 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
 | Tobias Smollett - 1848 - 1048 Seiten
...for the pathetic and the sublime. The following passage is exquisitely tender and beautiful :— 1 The pious mother doom'd to death, Forsaken wanders...the shades of night descend, And stretch'd beneath ih' inclement skies, Weep'* o'er her tender babes and dies.' Andt-Tsunt Life. His Ode to Leven Water... | |
 | A. D. Fillan - 1849 - 316 Seiten
...appeased : 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...wind whistles round her head, Her helpless orphans ery for bread. Bereft of shelter, food and friend, She views the shades of night descend, And, stretched... | |
 | Abraham Mills - 1851 - 616 Seiten
...appeased: 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... | |
 | Oskar Ludwig Bernhard Wolff - 1852 - 438 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...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,... | |
 | Scottish songs - 1852 - 356 Seiten
...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...heath ; The bleak wind whistles round her head, Her hapless orphans cry for bread ; Bereft of shelter, food, and friend, She views the shades of night... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1854 - 796 Seiten
...wits not appeased : The naked and forlorn must feel Devouring flames and murdering steel 1 The pions mother, doom'd to death, Forsaken wanders o'er the...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... | |
 | 1854 - 356 Seiten
...must feel Devouring flames and murdering steel. The bleak wind whistles round her head, Her hapless orphans cry for bread ; Bereft of shelter, food, and...friend, She views the shades of night descend ; And stretch 'd beneath th' inclement skies, Weeps o'er her tender babes, and dies. Whilst the warm blood... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1855 - 272 Seiten
...victor's soul was not appeased : The naked and forlorn must feel Devouring flames, and murdering steel ! 6 The pious mother, doom'd to death, Forsaken wanders...inclement skies, Weeps o'er her tender babes, and dies. 7 While the warm blood bedews my veins, And unimpair'd remembrance reigns, Resentment of my country's... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1855 - 276 Seiten
...victor's soul was not appeased : The naked and forlorn must feel Devouring flames, and murdering steel ! 6 The pious mother, doom'd to death, Forsaken wanders...inclement skies, Weeps o'er her tender babes, and dies. 7 While the warm blood bedews my veins, And unimpair'd remembrance reigns, Resentment of my country's... | |
 | 1856 - 754 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...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... | |
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