Then woman's shriek was heard in vain, Nor infancy's unpitied plain, More than the warrior's groan, could gain Respite from ruthless butchery ! The winter wind that whistled shrill, The snows that night that cloked the hill, Though wild and pitiless,... The poetical works of sir Walter Scott - Seite 65von sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1823Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
| Walter Scott - 1819 - 322 Seiten
...midnight armed it with the hrand That hade destruction's flames expand Their red and fearful hlazonry. " Then woman's shriek was heard in vain, Nor infancy's...warrior's groan, could gain Respite from ruthless hutchery ! The winter wind that whistled shrill, The snows that night that cloked the hill, Though... | |
| Walter Scott - 1831 - 582 Seiten
...breast to feel Meed for his hospitality! The friendly hearth which warm'd that hand, At midnight arm'd it with the brand That bade destruction's flames expand Their red and fearful blazonry. • I In-H woman's shriek was heard in vain, Nor infancy's unpitied plain, More Hi ii- the warrior's... | |
| Walter Scott - 1836 - 480 Seiten
...hearth which warm'd that hand, At midnight arra'd it with the brand, That bade destruction's names expand Their red and fearful blazonry. "Then woman's shriek was heard in vain, Nor infancy's unpitied puin, More than the warrior's groan could gain Respite from ruthless butchery 1 The winter wind that... | |
| Walter Scott, J. W. Lake - 1838 - 496 Seiten
...breast to feel Meed for his hospitality! The friendly hearth which warmed that hand, At midnight armed it with the brand, That bade destruction's flames...wind that whistled shrill, The snows that night that choaked the hill, Though wild and pitiless, had still Far more than southron clemency. " Long have... | |
| Thomas Noon Talfourd - 1840 - 366 Seiten
...can scarcely hope with entire success. The friendly hearth which warm'd that hand, At midnight arm'd it with the brand That bade destruction's flames expand...shriek was heard in vain ; , Nor infancy's unpitied pain, More than the warrior's groan, could gain Respite from ruthless butchery 1 The winter wind that... | |
| John Heneage Jesse - 1843 - 530 Seiten
...breast to feel Meed for his hospitality ! The friendly hearth which warmed that hand, At midnight armed it with the brand, That bade destruction's flames...wind that whistled shrill, The snows that night that clothed the hill, Though wild and pitiless, had still Far more than Southern clemency. Long have my... | |
| Readings - 1843 - 466 Seiten
...breast to feel Meed for his hospitality! The friendly heart which warmed that hand, At midnight armed it with the brand, That bade destruction's flames...wind that whistled shrill, The snows that night that choked the hill, Though wild and pitiless, had still Far more than Southron clemency. Their grey-haired... | |
| John Heneage Jesse - 1843 - 532 Seiten
...breast to feel Meed for his hospitality ! The friendly hearth which warmed that hand, At midnight armed it with the brand, That bade destruction's flames...wind that whistled shrill, The snows that night that clothed the hill, Though wild and pitiless, had still Far more than Southern clemency. Long have my... | |
| John Heneage Jesse - 1843 - 526 Seiten
...breast to feel Meed for his hospitality ! The friendly hearth which warmed that hand, At midnight armed it with the brand, That bade destruction's flames...warrior's groan could gain Respite from ruthless butchery 1 The winter wind that whistled shrill, The snows that night that clothed the hill, Though wild and... | |
| Modern poetical speaker, Fanny Bury PALLISER - 1845 - 540 Seiten
...breast to feel Meed for his hospitality ! The friendly heart which warm'd that hand, At midnight arm'd it with the brand, That bade destruction's flames expand Their red and fearful blazonry. " There woman's shriek was heard in vain, Nor infancy's unpitied plain, More than the warrior's groan,... | |
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