 Come, bright Improvement ! on the car of Time; And rule the spacious world from clime to clime ; Thy handmaid arts shall every wild explore, Trace every wave, and culture every shore. On Erie's banks, where tigers steal along, And the dread Indian chants...  The Pleasures of Hope, and Other Poems - Page 25by Thomas Campbell - 1811 - 143 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1902 - 642 pages
...which one specimen is enough : ' On Erie's banks where Tigers steal along, And the dread Indian chaunts a dismal song ; Where human fiends on midnight errands walk, And bathe in brains the murderous tomahawk.' We trust that we may be forgiven for our italics. The chief merit of Campbell... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - Hope - 1804 - 182 pages
...be ; I watch the wheels of Nature's mazy plan, And learn the future by the past of man. Come, bright Improvement ! on the car of Time, And rule the spacious...explore, Trace every wave, and culture every shore. On Erie^s banks, where tigers steal along, And the dread Indian chants a dismal song, Where human fiends... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - 1806 - 220 pages
...I watch the wheels of Nature's mazy plan, And learn the future by the past of man. 32O Come, bright Improvement ! on the car of Time, And rule the spacious...shore. On Erie's banks, where tigers steal along, 325 And the dread Indian chants a dismal song, Where human fiends on midnight errands walk, And bathe... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - 1810 - 176 pages
...be ; I watch the wheels of Nature's mazy plan, And learn the future by the past of man. Come, bright Improvement! on the car of Time, And rule the spacious...clime ^Thy handmaid arts shall every' wild explore, » • On Erie's banks, where tigers steal along, And the dread Indian chants a dismal song, Where... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - English poetry - 1817 - 166 pages
...B 2 I watch the wheels of Nature's mazy plan, And learn the future by the past of man. Come, bright Improvement ! on the car of Time, And rule the spacious...banks, where tigers steal along, And the dread Indian chaunts a dismal song, Where human fiends on midnight errands walk, And bathe in brains the murderous... | |
 | England - 1839 - 870 pages
...Improvement, in the car of lime, And rule the spacious world from clime to clime ; Thy handmaid Art shall every wild explore. Trace every wave, and culture...along, And the dread Indian chants a dismal song; V. lit- e human fiends on midnight errands walk, And bathe in brains the murdering tomahawk — There... | |
 | Liberalism (Religion) - 1818 - 396 pages
...present age; " Ou Erie's banks, where tygers steal And the dread Indian chants a dismal song, along, Where human fiends on midnight errands walk, And bathe in brains the murderous tomahawk; There shall (heir flocks in thymy pasture stray, And shepherds dance at summer's... | |
 | Thomas Ewing - Elocution - 1819 - 448 pages
...be ; I watch the wheels of Nature's mazy plan, And learn the future by the past of man. Come, bright Improvement ! on the car of Time, And rule the spacious...handmaid arts shall every wild explore, Trace every w^ve, and culture every shore. On Erie's banks, where tigers steal along, And the dread Indian chants... | |
 | Albert Picket - American literature - 1820 - 314 pages
...and destroy our peace. The Progress of Improvement. COME, bright Improvement! on the car of Timc s And rule the spacious world from clime to clime ;...wild explore, Trace every wave, and culture every shoreOn Erie's banks, where tigers steal along, And the dread Indian chants a dismal song, Where human... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - 1821 - 254 pages
...Come, hright Improvement! on the car of Time, Ami rule the spacious w oriel iron, clime to clime i Thy handmaid arts shall every wild explore, Trace every wave, and culture every shore. On Erie's hanks, where tygers steal along, 325 And the dread Indian chants a dismal Sony!, Where human fiends... | |
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