 Berkley's roof that ring, Shrieks of an agonizing king ! She-wolf of France, with unrelenting fangs, That tear'st the bowels of thy mangled mate, From thee be born, who o'er thy country hangs The scourge of heaven. What terrors round him wait ! Amazement...  The Edinburgh Review: Or Critical Journal - Page 2051830Full view - About this book
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...will be marked with, blood ! moat awful pestilence ! Tbe icourg* of Heartu ! What terrors round him Amazement in his van, with Flight combined ; And Sorrow's faded form, and Solitude behiad! That he will meet with i brave resistance wr doubt not : will it be PROLONGED as well as brave... | |
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...the aged and disabled, reminded me of the beautiful lines describing the march of a conqueror, — " Amazement in his van with Flight combined, And Sorrow's faded form and Solitude behind." A friend of mine met with an interesting adventure at one of these deserted villages. He had entered... | |
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