 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
 | Tobias Smollett - 1796 - 526 pàgines
...ftranger to the door ; In fmoky ruins funk they lie, The monuments of cruelty. The wretched owner fees afar His all become the prey of war ; Bethinks him of his babes and wife, Then fmites his breaft and curfes life. Thy fwains are famifh'd on the rocks, Where once they fed their... | |
 | Press, Dublin - 1800 - 682 pàgines
...ftrange- t> the door ; In fmoaky ruins funk they lie, The monuments of cruelty. The wretched owner fees afar His all become the prey of war ; Bethinks him of his babes and wife, Then fmites his breaft, and curfes life, Thy fwains are famifh'd on the rocks, Whe e once they fed their... | |
 | Robert Southey - 1807 - 472 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... | |
 | British poets - 1809 - 526 pàgines
...roofe 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...wife, Then smites his breast, and curses life ! Thy swfeins are famish'd on the rocks Where once they fed their wanton flocks: Thy ravish'd virgins shriek... | |
 | English poetry - 1809 - 302 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 famish'd on the rocks Where... | |
 | Vicesimus Knox - 1809 - 604 pàgines
...no more Invite the Stranger to the door; In smoky ruins sunk they lie, The rnonunients of cruelty. use. He pack'du Jury of dissenting Jews; \Vhosc fellow-feeling in tteK"<lly cause W babe and wife ; Then smites his breast, and curses life. Thy swains are famish'd on the rocks, W here... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 680 pàgines
...no more, Invite the stranger to the door j 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: Tby infants perish on the plain. What boots it then, in every clime, Thro' the wide-spreading waste... | |
 | Thomas Mortimer - 1810 - 532 pàgines
...the door; In smoaky ruins sunk they lie, The monuments of cruelty. The wretched owner sees afar s IT. His all become the prey of war; Bethinks him of his...wanton flocks; Thy ravish'd virgins shriek in vain; Thy infants perish on the plain. HI. . What boots it then, in every clime, Thro' the wide spreading... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 680 pàgines
...Invite the stranger to the door; In smoky ruins sunk they lie, The monuments of cruelty. The «retched owner sees afar His all become the' prey of war; Bethinks him of his babes and wife, Then smites bis breast, and curses life. Thy swains are famish'd on the recks, "Where once they fed their wanton... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1810 - 308 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 hi* babes and wife, Then smites his breast, and curses life. "Thy swains are famished on the rocks,... | |
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