THE TEARS OF SCOTLAND. Mourn, hapless Caledonia, mourn Thy banish'd peace, thy laurels torn ! Thy sons, for valour long renown'd, Lie slaughter'd on their native ground. Thy hospitable roofs no more Invite the stranger to the door; In smoky ruins sunk... The British Poets: Including Translations ... - Page 226by British poets - 1822Full view - About this book
| Tobias Smollett - 1811 - 546 pages
...Thy banish'd peace, thy laurels torn! Thy sons, for valour long renown'd, Lie slaughter'd on (heir native ground! Thy hospitable roofs no more Invite...the stranger to the door; In smoky ruins sunk they lie, The monuments of cruelty. The wretched owner sees afar His all become the prey of war; Bethinks... | |
| English poetry - 1814 - 310 pages
...SMOLLETT. MOURN, hapless Caledonia, mouru Thy banish'd peace, thy laurels torn ! Thy sons, for valor long renown'd, Lie slaughter'd on their native ground...the stranger to the door ; In smoky ruins sunk they lie, The monuments of cruelty ! The wretched owner sees, afar, His all become the prey of war ; W Bethinks... | |
| Thomas Campbell - Authors, English - 1819 - 482 pages
...exercise ; but we should be glad to have more of his novels just as they are. '' THE TEARS OF SCOTLAND. MOURN, hapless Caledonia, mourn Thy banish'd peace,...the stranger to the door; In smoky ruins sunk they lie. The monuments of cruelty. The wretched owner sees afar His all become the prey of war ; Bethinks... | |
| Tobias Smollett, Robert Anderson - 1820 - 544 pages
...taste, are much of the same dimension. SSI THE TEARS OF SCOTLAND. WRITTEN IN THE YEAR 1746; JVIouRN, hapless Caledonia, mourn Thy banish'd peace, thy laurels...the stranger to the door ; In smoky ruins sunk they lie, The monuments of cruelty. The wretched owner sees afar His all become the prey of war ; Bethinks... | |
| John Aikin - English poetry - 1821 - 358 pages
...of Leghorn, in October, 1771, in the fifty, firs! year of his age. THE TEARS OF SCOTLAND. JVLouRN, hapless Caledonia, mourn Thy banish'd peace, thy laurels...the stranger to the door ; In smoky ruins sunk they lie, The monuments of cruelty. The wretched owner sees afar His all become the prey of war ; Bethinks... | |
| Tobias George Smollett - 1824 - 294 pages
...shoals of smaller fry, That nibble round, I pity and defy. THE TEARS OF SCOTLAND. WRITTEN IN THE YEAR 1746. MOURN, hapless Caledonia mourn Thy banish'd...stranger to the door; ' • In smoky ruins sunk they lie, The monuments of cruelty. The wretched owner gees afar His all become the prey of war '.'..' ..»... | |
| Allan Cunningham - 1825 - 756 pages
...contains no new images of heroic fortitude, or pathetic suffering or despair. THE TEARS OF SCOTLAND. Mourn, hapless Caledonia, mourn Thy banish'd peace,...the stranger to the door; In smoky ruins sunk they lie, The monuments of cruelty. The wretched owner sees afar His all become the prey of war, Bethinks... | |
| New elegant extracts - 1827 - 402 pages
...vale I'll wander through ; And hopeless, comfortless I'll mourn A faithless woman's broken vow. BURNS. THE TEARS OF SCOTLAND. WRITTEN IN 1746. MOURN, hapless...the stranger to the door; In smoky ruins sunk they lie, The monuments of cruelty. The wretched owner sees afar His all become the prey of war ; Bethinks... | |
| Joseph Ritson - Scotland - 1828 - 282 pages
...hapless Caledonia, moum Thy banish'd peace, thy laurel torn ! Thy sons, for valour long renown'd, Lye slaughter'd on their native ground ; Thy hospitable...roofs no more Invite the stranger to the door, In smoaky ruins sunk they lye, The monuments of cruelty. The wretched owner sees afar His all become the... | |
| Joseph Ritson - Scotland - 1828 - 282 pages
...Caledonia, mourn Thy banish'd peace, thy laurd torn ! Thy sons, for valour long renown'd, Lye daughter'd on their native ground ; Thy hospitable roofs no more Invite the stranger to the door, In smoaky ruins sunk they lye, The monuments of cruelty. The wretched owner sees afar His all become the... | |
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