(42 quotes found)
“A chieftain to the Highlands bound / Cries, `Boatman, do not tarry! / And I'll give thee a silver pound / To row us o'er the ferry.'”
Thomas Campbell
“The combat deepens. On, ye brave, / Who rush to glory, or the grave! / Wave, Munich! all thy banners wave, / And charge with all thy chivalry!”
“Ye are brothers, ye are men, / And we conquer but to save.”
“To bear is to conquer our fate.”
“Hope, for a season, bade the world farewell,/ And Freedom shrieked - as Kosciusko fell!”
“Britannia needs no bulwarks, / No towers along the steep; / Her march is o'er the mountain waves, / Her home is on the deep.”
“Lochiel, Lochiel! beware of the day / When the Lowlands shall meet thee in battle array!”
“There was silence deep as death, / And the boldest held his breath / For a time.”
“I'll meet the raging of the skies, / But not an angry father.”
“O Star-eyed Science! hast thou wandered there, to waft us home the message of despair?”