 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
 | 1917 - 920 Seiten
...took as long to live through as it does now. There were casualty lists and there were broken hearts, but "things like that, you know, must be at every famous victory." It was almost with surprise that we read the contemporary tale of the long, long course of darkness,... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1845 - 558 Seiten
...forced to fly ; So with Kis 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... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1846 - 540 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...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... | |
 | Henry Clapp - 1846 - 228 Seiten
...was forced to fly ; So with his wife and child he fled, Nor had he where to lay his head. 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 that you know must be, At every famous victory. They say it was a shocking... | |
 | 1846 - 436 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 ; And many a hapless mother then, And new-born baby, died. But things like that, you know, must be At every famous... | |
 | Henry Clapp - 1846 - 238 Seiten
...sword the country round Was wasted far and wide : And many a childing mother then, And new-born infant died : But things 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 Draper Swan - 1844 - 184 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 ; And many a hapless mother, then, And new-born baby died. But things like that, you know, must be At every famous... | |
 | J. Russom - 1850 - 156 Seiten
...impossible for man, with the most vivid imagination to pourtray it — enough ! it is awful — terrible. " They say it was a shocking sight After the field was won : For many thousand bodies there As soon as the dreadful struggle, represented briefly in the last chapter, was ended at night-fall,... | |
 | Frances Osborne - 1850 - 344 Seiten
...satisfaction, because they testify that I do not differ in sentiment from all mankind: — "' With fire and sword the country round Was wasted far and wide, And many a childling mother then, And new-born infant died. But things like these, you know, must be At every... | |
 | Joshua Leavitt - 1850 - 324 Seiten
...forced to fly. So with his wife and child he fled, Nor had he where to rest his head. 8. " With fire and sword the country round Was wasted far and wide, And many a hapless mother, then, And many an infant, died ; But things like these, you know, must be At every... | |
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