 | William Cowper - English poetry - 1803 - 310 pages
...spreading oak Sat the Druid, hoary chief; Ev'ry burning word he spoke Full of rage, and full of grief. in. Princess ! if our aged eyes Weep upon thy matchless...because resentment ties All the terrors of our tongues. IV. Rome shall perish. ...write that word In the blood that she has spilt ; Perish, hopeless and abhorr'd,... | |
 | William Cowper - English poetry - 1806 - 226 pages
...D~uid, hoary chief ; J5i erv burning word he spoke Full of rage, and iu\\ oi <gv\ti. in. Princess J if our aged eyes Weep upon thy matchless wrongs, '"Tis...because resentment ties All the terrors of our tongues. Iv. Rome shall perish — write that word In the blood that she has spilt ; Perish, hopeless and abhorred,... | |
 | William Cowper - 1810 - 384 pages
...spreading oak Sat the Druid, hoary chief; Ev'ry burning word he spoke Full of rage, and full of grief, III. Princess! if our aged eyes Weep upon thy matchless wrongs, Tis because resentment ties All the terrours of our tongues IV. Rome shall perish — write that word In the blood that she has spilt;... | |
 | William Cowper - 1812 - 390 pages
...spreading oak Sat the Druid, hoary chief; Ev'ry burning word he spoke Full of rage, and full of grief. HI. Princess! if our aged eyes Weep upon thy matchless wrongs, 'Tis because resentment ties IV. Rome shall perish—write that word In the blood that she has spilt; Perish, hopeless and abhorr'd,... | |
 | William Cowper - English poetry - 1814 - 390 pages
...Druid, hoary chief; Ev'ry burning word he spoke Full of rage, and full of grief. Boadicea, an Ode. III. Princess ! if our aged eyes Weep upon thy matchless...because resentment ties All the terrors of our tongues. IV. O Rome shall perish—write that word In the blood that she has spilt; Perish, hopeless and abhorr'd,... | |
 | Elegant extracts - 1816 - 490 pages
...country's gods ; Sage, beneath a spreading oak, _ Sat the Druid, hoary chief, Ev'ry burning word he sj>oke Full of rage, and full of grief : Princess ! if our aged eyes Weep upon thy matchless wrong*, 'Tis because resentment ties All the terrors of our tongues. Rome shall perish — write that... | |
 | William Cowper - 1817 - 240 pages
...Counsel of her country's gods, Sage heneath the spreading oak Sat the Druid, hoary chief ; Every hurning word he spoke Full of rage, and full of grief. Princess...our aged eyes Weep upon thy matchless wrongs, Tis hecause resentment ties » All the terrors of our tongues. Rome shall perish — write that word In... | |
 | William Cowper - 1818 - 448 pages
...hate in vain, In Britain's isle, beneath a George's reign ! BOADICEA. WHEN the British warrior queen, Bleeding from the Roman rods, Sought, with an indignant...thy matchless wrongs, 'Tis because resentment ties AH the terrors of our tongues. Rome shall perish — write that word In the blood that she has spilt... | |
 | William Cowper - English poetry - 1818 - 240 pages
...from the Roman rods, Sought, with an indignant mien, Counsel of her country's gods; Sage beneath a spreading oak Sat the Druid, hoary chief; Every burning...matchless wrongs, 'Tis because resentment ties All the terrours of our tongues. Rome shall perish—write that word In the blood that she has spilt; Perish,... | |
 | William Cowper - English poetry - 1818 - 244 pages
...from the Roman rods, Sought, with an indignant mien, Counsel of her country's gods ; Sage beneath a spreading oak Sat the Druid, hoary chief ; Every burning...matchless wrongs, 'Tis because resentment ties All the terrours of our tongues. Rome shall perish — write that word In the blood that she has spilt ; Perish,... | |
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WHEN the British warrior queen, Bleeding from the Roman rods, Sought, with an indignant mien, Counsel of her country's gods, Sage beneath the spreading oak Sat the Druid, hoary chief; Every burning word he spoke Full of rage and full of grief: "Princess! 
