 | John Bell - 1794 - 574 psl.
...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, with spires and turrets crown'd; Not bays and broad-arm'd ports, Where, laughing at the storm, rich navies ride ; Not starr'd... | |
 | Robert Southey - 1807 - 498 psl.
...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 with spires and turrets crown'd; Not bays and broad-arm'd ports, Where laughing at the storm, rich navies ride, Not starr'd... | |
 | 1808 - 540 psl.
...can conduce to the 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... | |
 | Richard Warner - 1808 - 142 psl.
...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 with spires and turrets crown'd ; Not bays and broad-arm'd ports, Where, laughing at the storm, rich navies ride, Not starr'd... | |
 | English poetry - 1809 - 302 psl.
...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 : —... | |
 | William Haygarth - 1814 - 342 psl.
...aK<?fff, Al?I»f fl-K^flV HJOTtf, xai " What coDstitutes 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 bays and broad-arm'd ports, Where, laughing at the storm, rich navies ride, Not starr'd... | |
 | William Cobbett - 1817 - 800 psl.
...strength and safety of a state — What constitutes a state f Not high-raised battlement or laboured 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 starr'd... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - 1819 - 466 psl.
...please AN ODE. IN IMITATION OF ALCXVS. 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 bays and broad-arm'd ports, Where, laughing at the storm, rich navies ride, Not starr'd... | |
 | John Platts - 1822 - 844 psl.
...the Constitution of a State : — 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 bays, and broad-arm'd ports, Where, laughing at the storm, rich navies ride ; Not starr'd... | |
 | 1863 - 538 psl.
...and maintenance of our political systems : " What constitutes a State? Not high rais'd battlements or labored mound, Thick wall or moated gate; Not cities proud, with spires and turrets crown'd; Not bays and broad arm'd ports, Where, laughing at the storm, rich navies ride; Not starr'd... | |
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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... 
