. Stepping stones to literature : a reader for sixth grades . , with guilty stride. Spreads desolation far and wide,With crimes and blood his hands imbruing?Chobus. With luxury and pride surrounded, The vile, insatiate despots dare,Their thirst of gold and power unbounded, To mete and vend the light and air. To mete and vend the light and beasts of burden would they load us, Like gods would bid their slaves adore; But man is man, and who is more?Then shall they longer lash and goad us?Choeus. O liberty! can man resign thee. Once having felt thy genrous flame?Can dungeons, bolts, and b
. Stepping stones to literature : a reader for sixth grades . , with guilty stride. Spreads desolation far and wide,With crimes and blood his hands imbruing?Chobus. With luxury and pride surrounded, The vile, insatiate despots dare,Their thirst of gold and power unbounded, To mete and vend the light and air. To mete and vend the light and beasts of burden would they load us, Like gods would bid their slaves adore; But man is man, and who is more?Then shall they longer lash and goad us?Choeus. O liberty! can man resign thee. Once having felt thy genrous flame?Can dungeons, bolts, and bars confine thee? Or whips thy noble spirit tame? Or whips thy noble spirit tame ?Too long the world has wept bewailing That falsehoods dagger tyrants wield; 134 STEPPING STONES TO LITERATURE. But freedom is our sword and all their arts are — To arms, to arms, ye brave I Th avenging sword unsheathe IMarch on, march on, all hearts resolvedOn victory or death! XXIII. THE WATCH ON THE RHINE.» By Max Schneckenburgeb.(1819-1849.). The Germ&n FiOwg. A CRY bursts forth like swords fierce clash, like waves rebound,—To the Rhine, the Rhine, the German Rhine 1To guard the river, who 11 combine ? * The Watch on the Rhine is the song that all the Germans lovebest, the song of their fatherland. THE WATCH ON THE RHINE. 135
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