 Mourn, hapless Caledonia, mourn Thy banish'd peace, thy laurel torn ! Thy sons, for valour long renown'd, Lye slaughter'd on their native ground ; Thy hospitable roofs no more Invite the stranger to the door, In smoaky ruins sunk they lye, The monuments...  Annals of the Caledonians, Picts, and Scots; and of Strathclyde, Cumberland ... - Page 23by Joseph Ritson - 1828Full view - About this book
 | Thomas Warton - English poetry - 1753 - 168 pages
...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, Then fmites his breaft, and curfes life. Thy fwains are famiih'd on the rocks, Where... | |
 | Thomas Warton - English poetry - 1753 - 164 pages
...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, Then fmites his breaft, and curfes life. Thy fwains are famifh'd on the rocks, Where... | |
 | Thomas Warton - Dialect poetry, Scottish - 1759 - 168 pages
...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, Then fmites his breaft, and curfes life. Thy fwains are famifti'd on the rocks, Where... | |
 | Art - 1762 - 290 pages
...flranger 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, Then fmites his breaft, and curfes life. Thy fwains are famifh'd on the rocks, Where... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - English essays - 1767 - 286 pages
...door ; In fmoaky ruins funk they lie, The monuments of cruelty. . ' x II. 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... | |
 | John Bell - English poetry - 1791 - 546 pages
...hapless Caledonia, mourn Thy banish'd peace, thy laurels torn I Thy sons, for valour long renown'd, 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... | |
 | Beauties - 1791 - 214 pages
...ftranger to 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 fmitcs-his breaft, and ,n What boots it, then, in Thro' the wide-fprcadin! Thy... | |
 | Tobias Smollett - English fiction - 1796 - 526 pages
...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... | |
 | Robert Southey - English poetry - 1807 - 472 pages
...ground j Thy hospitable roofs no more. Invite the stranger to the door 5 In smoky ruins sunk they lie, The monuments of cruelty. The wretched owner sees...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... | |
 | English poetry - English poetry - 1809 - 302 pages
...Caledonia, mourn Thy banish'd peace, thy laurels torn! Thy sons, for valour long renown'd, 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... | |
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