 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
 | Arthur Campbell Ainger - 1884 - 154 pàgines
...no more 5 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; 10 Bethinks him of his babes and wife, Then smites his breast, and curses life. Thy swains are famish'd... | |
 | 1885 - 686 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... | |
 | Thomas Young Crowell - 1885 - 702 pàgines
...become the prey of war; s him of his baiies and wife, n smites his breast, and curses Ufe. OF SCOTLAND. Thy swains are famish'd on the rocks, Where once they fed their wnnton flocks : Thy ravish'd virgins shriek in vain; Thy infants perish on the plain. What boots k,... | |
 | Gilbert Samuel Macquoid - 1888 - 574 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...smites his breast and curses life. Thy swains are famished on the rocks, Where once they fed their wanton flocks ; Thy ravished virgins shriek in vain... | |
 | Rossiter Johnson - 1890 - 394 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...babes and wife, Then smites his breast, and curses lifo. Thy swains are famish' d on the rocks, Where once they fed their wanton flocks: Thy ravish'd... | |
 | Charles Mackay - 1896 - 680 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. Wut boots it, then, in every clime, Thron^a the wide-spreading waste... | |
 | George Eyre-Todd - 1896 - 256 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...smites his breast and curses life. Thy swains are famished on the rocks Where once they fed their wanton flocks; Thy ravished virgins shriek in vain;... | |
 | John Mackintosh - 1896 - 532 pàgines
...smoky ruins sunk they lie, The monuments of cruelty. 1 The wretched owner sees afar His all bt'couie the prey of war ; Bethinks him of his babes and wife, Then smites his breast, and curses life. Thy swans are famished on the rocks, Where once they fed their wanton flocks ; Thy ravished virgins shriek... | |
 | Charles Mackay - 1897 - 666 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, Thro'jju the wide-spreading... | |
 | Francis Warre Cornish - 1900 - 604 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 of war; Bethinks him of his babe and wife, Then smites his breast, and curses life. Thy swains are famished on the rocks, Where... | |
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