 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 - Seite 62von Thomas Warton - 1753 - 144 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | Art - 1762 - 290 Seiten
...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 - 1767 - 274 Seiten
...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 - 1770 - 334 Seiten
...; 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 - 1777 - 336 Seiten
...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... | |
 | 1791 - 302 Seiten
...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 Seiten
...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 - 1791 - 546 Seiten
...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 - 1791 - 966 Seiten
...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 - 1793 - 274 Seiten
...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 - 1796 - 526 Seiten
...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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