| 1829 - 426 sidor
...shield. Led by thy conquering genius, Greene, The Britons they compell'd to fly : None distant view'd the fatal plain, None grieved, in such a cause to...Britons, full as bold, Retreated, and retreating slew. Now rest in peace our patriot band ; Though far from nature's limits thrown, , We trust, they find... | |
| Samuel Kettell - 1829 - 412 sidor
...shield. Led by thy conquering genius, Greene, The Britons they compell'd to fly : None distant view'd the fatal plain, None grieved, in such a cause to...Britons, full as bold, Retreated, and retreating slew. Now rest in peace our patriot band ; Though far from nature's limits thrown, We trust, they find a... | |
| Samuel Kettell - 1829 - 412 sidor
...thy conquering genius, Greene, The Britons they compelFd to fly : None distant view'd the fatal plam, None grieved, in such a cause to die. But, like the...Britons, full as bold, Retreated, and retreating slew. Now rest in peace our patriot band ; Though far from nature's limits thrown, We trust, they find a... | |
| William McCarty - 1842 - 484 sidor
...shield. Led by thy conquering genius, Greene, The Britons they compell'd to fly : None distant view'd the fatal plain, None grieved in such a cause to die....Britons, full as bold, Retreated and retreating slew. Now rest in peace, our patriot band ; Though far from Nature's limits thrown, We trust they find a... | |
| William McCarty - 1842 - 482 sidor
...spear—but left the shield. Led by thy conquering genius, Greene, The Britons they compell'd to fly : But like the Parthian famed of old, Who, flying, still...Britons, full as bold, Retreated and retreating slew. Now rest in peace, our patriot band ; Though far from Nature's limits thrown, We trust they find a... | |
| Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1842 - 638 sidor
...the spear — but left the shield. Led by the conquering genius, GHEENE, The Britons they compell'd to fly : None distant viewed the fatal plain ; None grieved, in such a cause to die. But like the Parthians, famed of old, Who, flying, still their arrows threw; These routed Britons, full as bold,... | |
| Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1843 - 558 sidor
...flaming lamp, the source of light. Led by the conquering genius, GHssys, The Britons they compell'd to fly : None distant viewed the fatal plain ; None grieved, in such a cause to die. In chaos dark may shroud his beam, And leave the world to mother Night, A farce, a phantom, or a dream.... | |
| One of 'em - 1855 - 340 sidor
...the spear — but left the shield. Led by the conquering genius, GREENE, The Britons they compell'd to fly : None distant viewed the fatal plain ; None grieved, in such a cause to die. But like the Parthians, famed of old, Who, flying, still their arrows threw , These routed Britons, full as bold,... | |
| Evert Augustus Duyckinck - 1855 - 718 sidor
...distant view'd the fatal plain, None griev'd, in such a cause, to die — But, like the Parthian, fam'd of old, Who, flying, still their arrows threw; These...Britons, full as bold, Retreated, and retreating slew. Now rest in peace, our patriot band ; Though far from Nature's limite thrown, Vie trust, they find... | |
| Benson John Lossing - 1860 - 794 sidor
...meet the insulting foe ; They took the spear, but left the shield ! Led by thy conquering standards, GREENE, The Britons they compelled to fly : None distant...None grieved in such a cause to die . But, like the Parthians, famed of old, . Who, flying, still their arrows threw ; These routed. Britons, full as bold,... | |
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