 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
 | Samuel Orchart Beeton - American poetry - 1873 - 782 pages
...stranger to the door ; In smoky ruins sunk they lie, The monuments of cruelty. The wretched owner sees e why the poor complain, And these have answer'd thee ! Robert Southey.—Born smites his breast, and curses life. Thy swains are famish'd on the rocks Where once they fed their... | |
 | James Grant Wilson - English poetry - 1876 - 604 pages
...stranger to the door; In smoky ruins sunk they lie, The monuments of cruelty. The wretched owner sccg 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 famished on the rocks, Where once they fed their... | |
 | English poetry - 1876 - 272 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 famished on the rocks, Where once they fed their... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1876 - 284 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 famished on the rocks, Where once they fed their... | |
 | Rossiter Johnson - English poetry - 1877 - 308 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... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1878 - 550 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 famished on the rocks Where once they fed their wanton... | |
 | Arthur Campbell Ainger - 1879 - 144 pages
...the door ; In smoky ruins sunk they lie, The monuments of cruelty. The wretched owner sees afar 10 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... | |
 | Laura Valentine - 1880 - 634 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 famished on the rocks Where once they fed their... | |
 | Passages, John Allen Giles - English poetry - 1881 - 744 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 ihe rocks, Where once they fed their... | |
 | Henry Troth Coates - American poetry - 1881 - 1138 pages
...stranger to the door ; In emoky ruins sunk they lie, The monuments of cruelty. The wretched owner sees lose recesses of the virgin's thought : AS on the nosegay in her breast reclin smites his breast, and curses life. Thy swains are famish'd on the rocks, Where once they fed their... | |
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