 | 1816 - 802 páginas
...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. "• With fire and sword the country round Was wasted far and wide, And many a childing-mother theo... | |
 | 1817 - 494 páginas
...gridiron, and 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... | |
 | 1818 - 596 páginas
...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. " With fire and sword the country round Was wasted far and wide ; And many a chilling mother then And... | |
 | Robert Southey - 1823 - 266 páginas
...'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...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, And... | |
 | James Fenimore Cooper - 1825 - 342 páginas
...summits, in places unassailable by cavalry, commenced their retreat to their boats. CHAPTER 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 these, you know, must be At every famous... | |
 | John White (A.M.) - 1826 - 340 páginas
...said," quoth he, " That •twas a famous victory ! " My father liv'd at Blenheim then, And he was foic'd to fly : So with his wife and child he fled, Nor had he where to rest his head! Yon little stream hard by ; They burn'd his dwelling to the ground, " With fire and sword the country... | |
 | Thomas Willcocks - 1829 - 334 páginas
...Blenheim then, Yon little stream hard hy, 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. With fire and sword the country round Was wasted far and wide, And many a chitding mother ihen, And... | |
 | Moral and sacred poetry - 1829 - 326 páginas
...Blenheim then, YOD little stream hard hy, They hurnt hie dwelling tu the groond, And he was fure'd tu fly ; So with 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... | |
 | Charlotte Fiske Bates - 1832 - 1022 páginas
...father lived at Blenheim then, Yon little stream hard by, They burnt his dwelling to the 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... | |
 | 1832 - 952 páginas
...Blenheim then, Yon little stream hard by ; They burnt bis dwelling 1 1 the ground, And lie was furm! td fly ; So with his wife and child he fled, Nor had he where tu r&<*t his head. ** With fire and swotd the country round Was wasted far and \vide, And many o childin^... | |
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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. 
