 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 - Sida 449efter Robert Southey - 1845 - 800 sidorObegränsad förhandsgranskning - Om den här boken
 | 1800 - 318 sidor
...forced to fly ; So with his wife and child he fled, Nor had he where to rest his head VIII. With fire and sword the country round Was wasted far and wide, And many a childing mother then, 36 37 IX. They say it was a shocking sight After the field was won, For many thousand bodies here Lay... | |
 | Robert Southey - 1800 - 314 sidor
...forced to fly ; So with his wife and child he fled, Nor had he where to rest his head VIII. 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. 36 37 IX. They say it... | |
 | Robert Southey - 1805 - 224 sidor
...was forc'd to fly ; So with his wife and child he fled, Nor had he where to rest his head. \Vith fire and sword the country round Was wasted far and wide, And many a childing mother then, 46' They say it was a shocking sight After the field was won, For many thousand bodies here Lay rotting... | |
 | Chaplet - 1805 - 238 sidor
...was forc'd to fly ; So with his wife and child he fled, K or had he where to rest hit head. With fire and sword the country round. Was wasted far and wide, And many a chiWing mother then, And new-born infant died. But things like that you know must be At every famous... | |
 | 1808 - 436 sidor
...fly i So with his wife and child he fled, Nor had he where to rest his head. With fire and sword this 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... | |
 | 1808 - 844 sidor
...sword this country ronnd Was wasted far and wide, And many a childinp 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 tight After the field was won, For many thousand bodies here Lay rotting... | |
 | Stephen Jones, Charles Molloy Westmacott - 1809 - 418 sidor
...wounded, bleeding as he fled ; While the frequent drops betray, And track the wretch's faltering way. But things like that, you know, must be At every famous victory. And then the shells that burst around ; The houses tumbling to the ground j . , . ' The frighted virgin's... | |
 | 1816 - 802 sidor
...forc'd 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 childing-mother theo Aud new-born iufant died : But things like these you know mult be At every famous... | |
 | 1817 - 494 sidor
...broiled over a fire. 12. 1762. — HRH PRINCE REGENT BORN. *13. 1704.— BATTLE OF BLENHEIM. 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... | |
 | Arthur Jewitt - 1817 - 592 sidor
...wife and child he fled, Vr bnd he where to rest his head. With fire and sword the country roaud Wa§ wasted far and wide, And many a childing mother then, And new-born infant died. Bat things like that, yon know, must be, At every fumons victory. Great priise the Duke... | |
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