The History of American Music

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Macmillan, 1904 - 380 頁
 

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第 150 頁 - Mid the reign of mild peace, May your nation increase, With the glory of Rome, and the wisdom of Greece ; And ne'er shall the sons of Columbia be slaves, While the earth bears a plant, or the sea rolls its waves.
第 246 頁 - When all the world is young, lad, And all the trees are green, And every goose a swan, lad, And every lass a queen...
第 137 頁 - Swarms of placemen and pensioners soon will appear, Like locusts deforming the charms of the year: Suns vainly will rise, showers vainly descend, If we are to drudge for what others shall spend.
第 12 頁 - It has more than twenty times the power of the old slow tunes, each part straining for mastery and victory, the audience entertained and delighted, their minds surpassingly agitated and extremely fluctuated, sometimes declaring for one part, and sometimes for another.
第 137 頁 - COME join hand in hand, brave Americans all, And rouse your bold hearts at fair Liberty's call ; No tyrannous acts, shall suppress your just claim, Or stain with dishonor America's name. In freedom we're born, and in freedom we'll live ; Our purses are ready, Steady, Friends, steady, Not as slaves, but as freemen our money we'll give.
第 138 頁 - All ages shall speak with amaze and applause, Of the courage we'll show in support of our laws ; To die we can bear, — but to serve we disdain, For shame is to freemen more dreadful than pain.
第 149 頁 - Immortal patriots! rise once more ; Defend your rights, defend your shore; Let no rude foe with impious hand, Let no rude foe with impious hand, Invade the shrine where sacred lies Of toil and blood the well-earned prize. While offering peace sincere and just, In Heaven we place a manly trust, That truth and justice will prevail, And every scheme of bondage fail.
第 138 頁 - This bumper I crown for our sovereign's health. And this for Britannia's glory and wealth ; That wealth and that glory immortal may be, If she is but just, and if we are but free.
第 14 頁 - Perhaps it may be expected by some, that I should say something concerning Rules for Composition ; to these I answer that Nature is the best dictator, for all the hard dry studied rules that ever...
第 138 頁 - Come swallow your bumpers, ye Tories, and roar That the Sons of fair Freedom are hampered once more ; But know that no cut-throats our spirits can tame, Nor a host of oppressors shall smother the flame.

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