstrel. 8. Wert thou all that I wish thee, great, glorious and free, MOORE. 9. Carolina, Carolina! Heaven's blessings attend her! 10. Let Spain boast the treasures that grow in her mines; 11. Our bosoms with rapture beat high at thy name, Thy health is our transport-our triumph thy fame; Like our sires, with our swords we 'll support thy renown; 12. On, on to the just and glorious strife, With your swords your freedom shielding; But die at least, unyielding! 13. Sweet clime of my kindred, blest land of my birth! 14. Oh heaven! he cried, my bleeding country save! CAMPBELL'S Pleasures of Hope. 15. Hope for a season bade the world farewell, And freedom shriek'd, as Kosciusko fell! 16. CAMPBELL'S Pleasures of Hope. They never fail who die In a great cause: the block may soak their gore, - They but augment the deep and sweeping thoughts The world at last to freedom. BYRON'S Marino Faliero. 152 COUNTRY-PATRIOTISM. 17. Snatch from the ashes of your sires BYRON'S Giaour. 18. The Niobe of Nations! there she stands, 19. -While the tree BYRON'S Childe Harold. Of freedom's wither'd trunk puts forth a leaf, BYRON'S Childe Harold. BYRON'S Childe Harold. 20. Yes, honour decks the turf that wraps their clay.. 21. Who, all unbrib'd, on freedom's ramparts stand, Faithful and true, bright wardens of the land. CHARLES SPRAGUE. 22. England! with all thy faults, I love thee still. COWPER. 23. When a patriot falls, must he fall in the battle, With vigilant eyes ever watching the foes Who are prowling around them, and aiming their blows. 24. And they who for their country die, Shall fill an honour'd grave; MRS. DANA. J. R. DRAKE. 25. They love their land because it is their own, Would shake hands with a king upon his throne, FITZ-GREEN HALLECK. 26. Strike-till the last arm'd foe expires; FITZ-GREEN HALLECK. 27. Yes, it is dear-fair Southern clime J. T. WATSON. COUNTRY LIFE.-(See RURAL SCENES.) COURAGE. (See BRAVERY.) COURTIER-PARASITE. 1, Full little knowest thou, that hast not tried, SPENSER'S Mother Hubbard's Tale. 154 2. COURTIER-PARASITE. These can lie, Flatter, and swear, deprave, inform, Smile and betray; make guilty men; then beg Men's throats with whisperings; sell to gaping suitors 3. I have been told, virtue in courtiers' hearts Suffers an ostracism, and departs. BEN JONSON. DR. DONNE. 4. True courtiers should be modest, and not nice; Bold, but not impudent; pleasure love, not vicę. 5. Poor wretches, that depend CHAPMAN. On greatness' favour, dream as I have done; SHAKSPEARE. 6. The caterpillars of the commonwealth, Whom I have soon to weed and pluck away. SHAKSPEARE. 7. I hardly yet have learn'd Tinsinuate, flatter, bow, and bend the knee. 8. Those, that go up hill, use to bow Their bodies forward, and stoop low, To poise themselves; and sometimes creep So those at court, that do address By low, ignoble offices, Can stoop at any thing that's base, To wriggle into trust and grace, SHAKSPEARE. BUTLER'S Hudibras. 9. See how he sets his countenance for deceit, And promises a lie before he speaks. DRYDEN. |