 | Arthur Jewitt - 1817 - 592 pages
...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... | |
 | English literature - 1818 - 596 pages
...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 chilling mother then And new-born infant died: But things like these you know must be At every famous... | |
 | Robert Southey - 1823 - 266 pages
...And he was forced 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...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... | |
 | James Fenimore Cooper - 1825 - 342 pages
...summits, in places unassailable by cavalry, commenced their retreat to their boats. CHAPTER 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 these, you know, must be At every famous victory." THE last sounds of... | |
 | Thomas Willcocks - 1829 - 334 pages
...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 chitding mother ihen, And new-horn infant died. But things like that, you know, must be At every famous... | |
 | Moral and sacred poetry - 1829 - 326 pages
...his wife and child he fled, Nor had he where tu rest his head. With flre and sword the coontry roond Was wasted far and wide, And many a childing mother then, And new-horn infant died. But things like that, you know, must he At every famous victory. They say it... | |
 | Scottish periodicals - 1832 - 952 pages
...swotd the country round Was wasted far and \vide, And many o childin^ mother then And new- horn infant died. But things like that, you know, must be At every famous victory. *' They say it was a shocking s'ght After the field was won, For many thousand bodies here Lay rotting in the MI n ; But things like... | |
 | Charlotte Fiske Bates - American poetry - 1832 - 1022 pages
...ground, And lie was forced 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 chikling mother then, And new-born infant, died ; But things like lhat, you know, must be At every... | |
 | James Hedderwick - Oratory - 1833 - 232 pages
...And he was forced 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; » Anil many a childing mother then, And new-born baby died! — But things like that, you know, must... | |
 | William Tait, Christian Isobel Johnstone - Great Britain - 1835 - 838 pages
...And he was forced to fly : So, with his wife and child, IIP fled, And had nowhere to lay his head. " With fire and sword the country round, Was wasted far and wide, And many n childing mother then, And new-born infant died. Rut things like that, you know, must be At every... | |
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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. 
