 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.. - Page 62by Thomas Warton - 1753 - 144 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Art - 1762 - 290 pages
...1746. I. Thy fons, for valour long renown'd, Lie flaugh-ter'd on their native ground ; Thy hofpiiable roofs no more • Invite the ftranger to the door}...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 - English essays - 1767 - 274 pages
...peace, thy laurels torn t Thy fons, for valour long renown'd, Lie flaughter'd on their native gtound ; Thy hofpitable roofs no more, Invite the ftranger...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 - English poetry - 1770 - 334 pages
...more Invite the ftranger to the door ; In fmoaky ruins funk they lie, The monuments of cruelty. n. The wretched owner fees, afar, His all become the...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... | |
 | Great Britain - 1791 - 302 pages
...thy laurels torn ! Thy fons, for valour long renown'd, • Lie flaughter'd on their native ground j Thy hofpitable roofs no more Invite the ftranger to...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 pages
...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... | |
 | Vicesimus Knox - English poetry - 1791 - 966 pages
...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... | |
 | John Bell - English poetry - 1791 - 546 pages
...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... | |
 | James Roach - English poetry - 1793 - 274 pages
...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 - English fiction - 1796 - 526 pages
...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... | |
 | Vicesimus Knox - English poetry - 1796 - 574 pages
...no more Invite the ftr.inger to the door ; In fmoky ruins funk they lit, The monuments of cruelty. The wretched owner fees, afar. His all become the prey of war : Bethink, him of his babts and wife; Then (mites liis I. read, and lurfci life. Tli y fwair.s are... | |
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