 Devouring flames , and murd'ring steel ! The pious mother doom'd to death, Forsaken wanders o'er the heath, The bleak wind whistles round her head, Her helpless orphans cry for bread; Bereft of shelter, food, and friend, She views the shades of night...  The Jacobite Relics of Scotland: Being the Songs, Airs, and Legends, of the ... - Pàgina 1821821Visualització completa - Sobre aquest llibre
 | John Bell - 1791 - 546 pàgines
...phantoms of the slain Glide nightly o'er the silent plain. Oh baneful cause, oh fatal morn, Accurs'd to ages yet unborn! The sons against their fathers...naked and forlorn must feel Devouring flames, and murd'ring steel I The bleak wind whistles round her head, Her helpless orphans cry for bread ; Bereft... | |
 | Press, Dublin - 1800 - 682 pàgines
...! fatal morn, Accurs'dt* aget yet unborn ! The fons, againft their father's flood, The parent (hed his children's blood. Yet, when the rage of battle ceas'd, The victor's foul was not appeas'd : The naked and forlorn muft feel Devouring flames, and murd'ring fteel ! VI.... | |
 | Elegant extracts - 1805 - 1054 pàgines
...Oh baneful caufe, oh fatal morn, Accurs'd to ages yet unborn ! The fons againft their fathers ftood; The parent shed his children's blood. Yet when the rage of battle ceas'd, The viftor's foul was not appeas'd : Th« naked and forlorn muft feel Devouring flames and murd'ring fteel... | |
 | Robert Southey - 1807 - 472 pàgines
...plain. O baneful cause, oh ! fatal morn, Accursed to ages yet unborn ! The sons against Aieir father stood, The parent shed his children's blood. Yet, when the rage of battle ceased, The victor's soul was not appeased : The naked and forlorn must feel Devouring flames, and... | |
 | British poets - 1809 - 526 pàgines
...slain Glide nightly o'er the silent plain. TOBIAS SMOLLET. O baneful canse ' oh, fatal morn, Accurs'd to ages yet unborn ! The sons against their fathers...children's blood. Yet, when the rage of battle ceas'd, The victor':, soul was not appeas'd; The naked and forlorn must feel Devouring flames, and murdering steel!... | |
 | Vicesimus Knox - 1809 - 604 pàgines
...Glide nightly o'er tlie silent plain. Oh baneful cause, oh fatal morn, •Accurs'd to ages yet unborn 1 ers wail ! Tho' fann'd by conquest's crimson wing, They mock the air with idle state ! He rajic of battle ccas'd, The victor's soul was not appeas'd : jCfe naked, and forlorn miisl feel •.... | |
 | English poetry - 1809 - 302 pàgines
...phantoms of the slain Glide nightly o'er the silent plain. O baneful cause ! oh, fatal morn, Accurs'd to ages yet unborn ! The sons against their fathers stood, The parent shed hi& children's blood.. ! Yet, when the rage of battle ceas'd, The victor's soul was not appeas'd; The... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 682 pàgines
...Accurs'U to ages yet unborn ! The sons against their fathers stood, The parent shed bis children's blond. Yet, when the rage of battle ceas'd, The victor's...naked and forlorn must feel Devouring flames, and murd'ring steel! The pious mother doom'd to death, Forsaken wanders o'er the heath, The bleak wind... | |
 | Thomas Mortimer - 1810 - 532 pàgines
...yet unborn! The sons against the father stood, The parent shed the children's blood! Yet, when ^he rage of battle ceas'd, The victor's soul was not appeas'd:...forlorn must feel Devouring flames, and murdering steel: VI. The pious mother, doom'd to death, forsaken wanders o'er the heath, The bleak wind whistles round... | |
 | Robert Hartley Cromek - 1810 - 260 pàgines
...woe 5 While the pale phantoms of the slain, 125 Oh ! baneful cause ! — oh ! fatal morn, Accurs'd to ages yet unborn ! The sons against their fathers stood ; The parent shed his childrens' blood ! Yet, when the rage of battle ceas'd, The victor's soul was not appeas'd : The naked... | |
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