 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...  The Union: Or Select Scots and English Poems.. - Side 56av Thomas Warton - 1753 - 144 siderUten tilgangsbegrensning - Om denne boken
 | Art - 1762 - 290 sider
...1746. I. Thy fons, for valour long renown'd, Lie flaugh-ter'd on their native ground ; Thy hofpiiable roofs no more • Invite the ftranger to the door}...fmites his breaft, and curfes life. Thy fwains are famim'd on the rocks, Where once they fed their wanton flocks : Thy ravifh'd virgins fhriek in vain... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1767 - 274 sider
...peace, thy laurels torn t Thy fons, for valour long renown'd, Lie flaughter'd on their native gtound ; Thy hofpitable roofs no more, Invite the ftranger...the prey of war; Bethinks him of his babes and wife, Theafmites his breaft, and curfes life. Thy fwains are famifh'd on the rocks, Where once they fed their... | |
 | Moses Mendez - 1770 - 334 sider
...more Invite the ftranger to the door ; In fmoaky ruins funk they lie, The monuments of cruelty. n. The wretched owner fees, afar, His all become the...of his babes and wife, Then fmites his breaft, and curies life. Thy fwains are famifh'd on the rocks, Where once they fed their wanton flocks : Thy ravifh'd... | |
 | 1791 - 302 sider
...thy laurels torn ! Thy fons, for valour long renown'd, • Lie flaughter'd on their native ground j Thy hofpitable roofs no more Invite the ftranger to...they fed their wanton flocks : Thy ravifh'd virgins fliriek in vain ; Thy infants perifh on the plain. III. f What boots it then, in every clime, i. Thro'... | |
 | Beauties - 1791 - 214 sider
...no more Invite the ftranger to the door ; In fmoaky ruins funk they lie, The monuments of cruelty. The wretched owner fees, afar, His all become the...and wife, Then fmites his breaft, and curfes life. • r T' L Thy fwains are famifh'd on the rocks, Where once'they fed their wanton flocks : Thy ravifh'd... | |
 | Vicesimus Knox - 1791 - 966 sider
...dcor; In fmi.ky ruins funk they lie, The monuments of cruelty. The wretched owner fees, afar, J-Jis bread, and curfi s life. Thy fwains arc familh'd on the rocks, Where once they fed their wanton flocks... | |
 | John Bell - 1791 - 546 sider
...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 wife; Then smites his breast, and curses life. Thy swains are famish'd on the rocks, Where once they fed their... | |
 | James Roach - 1793 - 274 sider
...fmoky ruins funk they lie, The monuments of cruelty. The wretehed owner fees, afar, His all become they prey of war : Bethinks him of his babes and wife ; Then fmites his breafl, and curfcs life, Thy fwains are fetnifli'd on the rocks, Where once they 'fed their wanton... | |
 | Scots poems - 1796 - 172 sider
...hofpitable roofs no more, Invite the ftranger to the door ; In fmoaky ruins funk they lie, The monumenis of cruelty. II. The wretched owner fees afar His all...famifh'd on the rocks, Where once they fed their wanton flocks-j Thy raviflj'd virgins fhriek in vain, Thy infants perifh on the plain. THE TEARS OF SCOTLAND.... | |
 | Tobias Smollett - 1796 - 526 sider
...roofs no more Invite the ftranger to the door ; In fmoky ruins funk they lie, The monuments of cruelty. The wretched owner fees afar His all become the prey...rocks, Where once they fed their wanton flocks : Thy ravifli'd virgins fliriek in vain ; Thy infants perifli on the plain. What boots it then, in every... | |
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