 | Tobias Smollett - 1796 - 526 oldal
...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 once they fed their... | |
 | Press, Dublin - 1800 - 682 oldal
...ftrange- t> 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 fmites his breaft, and curfes life, Thy fwains are famifh'd on the rocks, Whe e once they fed their... | |
 | British poets - 1809 - 526 oldal
...roofe 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...wife, Then smites his breast, and curses life ! Thy swfeins are famish'd on the rocks Where once they fed their wanton flocks: Thy ravish'd virgins shriek... | |
 | Vicesimus Knox - 1809 - 604 oldal
...no more Invite the Stranger to the door; In smoky ruins sunk they lie, The rnonunients of cruelty. use. He pack'du Jury of dissenting Jews; \Vhosc fellow-feeling in tteK"<lly cause W babe and wife ; Then smites his breast, and curses life. Thy swains are famish'd on the rocks, W here... | |
 | English poetry - 1809 - 302 oldal
...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 babe, and wife, Then smites his breast, and curses life! Thy swains are famish'd on the rocks Where... | |
 | Thomas Mortimer - 1810 - 532 oldal
...the door; In smoaky ruins sunk they lie, The monuments of cruelty. The wretched owner sees afar s IT. His all become the prey of war; Bethinks him of his...virgins shriek in vain; Thy infants perish on the plain. HI. . What boots it then, in every clime, Thro' the wide spreading waste of time; Thy martial glory,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 680 oldal
...no more, Invite the stranger to the door j In smoky ruins sunk they lie, The monuments of cruelty. The wretched owner sees afar His all become the prey...wanton flocks: Thy ravish'd virgins shriek in vain: Tby infants perish on the plain. What boots it then, in every clime, Thro' the wide-spreading waste... | |
 | Robert Hartley Cromek - 1810 - 260 oldal
...more Invite the stranger to the door ; In smoaky ruins sunk they lie, The monuments of cruelty, 124 The wretched owner sees, afar, His all become the...wanton flocks : Thy ravish'd virgins shriek in vain ; 1 Thy infants perish on the plain. What boots it then, in ev'ry clime, Thro' the wide-spreading waste... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 680 oldal
...Invite the stranger to the door; In smoky ruins sunk they lie, The monuments of cruelty. The «retched owner sees afar His all become the' prey of war; Bethinks him of his babes and wife, Then smites bis breast, and curses life. Thy swains are famish'd on the recks, "Where once they fed their wanton... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1810 - 308 oldal
...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 hi* babes and wife, Then smites his breast, and curses life. "Thy swains are famished on the rocks,... | |
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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... 
