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 - Page 62by Thomas Warton - 1753 - 144 pagesFull view - About this book
| Art - 1762 - 290 pages
...more • Invite the ftranger to the door} In fmoaky ruins funk they lie, The monuments of cruelty. II. The wretched owner fees afar His all become the prey...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 - English essays - 1767 - 274 pages
...more, Invite the ftranger to the door; In fmoaky ruins funk they lie,. The monuments of cruelty. II. The wretched owner fees, afar, His all become 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 - English poetry - 1770 - 334 pages
...; Beneath his jaws the viftim dies. THE TEARS OF SCOTLA-ND. WRITTEN IN THE YEAR MDCCXLVI. I. MOURN, haplefs Caledonia, mourn Thy banifh'd peace, thy laurels...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... | |
| Tobias Smollett - English drama - 1777 - 336 pages
...more, Invite the ftranger to the door ; In fmoaky ruins funk they lie, The monuments of cruelty. II. The wretched owner fees afar His all become the prey of war ; i Bethinks Bethinks him of his babes and wife, Then fmites his breaft, and curfes life. Thy fwains... | |
| Great Britain - 1791 - 302 pages
...more Invite the ftranger to the door ; In fmoaky ruins funk they lie, The monuments of cruelty. II. The wretched owner fees afar • ' ' His all become...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 pages
...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... | |
| John Bell - English poetry - 1791 - 546 pages
...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... | |
| Vicesimus Knox - English poetry - 1791 - 966 pages
...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... | |
| James Roach - English poetry - 1793 - 274 pages
...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... | |
| Tobias Smollett - English fiction - 1796 - 526 pages
...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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