XXXVI.—TRUE PATRIOTISM.[303]SIR WILLIAM JONES.
SIR WILLIAM JONES.
1. What constitutes[304]a State?Not high raised battlements[305]or labored mound,[306]Thick wall or moated[307]gate;Nor cities proud, with spires and turrets[308]crowned;Not bays and broad-armed ports,Where, laughing at the storm, rich navies[309]ride;Not starred and spangled courts,Where low-browed baseness[310]wafts perfume to pride.2. No; men, high-minded[311]men,With powers as far above dull brutes endued[312],In forest brake, or den,As beasts excel[313]cold rocks and brambles[314]rude;Menwho their duties know,But know their rights, and knowing, dare maintain;[315]Prevent the long aimed blow,And crush the tyrant while they rend[316]the chain;Theseconstitute a State;And Sovereign[317]Law, that State’s collected[318]will,O’er thrones and globes elate,[319]Sits empress, crowning good, repressing[320]ill.
1. What constitutes[304]a State?Not high raised battlements[305]or labored mound,[306]Thick wall or moated[307]gate;Nor cities proud, with spires and turrets[308]crowned;Not bays and broad-armed ports,Where, laughing at the storm, rich navies[309]ride;Not starred and spangled courts,Where low-browed baseness[310]wafts perfume to pride.2. No; men, high-minded[311]men,With powers as far above dull brutes endued[312],In forest brake, or den,As beasts excel[313]cold rocks and brambles[314]rude;Menwho their duties know,But know their rights, and knowing, dare maintain;[315]Prevent the long aimed blow,And crush the tyrant while they rend[316]the chain;Theseconstitute a State;And Sovereign[317]Law, that State’s collected[318]will,O’er thrones and globes elate,[319]Sits empress, crowning good, repressing[320]ill.
1. What constitutes[304]a State?Not high raised battlements[305]or labored mound,[306]Thick wall or moated[307]gate;Nor cities proud, with spires and turrets[308]crowned;Not bays and broad-armed ports,Where, laughing at the storm, rich navies[309]ride;Not starred and spangled courts,Where low-browed baseness[310]wafts perfume to pride.
1. What constitutes[304]a State?
Not high raised battlements[305]or labored mound,[306]
Thick wall or moated[307]gate;
Nor cities proud, with spires and turrets[308]crowned;
Not bays and broad-armed ports,
Where, laughing at the storm, rich navies[309]ride;
Not starred and spangled courts,
Where low-browed baseness[310]wafts perfume to pride.
2. No; men, high-minded[311]men,With powers as far above dull brutes endued[312],In forest brake, or den,As beasts excel[313]cold rocks and brambles[314]rude;Menwho their duties know,But know their rights, and knowing, dare maintain;[315]Prevent the long aimed blow,And crush the tyrant while they rend[316]the chain;Theseconstitute a State;And Sovereign[317]Law, that State’s collected[318]will,O’er thrones and globes elate,[319]Sits empress, crowning good, repressing[320]ill.
2. No; men, high-minded[311]men,
With powers as far above dull brutes endued[312],
In forest brake, or den,
As beasts excel[313]cold rocks and brambles[314]rude;
Menwho their duties know,
But know their rights, and knowing, dare maintain;[315]
Prevent the long aimed blow,
And crush the tyrant while they rend[316]the chain;
Theseconstitute a State;
And Sovereign[317]Law, that State’s collected[318]will,
O’er thrones and globes elate,[319]
Sits empress, crowning good, repressing[320]ill.
[303]Paˊ-tri-ot-ism, love of country.[304]Conˊ-sti-tutes, makes; forms.[305]Batˊ-tle-ments, breastworks.[306]Mound, rampart; bank of earth.[307]Moatˊ-ed, surrounded by a ditch.[308]Turˊ-rets, little towers.[309]Naˊ-vies, fleets of ships.[310]Baseˊ-ness, meanness.[311]Highˊ-mind-ed, magnanimous.[312]En-duˊ-ed, furnished; endowed.[313]Ex-celˊ, exceed; surpass.[314]Bramˊ-bles, prickly shrubs.[315]Main-tainˊ, defend; support.[316]Rend, part asunder.[317]Sovˊ-er-eign, supreme.[318]Col-lectˊ-ed, congregated.[319]E-lateˊ, raised; lofty.[320]Re-pressˊ-ing, quelling.
[303]Paˊ-tri-ot-ism, love of country.
[303]Paˊ-tri-ot-ism, love of country.
[304]Conˊ-sti-tutes, makes; forms.
[304]Conˊ-sti-tutes, makes; forms.
[305]Batˊ-tle-ments, breastworks.
[305]Batˊ-tle-ments, breastworks.
[306]Mound, rampart; bank of earth.
[306]Mound, rampart; bank of earth.
[307]Moatˊ-ed, surrounded by a ditch.
[307]Moatˊ-ed, surrounded by a ditch.
[308]Turˊ-rets, little towers.
[308]Turˊ-rets, little towers.
[309]Naˊ-vies, fleets of ships.
[309]Naˊ-vies, fleets of ships.
[310]Baseˊ-ness, meanness.
[310]Baseˊ-ness, meanness.
[311]Highˊ-mind-ed, magnanimous.
[311]Highˊ-mind-ed, magnanimous.
[312]En-duˊ-ed, furnished; endowed.
[312]En-duˊ-ed, furnished; endowed.
[313]Ex-celˊ, exceed; surpass.
[313]Ex-celˊ, exceed; surpass.
[314]Bramˊ-bles, prickly shrubs.
[314]Bramˊ-bles, prickly shrubs.
[315]Main-tainˊ, defend; support.
[315]Main-tainˊ, defend; support.
[316]Rend, part asunder.
[316]Rend, part asunder.
[317]Sovˊ-er-eign, supreme.
[317]Sovˊ-er-eign, supreme.
[318]Col-lectˊ-ed, congregated.
[318]Col-lectˊ-ed, congregated.
[319]E-lateˊ, raised; lofty.
[319]E-lateˊ, raised; lofty.
[320]Re-pressˊ-ing, quelling.
[320]Re-pressˊ-ing, quelling.