 Where rougher climes a nobler race display, Where the bleak Swiss their stormy mansion tread, And force a churlish soil for scanty bread ; No product here the barren hills afford, But man and steel, the soldier and his sword.  The Burden of the Balkans - Page 210by Mary Edith Durham - 1905 - 331 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1843 - 462 pages
...independence his inaccessible mountains gave him for all the beauties of brighter skies and civilized life ! " No product here the barren hills afford, But man and steel, the soldier and his sword. No vernal blooms these torpid rocks array, But winter lingering chills the lap of May. No... | |
 | F. M. L. Yates - 1843 - 522 pages
...ploughs to perform deeds of valour in the battle-field — brought to my mind Goldsmith's lines — " No product here the barren hills afford, But man and steel, the soldier and his sword." The smallest of the cantons is Schwytz, which has been denominated " the hearts-core of... | |
 | Readings - English poetry - 1843 - 466 pages
...display. Where the bleak Swiss their stormy mansion tread, And force the churlish soil for scanty bread; No product here the barren hills afford, But man and steel, the soldier and his sword. No vernal blooms their torpid rocks array, But winter lingering chills the lap of May; No... | |
 | The Mirror of Literature,Amusement,and Instruction New Series VOL.IV - 1843 - 458 pages
...independence bis inaccessible mountains gave him for all the beauties of brighter skies and civilized life ! " No product here the barren hills afford, But man and steel, the soldier and his sword. No vernal blooms these torpid rooks array, Bat winter lingering chills the lap of May. No... | |
 | American literature - 1850 - 604 pages
...The bleak Swiss their stormy mansion trend, And force a churlish soil for scanty bread ; No produce here the barren hills afford, But man and steel, the soldier and his sword." Switzerland has been long celebrated for the mercenary troops she supplied to foreign courts... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1847 - 558 pages
...display, Where the bleak Swiss their stormy mansion treiil, And force a churlish soil for scanty bread So product here the barren hills afford, But man and steel, the soldier and his sword No vernal blooms their torpid rocks array. But winter lingering chills the lap of May . 1ЬО... | |
 | John Forster - 1848 - 744 pages
...display, Where the bleak Swiss their stormy mansion tread, And force a churlish soil for scanty bread : No product here the barren hills afford, But man and steel, the soldier and his sword ; No vernal blooms their torpid rocks array, But winter lingering chills the lap of Mav.... | |
 | John Forster - Authors, English - 1848 - 734 pages
...displav, Where the bleak Swiss their stormy mansion tread, And foree a churlish soil for scanty bread : No product here the barren hills afford, But man and steel, the soldier and his sword ; No vernal blooms their torpid rocks array, But winter lingering ehUls the lap of Mav. .... | |
 | John Forster - 1848 - 740 pages
...display, Where the Weak Swiss their stormy mansion tread, And force a churlish soil for scanty bread : No product here the barren hills afford, But man and steel, the soldier and his sword ; No vernal blooms their torpid rocks array, But winter lingering chills the lap of May.... | |
 | Joachim Fernau - 1848 - 736 pages
...display, Where the bleak Swiss their stormy mansion trend, And force a churlish soil for scanty bread : No product here the barren hills afford, But man and steel, the soldier and his sword ; No vernal blooms their torpid rocks array, But winter lingering chills the lap of Muy.... | |
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