 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
 | James Frothingham Hunnewell - 1871 - 534 Seiten
...modern British history, — the murder under government auspices, in 1692, of the Macdonalds : — ' Then woman's shriek was heard in vain ; Nor infancy's...warrior's groan, could gain Respite from ruthless butchery I The winter wind that whistled shrill, The snows that night that cloaked the hill, Though wild and... | |
 | Inverness Gaelic Society - 1897 - 382 Seiten
...breast to feel Meed for his hospitality. The friendly hearth that warmed that hand, At midnight armed it with the brand, That bade destruction's flames expand Their red and fearful blazanry." In 1705 Sir John was named one of the Commissioners for the Treaty of Union. He died suddenly... | |
 | Philip George and son, ltd - 1872 - 344 Seiten
...hospitality ! The friendly heart which warmed that hand, At midnight armed it with the brand, Which bade destruction's flames expand Their red and fearful...winter wind that whistled shrill, The snows that night which cloaked the hill. Though wild and pitiless, had still Far more than Saxon clemency ! Long have... | |
 | 1872 - 264 Seiten
...his hospitality ! The friendly heart which warm'd that hand, At midnight arm'd it with the brand, And bade destruction's flames expand Their red and fearful...unpitied plain, More than the warrior's groan, could gain Eespite from ruthless butchery. The winter wind that whistles shrttl, The snows that night that choked... | |
 | Nelson Thomas and sons, ltd - 1873 - 314 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 expand...wind that whistled shrill, The snows that night that cloaked the hill, Though wild and pitiless, had still Par more than Southern clemency. 1 From this... | |
 | Philip George and son, ltd - 1874 - 296 Seiten
...his hospitality. The friendly heart which warmed that band, At midnight armed it with the brand, And bade destruction's flames expand Their red and fearful...Respite from ruthless butchery. The winter wind that whistles shrill, The snows that night that choked the hill, Though wild and pitiless, had still Far... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1875 - 408 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...Then woman's shriek was heard in vain, Nor infancy's unpited plain, More than the warrior's groan, could gain Respite from ruthless butchery ! The winter... | |
 | James Grant Wilson - 1876 - 604 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...Though wild and pitiless, had still Far more than Southern clemency. " Long have my harp's best notes been gone, Few are its strings, and faint their... | |
 | sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1876 - 380 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...wind that whistled shrill, The snows that night that cloaked the hill, Though wild and pitiless, had still Far more than southron clemency. " Long have... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1876 - 292 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 cloaked the hill, Though wild and pitiless, had still Tar more than Southern clemency. "Long have my... | |
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