 | 1782 - 540 str.
...high-rais'd battlementa or labour'd mound, Thick wa.l or moated gate ; Not cities proud, withfpircs and turrets crown'd; Not bays and broad-arm'd ports, Where, laughing at the ftorm, rich navies ride ; Mot ftair'd and fplangled courts, Where low-brow'd bafenefs wafts perfume... | |
 | John Almon - 1786 - 478 str.
...high-rais'd battlements or labour'd mound, Thick wall or moated gate ; Not cities proud with fpires and turrets crown'd ; Not bays and broad-arm'd ports, Where, laughing at the ftorm, rich navies ride; Not flarr'd and fpangled courts, Where low-brow'd bafcnefs wafts perfume to... | |
 | John Bell - 1794 - 574 str.
...0-w£ff ALC. quoted by ABISTIDES. \VHAT constitutes a State ? Not high-rais'd battlements, or labour'd mound, Thick wall, or moated gate ; Not cities proud,...ports, Where, laughing at the storm, rich navies ride ; Not starr'd and spangled courts, Where low-brow'd baseness wafts perfume to pride . No :— MEN,... | |
 | Stephen Jones, Charles Molloy Westmacott - 1799 - 468 str.
...high-rais'd battlement, or labour'd mound, Thick wall, or moated gate ; Not cities proud, with fpires and turrets crown'd ; Not bays and broad-arm'd ports, Where, laughing at the ftorm, rich navies ride } Not ftarr'dand fpangled courts, Where low-brow'd bafenefs wafts perfume to... | |
 | 1800 - 620 str.
...Not high-rais'd battlement of labour'd mound, Thick wall or moated gate; Not cities proud with fpires and turrets crown'd ; Not bays and broad-arm'd ports, Where, laughing at the ftorm, rich navies ride ; Not ftarr'd and fpangled courts, Where low-brow'd bafenefs wafts perfume... | |
 | Robert Southey - 1807 - 498 str.
...TJ I l'X ALC, quoted by AHISTIDES. WHAT constitutes a State ? Not high-raised battlement or labour'd mound, Thick wall or moated gate ; Not cities proud...ports, Where laughing at the storm, rich navies ride, Not starr'd and spangled courts, Where low-brow'd business wafts perfume to pride. No! — Men, high-minded... | |
 | Richard Warner - 1808 - 142 str.
...beautifully and nobly expressed*." What constitutes a state ? Not high-rais'd battlement or labour'd mound, Thick wall or moated gate ; Not cities proud...ports, Where, laughing at the storm, rich navies ride, Not starr'd and spangled courts, Where, lo\v-bro\v'd baseness wafts perfume to pride. No: — Men,... | |
 | 1808 - 540 str.
...strength and safety of a state. « What constitutes a state ? " Not high rais'd battlement or labored mound, " Thick wall, or moated gate ; " Not cities...proud with spires and turrets crown'd ; " Not bays and broad-armed ports, " Where laughing at the storm proud mavies ride ; u Not starr'd and spangled courts... | |
 | English poetry - 1809 - 302 str.
...IMITATION OF ALCJEUS. [SIR w. JONES.] WHAT constitutes a state ? Not high rais'd battlement or labour'd mound, Thick wall or moated gate ; Not cities proud with spires and turrets crown'd, Not starM and spangled courts, Where low-brow'd baseness wafts perfume to pride. NO : — MEN, high-minded... | |
 | Thomas Browne (LL.D.) - 1810 - 514 str.
...strength and safety of a state. " What constitutes a state > ." Not high rais'd battlement or labored mound, " Thick wall, or moated gate ; " Not cities proud with spires and turrets crown' d ; " Not bays and broad-armed ports, " Where laughing at the storm proud navies ride ; " Not... | |
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What constitutes a State? Not high-raised battlement or labored mound, Thick wall or moated gate; Not cities proud, with spires and turrets crowned; Not bays and broad-armed ports, Where, laughing at the storm, rich navies ride; Not starred and spangled... 
