 | Walter Scott - 1810 - 308 páginas
...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, Where once they...shriek in vain ; Thy infants perish on the plain. What boots it then, in every clime, Through the wide spreading waste of time, Thy martial glory, crowned... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1830 - 844 páginas
...the prey of war; Bethinks him of his babes and wife. Then smites his breast, «nd curses life. Thy |] $ ܷ 7 $ m ۛ 嘮 ! ~ w 4bݛ >1 z K.x O {... v ; + } Nw l e{ <v ' , xԣ{m z F >t % 6ϐ What boots it, then, in every clime, Through tlie wide-spreading waste of time. Thy martial glory,... | |
 | John Lauris Blake - 1833 - 274 páginas
...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...virgins shriek in vain; Thy infants perish on the plain. What boots it then, in ev'ry clime, Through the wide-spreading waste of time, Thy martial glory, crowned... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1844 - 738 páginas
...the prey of war ; Rethinks him of his babes and wife, Then smites his breast, and curses life. Thy ed, The Frenchman's darling 1 Are they not all proofs That man, im llo<:ks ; Thy ravished virgins shriek in vain ; Thy infants perish on the plain. What boots it, then,... | |
 | John Lauris Blake - 1846 - 296 páginas
...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...virgins shriek in vain; Thy infants perish on the plain. What boots it then, in ev'ry clime, Through the wide-spreading waste of time, Thy martial glory, crowned... | |
 | Abraham Mills - 1851 - 616 páginas
...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...virgins shriek in vain; Thy infants perish on the plain. What boots it, then, in every clime, Through the wide-spreading waste of time; Thy martial glory, crowned... | |
 | Abraham Mills - 1858 - 608 páginas
...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...virgins shriek in vain; Thy infants perish on the plain. What boots it, then, in every clime, Through the wide-spreading waste of time ; Thy martial glory,... | |
 | Choice poems - 1862 - 368 páginas
...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...shriek in vain ; Thy infants perish on the plain. What boots it then, in every clime Through the wide-spreading waste of time, Thy martial glory, crowned... | |
 | Hubert Ashton Holden - 1866 - 726 páginas
...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...virgins shriek in vain, thy infants perish on the plain. The rural pipe and merry lay •no more shall cheer the happy day; no social scenes of gay delight... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1870 - 652 páginas
...of his babes and wife, Then smites his breast and cursea life. Thy swains are famished on the rooks Where once they fed their wanton flocks ; Thy ravished...shriek in vain ; Thy infants perish on the plain. What boots it, then, in every clime, Through the wide-spreading waste of time, Thy martial glory crowned... | |
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... 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 wife, Then smites... 
