 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
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1872 - 524 pages
...! Thy sons, for valour long renown'd, Lie slaughter'd on their native ground; Thy hospitable roofe 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... | |
 | Samuel Orchart Beeton - American poetry - 1873 - 782 pages
...Caledonia, mourn Thy banish d peace, thy laurels torn ! Thy sons, for valour long renown'd, Lie slanghtor'd e lie, The monuments of cruelty. The wretched owner sees afar His all become the prey of war ; Bethinks... | |
 | 1910 - 728 pages
...few remains of walls hardly traceable among the tall bracken telling where once they toiled : — The hospitable roofs no more Invite the stranger to the door ; In smoky ruins sunk they lie, The monuments of cruelty. It is true they were not left to die by the wayside or to hide their... | |
 | Alexander Charles Ewald - 1875 - 380 pages
...congratulate itself upon their disappointment. * State Papers, Tuscany, May 31, 1746. CHAPTEB H. REVENGE. " Mourn, hapless Caledonia, mourn Thy banish'd peace,...the stranger to the door ; In smoky ruins sunk they lie, The monuments of cruelty." " Think on the hellish acts thou'st done, The thousands thou'st betrayed... | |
 | Samuel Austin Allibone - Quotations, English - 1875 - 794 pages
...love, The endless joy of keeping The bridal feast above ! CHARITIE LEES SMITH : Heavenly Anticipations. Mourn, hapless Caledonia, mourn Thy banish'd peace,...the stranger to the door; In smoky ruins sunk they lie, The monuments of cruelty. SMOLLETT : Tears of Scotland. Your tears, a heart of flint Might tender... | |
 | Alexander Charles Ewald - 1875 - 366 pages
...congratulate itself upon their disappointment. * State Papers, Tuscany, May 81, 1746. CHAPTER H. REVENGE. " Mourn, hapless Caledonia, mourn Thy banish'd peace,...the stranger to the door ; In smoky ruins sunk they lie, The monuments of cruelty." " Think on the hellish acts thou'st done, The thousands thou'st betrayed... | |
 | Alexander Charles Ewald - 1875 - 364 pages
...Caledonia, mourn Thy bauish'd pcace, thy laurels torn ! Thy sons, for valour long renown'd, Lie slaughter'J on their native ground. Thy hospitable roofs no more...the stranger to the door ; In smoky ruins sunk they lie, The monuments of cruelty." " Think on the hellish acts thou'st done, The thousands thou'st'betrayed... | |
 | James Grant Wilson - English poetry - 1875 - 622 pages
...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: Itethinks him of his babes and wife. Then smites his breast and curses life. Thy swains are famished... | |
 | James Grant Wilson - English poetry - 1876 - 604 pages
...Caledonia, mourn Thy banished peace, thy laurels torn! Thy sous, for valour long renowned, Lie slaughtered on their native ground; Thy hospitable roofs no more...the stranger to the door; In smoky ruins sunk they lie, The monuments of cruelty. The wretched owner sccg afar His all become the prey of war; Bethinks... | |
 | English poetry - 1876 - 272 pages
...Caledonia, mourn Thy banished peace, thy laurels torn ! Thy sons, for valor long renowned, Lie slaughtered on their native ground. Thy hospitable roofs no more...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... | |
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