 There is a spot of earth supremely blest, A dearer, sweeter spot than all the rest, Where man, creation's tyrant, casts aside His sword and sceptre, pageantry and pride, While, in his softened looks, benignly blend The sire, the son, the husband, brother,...  Stories from Fenimore Cooper's Tales: Fifth Book. Authorized for Use in the ... - Page 192by James Fenimore Cooper - 1897 - 212 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Emma Raymond Pitman - 1883 - 518 pages
...position. BOOK IV. CHAPTER I. — TWO PEEPS AT HOUSEHOLD LIFE. "There is a spot of earth, supremely blest, A dearer, sweeter spot than all the rest, Where man,...looks benignly blend The sire, the son, the husband, father, friend,— Here woman reigns, the mother, daughter, wife, Strews with fresh flowers the narrow... | |
 | Christian ethics - 1883 - 296 pages
...peculiar grace, The heritage of nature's noblest race, There is a spot of earth supremely blest — A dearer, sweeter spot than all the rest ; Where man,...sword and sceptre, pageantry and pride, While in his soften'd looks benignly blend The sire, the son, the husband, brother, friend. Here woman reigns ;... | |
 | James Woolcock - Anthropology - 1883 - 192 pages
...heaven's peculiar grace, The heritage of nature's noblest race, There is a spot of earth, supremely blest, A dearer, sweeter spot than all the rest, Where man,...sword and sceptre, pageantry and pride, While in his soften'd looks benignly blend The sire, the son, the husband, brother, friend : Here woman reigns ;... | |
 | William Swinton - 1883 - 492 pages
...Heaven's peculiar grace, The heritage of nature's noblest race, There is a spot of earth supremely blest, A dearer, sweeter spot than all the rest, Where man, creation's tyrant, casts aside His sword and scepter, pageantry and pride, While in his softened looks benignly blend The sire, the son, the husband,... | |
 | William Swinton - Readers - 1883 - 504 pages
...Heaven's peculiar grace, The heritage of nature's noblest race, There is a spot of earth supremely blest, A dearer, sweeter spot than all the rest, Where man, creation's tyrant, casts aside His sword and scepter, pageantry and pride, While in his softened looks benignly blend The sire, the son, the husband,... | |
 | Gems - 1884 - 408 pages
...heaven's peculiar grace, The heritage of nature's noblest race, There is a spot of earth supremely blest, A dearer, sweeter spot than all the rest. Where man,...blend The sire, the son, the husband, brother, friend ; Here woman reigns ; the mother, daughter, wife, Strew with fresh flowers the narrow way of life !... | |
 | Edwin O. Chapman - American poetry - 1884 - 430 pages
...Heaven's peculiar grace, The heritage of nature's noblest race, There is a spot of earth supremely blest, A dearer, sweeter spot than all the rest, Where man,...blend The sire, the son, the husband, brother, friend ; Here woman reigns ; the mother, daughter, wife, Strew with fresh flowers the narrow way of life I... | |
 | Joseph H. Head - American poetry - 1884 - 498 pages
...heaven's peculiar grace, The heritage of nature's noblest race, There is a spot of earth supremely blest, A dearer, sweeter spot than all the rest, Where man,...While in his softened looks benignly blend The sire, tho son, the husband, brother, friend; Here woman reigns; the mother, daughter, wife. Strew with fresh... | |
 | American Street Railway Association, American Street Railway Association. Meeting - Electric railroads - 1885 - 794 pages
...Heaven's peculiar grace, The heritage of nature's noblest race, There is a spot of earth supremely blest, A dearer, sweeter spot than all the rest. Where man, creation's tyrant, casts aside His sword and scepter, pageantry and pride, While in his soften 'd looks benignly blend The sire, the son, the husband,... | |
 | Improved illustrated reader - 1885 - 266 pages
...Views not a realm so bountiful and fair, Nor breathes the spirit of a purer air ; 10 In every clime the magnet of his soul, Touched by remembrance, trembles...20 Here woman reigns ; the mother, daughter, wife, Strew with fresh flowers the narrow way of life ! In the clear heaven of her delightful eye, An angel-guard... | |
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