 Devouring flames, and murdering steel ! The pious mother, doom'd to death, Forsaken, wanders o'er the heath, The bleak wind whistles round her head, Her helpless orphans cry for bread ; Bereft of shelter, food, and friend, She views the shades of night...  The Scottish Songs - Seite 164herausgegeben von - 1829 - 370 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | John Bell - 1791
...victor's soul was not appeas'd: The naked and forlorn must feel Devouring flames, and murd'ring steel I The bleak wind whistles round her head, Her helpless orphans cry for bread ; Bereft ot shelter, food, and friend, She views the shades of night descend ; And, stretch'd beneath th' unclement... | |
 | Robert Southey - 1807
...victor's soul was not appeased : The naked and forlorn must feel Devouring flames, and murdering steel ! The pious mother, doom'd to death, Forsaken wanders...inclement skies, Weeps o'er her tender babes, and dies. While the warm blood bedews my veins. And unimpair'd remembrance reigns, Resentment of my country's... | |
 | British poets - 1809
...victor':, soul was not appeas'd; The naked and forlorn must feel Devouring flames, and murdering steel! The pious mother, doom'd to death, Forsaken wanders...inclement skies, Weeps o'er her tender babes and dies. While the warm blood bedews my veins, And unimpair'd remembrance reigns. Resentment of my country's... | |
 | Vicesimus Knox - 1809
...miisl feel •. Dooming flames and inurd'ring steel ! The picms mother doom'd to death, Forsilu-n, s shall drink him till thcv burst. Old Cotta sham'd...His court with nettles, moats with cresses sior'd slretch'd beneath th' inclement skies, Weeps o'er her tender babes, and dies. Whilst trre warm blood... | |
 | English poetry - 1809
...soul was not appeas'd; The naked and forlorn must feel f* Devouring flames, and murdering steel !: ' The bleak wind whistles round her head, Her helpless...the shades of night descend, And stretch'd beneath th' inclement skies, Weeps o'er her tender babes and dies. While the warm blood bedews my veins, And... | |
 | Thomas Mortimer - 1810
...victor's soul was not appeas'd: The naked and forlorn must feel Devouring flames, and murdering steel: VI. The pious mother, doom'd to death, forsaken wanders...the shades of night descend, And stretch'd beneath th' inclement skies, Weeps o'er her tender babes and dies. VII. While the warm blood bedews my veins,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 734 Seiten
...victor's soul was not appeas'd : The naked and forlorn must feel Devouring flames, and murd'ring steel! The pious mother doom'd to death, Forsaken wanders...friend, She views the shades of night descend, And, streteh'd beneath th' inclement skies, Weeps o'er her tender babes and dies. SSi While the warm blood... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1810 - 264 Seiten
...The naked and forlorn must feel Devouring flames, and murdering steel ! * The pious mother, doomed to death, Forsaken, wanders o'er the heath ; The bleak...friend, She views the shades of night descend ; And stretched beneath the inclement skies, Weeps o'er her tender babes, and dies. While the warm blood... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1810
...victor's soul was not appeas'd : The naked and forlorn must feel Devouring flames, and murd'ring steel! The pious mother doom'd to death, Forsaken wanders...helpless orphans cry for bread; Bereft of shelter, fuod, and friend, She views the shades of night descend, And, stretch'd beneath th' inclement skies,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1810
...flames, and murd'ring steel! TI*1 pious mother doom'd to death, F'jr»akeii wanders o'er the heath, ТЫ' bleak wind whistles round her head, Her helpless orphans cry for bread; B^n-ft of shelter, f>od, and friend, She views the shades of uizht descend, And, strutch'd beneath... | |
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