 | Thomas Warton - 1753 - 168 pages
...peace, thy laurels torn ! Thy fons, for valour long renown'd, Lie flaughter'd on their native ground ; Thy hofpitable roofs, no more, Invite the ftranger...they fed their wanton flocks: Thy ravifh'd virgins fhriek in vain ; Thy infants perifh on the plain. III. What boots it then, in every clime, Thro' the... | |
 | Thomas Warton - 1753 - 164 pages
...peace, thy laurels torn ! Thy fons, for valour long renown'd, Lie flaughter'd on their native ground; Thy hofpitable roofs, no more, Invite the ftranger...they fed their wanton flocks : Thy ravifh'd virgins fhriek in vain ; Thy infants perifh on the plain. III. What boots it then, in every clime, Thro' the... | |
 | Thomas Warton - 1753 - 164 pages
...peace, thy laurels torn ? Thy fons, for valour long renown'd, Lie flaughter'd on their native ground ; Thy hofpitable roofs, no more, Invite the ftranger...fmoaky ruins funk they lie, The monuments of cruelty. n. The wretched owner fees afar His all become the prey of war ; Bethinks him of his babes and wife,... | |
 | John Newbery - 1762 - 292 pages
...peace, thy laurels torn Thy fons, for valour long renown'd, Lie flaughter'd on their native ground ; Thy hofpitable roofs no more Invite the ftranger to...they fed their wanton flocks: Thy ravifh'd virgins fhriek in vain ; Thy infants perifh on the plain. III. What boots it then, in every clime, Thro' the... | |
 | 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 - 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 - 1770 - 334 pages
...peace, thy laurels torn ! Thy fons, for valour long renown'd, Lie flaughter'd on their native ground; Thy hofpitable roofs no more Invite the ftranger to...fmoaky ruins funk they lie, The monuments of cruelty. n. The wretched owner fees, afar, His all become the prey of war ; Bethinks him of his babes and wife,... | |
 | Tobias Smollett - 1777 - 330 pages
...peace, thy laurels torn J Thy fons, for valour long renown'd, Lie flaughter'd on their native ground ; Thy hofpitable roofs no more, Invite the ftranger...wretched owner fees afar His all become the prey of war ; Bethink* Bethinks him of his babes and wife, - .il: -1... ",V - Then fmites hisbreaft, *nd curfes... | |
 | Tobias Smollett - 1777 - 336 pages
...monuments of cruelty. II. The wretched owner fees afar His all become the prey of war ; i Bethinks Bethinks him of his babes and wife, Then fmites his...they fed their wanton flocks : Thy ravifh'd virgins fhriek in vain ; Thy infants perifh on the plain. » « III. What boots it then, in every cKtne, Thro'... | |
 | Beauties - 1791 - 214 pages
...peace, thy laurels torn ! Thy fons, for valour.+ong renown 'd, Lie flaughter'd on their native ground ; Thy hofpitable roofs no more Invite the ftranger to...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,... | |
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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. 
