 They say it was a shocking sight After the field was won; For many thousand bodies here Lay rotting in the sun; But things like that, you know, must be After a famous victory. "Great praise the Duke of Marlbro' won, And our good Prince Eugene.  The Poetical Works of Robert Southey - Seite 449von Robert Southey - 1845 - 800 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | 1818 - 596 Seiten
...forc'd to fly ; So with his wife and child he fled, Nor had he where to rest his head. " With fire and sword the country round Was wasted far and wide ; And many a chilling mother then And new-born infant died: But things like these you know must be At every famous... | |
 | Robert Southey - 1823 - 266 Seiten
...forced to fly ; So with his wife and child he fled, Nor had he where to rest his head. " With fire and sword the country round Was wasted far and wide,...like that, you know, must be At every famous victory. " They say it was a shocking sight After the field was won ; For many thousand bodies here Lay rotting... | |
 | James Fenimore Cooper - 1825 - 342 Seiten
...in places unassailable by cavalry, commenced their retreat to their boats. CHAPTER VIII. " With fire and sword the country round Was wasted far and wide; And many a childing mother then And new-born infant died; But things like these, you know, must be At every famous victory." THE last sounds of... | |
 | John White (A.M.) - 1826 - 340 Seiten
...where to rest his head! Yon little stream hard by ; They burn'd his dwelling to the ground, " With fire and sword the country round Was wasted far and wide...like that, you know, must be At every famous victory. " They say it was a shocking sight After the field was won; For many thousand bodies there Lay rotting... | |
 | Thomas Willcocks - 1829 - 334 Seiten
...was forc*d to fly ; So with his wife and child he fled, Nor had he where to rest his head. With fire and sword the country round Was wasted far and wide, And many a chitding mother ihen, And new-horn infant died. But things like that, you know, must be At every famous... | |
 | Moral and sacred poetry - 1829 - 326 Seiten
...his wife and child he fled, Nor had he where tu rest his head. With flre and sword the coontry roond Was wasted far and wide, And many a childing mother then, And new-horn infant died. But things like that, you know, must he At every famous victory. They say it... | |
 | 1832 - 952 Seiten
...swotd the country round Was wasted far and \vide, And many o childin^ mother then And new- horn infant died. But things like that, you know, must be At every famous victory. *' They say it was a shocking s'ght After the field was won, For many thousand bodies here Lay rotting... | |
 | Charlotte Fiske Bates - 1832 - 1022 Seiten
...was forced to fly; So with his wife and child he fled, Nor had he where to rest his head. With fire and sword the country round Was wasted far and wide, And many a chikling mother then, And new-born infant, died ; But things like lhat, you know, must be At every... | |
 | James Hedderwick - 1833 - 232 Seiten
...he where to rest his head! " With fire and sword the country round Was wasted far and wide; » Anil many a childing mother then, And new-born baby died!...like that, you know, must be At every famous victory. " They say, it was a shocking sight After the field was won; For many thousand bodies here Lay rotting... | |
 | William Tait, Christian Isobel Johnstone - 1835 - 838 Seiten
...forced to fly : So, with his wife and child, IIP fled, And had nowhere to lay his head. " With fire and sword the country round, Was wasted far and wide, And many n childing mother then, And new-born infant died. Rut things like that, you know, must be At every... | |
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