 Devouring flames, and murdering steel ! The pious mother, doom'd to death, Forsaken, wanders o'er the heath, The bleak wind whistles round her head, Her helpless orphans cry for bread ; Bereft of shelter, food, and friend, She views the shades of night...  The Scottish Songs - Page 164edited by - 1829 - 370 pagesFull view - About this book
 | John Bell - English poetry - 1791 - 546 pages
...victor's soul was not appeas'd: The naked and forlorn must feel Devouring flames, and murd'ring steel I The bleak wind whistles round her head, Her helpless orphans cry for bread ; Bereft ot shelter, food, and friend, She views the shades of night descend ; And, stretch'd beneath th' unclement... | |
 | Robert Southey - English poetry - 1807 - 472 pages
...victor's soul was not appeased : The naked and forlorn must feel Devouring flames, and murdering steel ! The pious mother, doom'd to death, Forsaken wanders...inclement skies, Weeps o'er her tender babes, and dies. While the warm blood bedews my veins. And unimpair'd remembrance reigns, Resentment of my country's... | |
 | British poets - English poetry - 1809 - 526 pages
...victor':, soul was not appeas'd; The naked and forlorn must feel Devouring flames, and murdering steel! The pious mother, doom'd to death, Forsaken wanders...inclement skies, Weeps o'er her tender babes and dies. While the warm blood bedews my veins, And unimpair'd remembrance reigns. Resentment of my country's... | |
 | Vicesimus Knox - English poetry - 1809 - 604 pages
...miisl feel •. Dooming flames and inurd'ring steel ! The picms mother doom'd to death, Forsilu-n, s shall drink him till thcv burst. Old Cotta sham'd...His court with nettles, moats with cresses sior'd slretch'd beneath th' inclement skies, Weeps o'er her tender babes, and dies. Whilst trre warm blood... | |
 | English poetry - English poetry - 1809 - 302 pages
...soul was not appeas'd; The naked and forlorn must feel f* Devouring flames, and murdering steel !: ' The bleak wind whistles round her head, Her helpless...the shades of night descend, And stretch'd beneath th' inclement skies, Weeps o'er her tender babes and dies. While the warm blood bedews my veins, And... | |
 | Thomas Mortimer - 1810 - 532 pages
...victor's soul was not appeas'd: The naked and forlorn must feel Devouring flames, and murdering steel: VI. The pious mother, doom'd to death, forsaken wanders...the shades of night descend, And stretch'd beneath th' inclement skies, Weeps o'er her tender babes and dies. VII. While the warm blood bedews my veins,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1810 - 680 pages
...victor's soul was not appeas'd : The naked and forlorn must feel Devouring flames, and murd'ring steel! The pious mother doom'd to death, Forsaken wanders...friend, She views the shades of night descend, And, streteh'd beneath th' inclement skies, Weeps o'er her tender babes and dies. SSi While the warm blood... | |
 | Walter Scott - English poetry - 1810 - 308 pages
...The naked and forlorn must feel Devouring flames, and murdering steel ! * The pious mother, doomed to death, Forsaken, wanders o'er the heath ; The bleak...friend, She views the shades of night descend ; And stretched beneath the inclement skies, Weeps o'er her tender babes, and dies. While the warm blood... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - English poetry - 1810 - 682 pages
...victor's soul was not appeas'd : The naked and forlorn must feel Devouring flames, and murd'ring steel! The pious mother doom'd to death, Forsaken wanders...helpless orphans cry for bread; Bereft of shelter, fuod, and friend, She views the shades of night descend, And, stretch'd beneath th' inclement skies,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1810 - 680 pages
...flames, and murd'ring steel! TI*1 pious mother doom'd to death, F'jr»akeii wanders o'er the heath, ТЫ' bleak wind whistles round her head, Her helpless orphans cry for bread; B^n-ft of shelter, f>od, and friend, She views the shades of uizht descend, And, strutch'd beneath... | |
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