 Lie slaughter'd on their native ground ; Thy hospitable roofs no more Invite the stranger to the door; In smoky ruins sunk they lie. The monuments of cruelty. The wretched owner sees afar His all become the prey of war ; Bethinks him of his babes and...  Select Scottish Songs, Ancient and Modern - Pàgina 123per Robert Hartley Cromek - 1810Visualització completa - Sobre aquest llibre
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 682 pàgines
...no mure, Invite the stranger to the door ; In smoky ruins sunk they lie, The monuments of cruelty. The wretched owner sees afar His all become the prey of war; Bethinks him uf his babes ami wife, Then smites his breast, and curses life. Thy swains are famish'd on the rocks,... | |
 | Tobias Smollett - 1811 - 546 pàgines
...roofs no more Invite the stranger to the door; In smoky ruins sunk they lie, The monuments of cruelty. The wretched owner sees afar His all become the prey...wanton flocks; Thy ravish'd virgins shriek in vain; Thy infants perish on the plain. What boots it then, in ev'ry clime, Through the wide-spreading waste... | |
 | 1814 - 310 pàgines
...no more Invite the stranger to the door ; In smoky ruins sunk they lie, The monuments of cruelty ! The wretched owner sees, afar, His all become the prey of war ; W Bethinks him of his babes and wife, Then smites his breast, and curses life. Thy swains are famish'd... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - 1819 - 482 pàgines
...roofs no more Invite the stranger to the door; In smoky ruins sunk they lie. The monuments of cruelty. The wretched owner sees afar His all become the prey...wanton flocks : Thy ravish'd virgins shriek in vain ; Thy infants perish on the plain. What boots it then, in every clime, Through the wide-spreading waste... | |
 | John Aikin - 1821 - 358 pàgines
...no more, Invite the stranger to the door ; In smoky ruins sunk they lie, The monuments of cruelty. The wretched owner sees afar His all become the prey...wanton flocks : Thy ravish'd virgins shriek in vain ; Thy infants perish on the plain. What boots it then, in every clime, Through the wide-spreading waste... | |
 | James Hogg - 1821 - 516 pàgines
...sunk they lie, The mo - nu- ments of D • cru - el - - ty, The mo - nu - ments of cru - - el - ty. The wretched owner sees afar His all become the prey...wanton flocks ; Thy ravish'd virgins shriek in vain ; Thy infants perish on the plain. What boots it then, in every clime, Through the wide-spreading waste... | |
 | 1821 - 502 pàgines
...ins sunk they lie, The mo - nu- mentt of m cru - el - - ty 3 The mo - nu - ments of cru - - el - ty. The wretched owner sees afar His all become the prey of war, Bethinks him of his babes and wife, Tken smites his breast, and curses life. Thy swains are famish'd on the rocks, Where once they fed... | |
 | British poets - 1822 - 282 pàgines
...roofs no more Invite the stranger to the door; In smoky ruins sunk they He, The monuments of cruelty. The wretched owner sees afar His all become the prey...wanton flocks : Thy ravish'd virgins shriek in vain ; Thy infants perish on the plain. What boots it then, in every clime Through the wide spreading waste... | |
 | Tobias George Smollett - 1824 - 294 pàgines
...The wretched owner gees afar His all become the prey of war '.'..' ..» .'. - . 7 . . Bethinks hiro of his babes and wife,' Then smites his breast and...rocks, Where once they fed their wanton flocks; Thy mvish'd virgins shriek in vain; Thy infants perish on the plain. What boots it then, in ev'ry clime,... | |
 | Allan Cunningham - 1825 - 756 pàgines
...roofs no more Invite the stranger to the door; In smoky ruins sunk they lie, The monuments of cruelty. The wretched owner sees afar His all become the prey...wanton flocks; Thy ravish'd virgins shriek in vain; Thy infants perish on the plain. What boots it then in every clime, Through the wide-spreading waste... | |
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