 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
 | Passages, John Allen Giles - English poetry - 1881 - 744 pages
...none Prefers your eye-sight to his own.' CXCI. TOBIAS SMOLLETT, 1720— 177L THE TEAES 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... | |
 | Epes Sargent - American poetry - 1881 - 1000 pages
...Caledonia, mourn Thy banished peace, thy laurels torn ! Thy sons, for valor long renowned, Lie slaughtered That not in humble nor in brief delight, Xiit in...fading echoes of Renown, Powers purple robes, nor Plea lie, The monuments of cruelty. The wretched owner sees afar His all become the prey of war ; Bethinks... | |
 | Henry Troth Coates - American poetry - 1881 - 1138 pages
...SCOTLAND. MOURN, hapless Caledonia, mourn Thy banish'd peace, thy laurels torn 1 Thy -sons, for valor of feeling and life must depart Ere the emoky ruins sunk they lie, The monuments of cruelty. The wretched owner sees afar His all become the... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1883 - 554 pages
...Caledonia, mourn Thy banished peace, thy laurels torn ! Thy sons, for valour long renowned, Lie slaughtered on their native ground : Thy hospitable roofs no more...monuments of cruelty. The wretched owner sees, afar, Hi* all become the prey of war; Bethinks him of his babes and wife, Then smites his breast and curses... | |
 | Edwin O. Chapman - American poetry - 1884 - 430 pages
...SCOTLAND. MOURN, hapless Caledonia, mourn 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 ; Bethinks... | |
 | Arthur Campbell Ainger - 1884 - 154 pages
...ground ; Thy hospitable roofs no more 5 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; 10 Bethinks him of his babes and wife, Then smites his breast, and curses life. Thy swains are famish'd... | |
 | English poetry - 1885 - 668 pages
...SCOTLAND. MOURN, hapless Caledonia, mourn 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; Bethinks... | |
 | Gilbert Samuel Macquoid - Ballads, Scots - 1888 - 574 pages
...Caledonia, mourn Thy banished peace, thy laurels torn ! Thy sons, 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 sees afar His all become the prey of war, Bethinks... | |
 | Rossiter Johnson - English poetry - 1890 - 394 pages
...Scotlanto. MOURN, hapless Caledonia, mourn 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 ; Bethinks... | |
 | John Mackintosh - Portugal - 1890 - 378 pages
...Caledonia, mourn, Thy banished peace, thy laurels torn ! Thy sons, 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. Oh ! baneful cause, oh ! fatal morn, Accursed to ages yet unborn ; The... | |
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