 | 1800 - 318 pagini
...'twas a famous victory. VII. My father Jived at Blenheim then, Yon little stream hard by, They burnt his dwelling to the ground And he was forced to fly...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,... | |
 | Tobias Smollett - 1800 - 614 pagini
...'twas a famous victory. « My father lived at Blenheim then, Yon little ftream hard by, They burnt his dwelling to the ground And he was forced to fly...with his wife and child he fled, Nor had he where to reft his head. ' With fire and fword the country round Was wafted far and wide, And many a childing... | |
 | Robert Southey - 1800 - 314 pagini
...he was 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...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 pagini
...ground And he was 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 then, 46 They say it was a shocking sight After the field was won, For many thousand bodies here Lay rotting... | |
 | Robert Southey - 1805 - 224 pagini
...Blenheim then, Yon little stream hard by ; They burnt his dwelling to the ground And he 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'... | |
 | Chaplet - 1805 - 238 pagini
...And he 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... | |
 | Solomon Hodgson - 1806 - 362 pagini
...Blenheim then, Yon little ftream hard by, i. They burnt his dwelling to the ground^ And he was forc'd to fly : So with his wife and child he fled, Nor had he where to reft his head. With fire and fword the country round Was wafted far and wide. And many a childing mother... | |
 | 1806 - 360 pagini
...hard by, They burnt his dwelling to the ground, My father lir'd at Blenheim then, And he was forc'd to fly: So with his wife and child he fled, Nor had he where to reft his head. With fire and fword the country round Was wafted far and wideAnd many a childing mother... | |
 | 1808 - 436 pagini
...Blenheim then, Yon little stream hard by, They burnt his dwelling to the ground And he was forced to 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... | |
 | George Beaumont - 1808 - 218 pagini
...then, ' , " Yon little ftreams hard by ; " They burnt his dwelhng to the ground, " And he was forc'd to fly ; " So with his wife and child he fled, " Nor had he where to reft his head : " With fire and fword the country round• •' Was wafted far and wide ; " And many... | |
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twas a famous victory! "My father lived at Blenheim then, Yon little stream hard by; They burnt his dwelling to the ground, And he was forced to fly ; So with his wife and child he fled, Nor had he where to rest his head. 
