 | John Foster (of Groton, Conn.) - 1824 - 248 pages
...fight, But the sons will eternally, keep 1 The tablet of gratitude bright. We bovr not the neck, And we bend not the knee, But our hearts, LAFAYETTE, We surrender to thee. Another arch was erected across Washington street, by the Boylston Market, on the spot once shaded... | |
 | Samuel Niles Sweet - 1846 - 340 pages
...welcome. His reception was cordial, glorious, and triumphant. The sentiment pervaded every bosom. " We bow not the neck, we bend not the knee ; But our hearts, Lafayette, we surrender to thee." After the expiration of a brief period he again returned to France, where he continued to take a deep... | |
 | An Officer in the late army - 1846 - 516 pages
...the fight ; But the sons will eternally keep The tablet of gratitude bright. We bow not the neck And we bend not the knee, But our hearts, LAFAYETTE, We surrender to thee." When the procession arrived at the steps of the State House, near the head of Park-street, salutes... | |
 | James Spear Loring - 1852 - 764 pages
...the fight, But the sons will eternally keep The tablet of gratitude bright We bow not the neck, And we bend not the knee ; But our hearts, Lafayette, We surrender to thee." A writer on American Genius remarks of Charles Sprague, in contrast with Robert Southey, that the majestic... | |
 | Charles Sumner - 1864 - 296 pages
...universal sentiment found expression in familiar words, repeated everywhere : We bow not the Deck, We bend not the knee, But our hearts, Lafayette, We surrender to thee. It belongs to the glory of Lafayette, that he inspired this sentiment, and it belongs to the glory... | |
 | Richard Edwards - 1867 - 510 pages
...American Congress. The Boston poet at that time gave expression to the univer sal feeling when he said, We bow not the neck, we bend not the knee, But our hearts, La Fayette, we surrender to thee. As these never was such a guest, so there never was such a host ;... | |
 | Charles Sumner - 1872 - 524 pages
...universal sentiment found expression in familiar words, repeated everywhere : — " We bow not the neck. Wo bend not the knee, But our hearts, Lafayette, We surrender to thee." It belongs to the glory of Lafayette that he inspired this sentiment, and it belongs to the glory of... | |
 | Samuel Adams Drake - 1873 - 520 pages
...the fight, But the sons will eternally keep The tablet of gratitude bright. We bow not the neck, and we bend not the knee ; But our hearts, Lafayette, we surrender to thee." Another arch was erected on the site of the Old Liberty Stump, opposite Boylston Market. Lafayette... | |
 | Samuel Adams Drake - 1873 - 514 pages
...the fight, But the sons will eternally keep The tablet of gratitude bright. We bow not the neck, and we bend not the knee ; But our hearts, Lafayette, we surrender to thee." Eustis and ex-Goveruor Brooks, clad in their old Continental uniforms. These two, brothers in arras,... | |
 | Freemasons. Grand Lodge of Massachusetts - 1874 - 896 pages
...erected from point to point, bearing appropriate mottoes. One of them I remember well ; it was — " We bow not the neck, we bend not the knee, But our hearts, Lafayette, we surrender to thee." During the succeeding ten months the "Nation's Guest," as Lafayette was warmly characterized, visited... | |
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We bow not the neck, we bend not the knee, But our hearts, Lafayette, we surrender to thee. 
