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" The victor's soul was not appeased ; The naked and forlorn must feel Devouring names and conquering steel ! The pious mother, doom'd to death, Forsaken wanders o'er the heath ; The bleak wind whistles round her head, Her helpless orphans cry for bread... "
Annals of the Caledonians, Picts, and Scots; and of Strathclyde, Cumberland ... - Page 24
by Joseph Ritson - 1828
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Specimens of the Later English Poets: With Preliminary Notices, Volume 2

Robert Southey - English poetry - 1807 - 472 pages
...against their father stood, The parent shed his children's blood. Yet, when the rage of battle ceased, The victor's soul was not appeased: The naked and forlorn must feel Devouring flames, and murdering steel! Bereft of shelter, food, and friend, She views the shades of night descend...
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The British Poets: Including Translations ...

British poets - Classical poetry - 1822 - 282 pages
...against their fathers stood, The parent shed his children's blood. Yet, when the rage of battle ceased, The victor's soul was not appeased; The naked and forlorn must feel Devouring flames, and murdering steel! The pious mother, doom'd to death, Forsaken, wanders o'er the heath, The...
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The British Poets: Including Translations ...

British poets - Classical poetry - 1822 - 280 pages
...against their fathers stood, The parent shed his children's blood. Yet, when the rage of battle ceased, The victor's soul was not appeased; The naked and forlorn must feel Devouring flames, and murdering steel! The pious mother, doom'd to death, Forsaken, wanders o'er the heath, The...
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New Elegant Extracts: A Unique Selection ... from the Most Eminent Prose and ...

Richard Alfred Davenport - English literature - 1823 - 434 pages
...against their fathers stood,, The parent shed his children's blood. Yet, when the rage of battle ceased, The victor's soul was not appeased; The naked and forlorn must feel Devouring flames and murdering steel! The pious mother, doom'd to death, Forsaken, wanders o'er the heath, The...
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New elegant extracts; a selection from the most eminent British ..., Volume 4

New elegant extracts - 1827 - 402 pages
...against their fathers stood, The parent shed his children's blood. Yet, when the rage of battle ceased, The victor's soul was not appeased ; The naked and forlorn must feel Devouring flames and murdering steel! The pious mother, doom'd to death, Forsaken, wanders o'er the heath, The...
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Annals of the Caledonians, Picts, and Scots: And of Strathclyde ..., Volume 1

Joseph Ritson - Scotland - 1828 - 282 pages
...against their fathers stood, The parent shed his childrens blood ; Yet, when the rage of battle ceas'd, The victor's soul was not appeased ; The naked and forlorn must feel Devouring flames and conquering steel! The pious mother, doom'd to death, Forsaken wanders o'er the heath ; The...
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The Scottish Songs, Volume 1

Robert Chambers - Ballads, Scots - 1829 - 356 pages
...against their fathers stood, The parent shed his children's blood ; Yet when the rage of battle ceased, The victor's soul was not appeased ; The naked and forlorn must feel Devouring flames and murdering steel. The pious mother, doom'd to death, Forsaken, wanders o'er the heath ; The...
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The Scottish Songs, Volume 1

Robert Chambers - Ballads, Scots - 1829 - 414 pages
...against their fathers stood, The parent shed his children's blood ; Yet when the rage of battle ceased, The victor's soul was not appeased ; The naked and forlorn must feel Devouring flames and murdering steel. The pious mother, doom'd to death, Forsaken, wanders o'er the heath ; The...
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Chambers's Cyclopędia of English Literature: A History ..., Volumes 3-4

Robert Chambers - American literature - 1830 - 844 pages
...against their father stood, The parent shed hie children's blood. Yet, when the rage of battle ceased, The victor's soul was not appeased : The naked and forlorn must feel Devouring flames and murdering steel I The pious mother, doomed to death, Forsaken, wanders o'er the heath, The...
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The Cochrane correspondence regarding the affairs of Glasgow, MDCC. XLV-VI ...

Andrew Cochrane - 1836 - 226 pages
...savage Cumberland, which has left a stain upon his name and age ; For when the rage of battle ceased, The victor's soul was not appeased ; The naked and forlorn must feel Devouring flames and murd'rons steel." ANDREW FLETCHER OF MILTON, LORD JUSTICE CLERK, son of Fletcher of Saltoun,...
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