| William Collins - 1844 - 324 σελίδες
...LADY, On the Death of Colonel Charles Rose, in f A* Action at Fontenoy Written Hay, 1745. WHILE, lost to all his former mirth, Britannia's genius bends to earth, And mourns the fatal day ; While stain'd wiih blood he strives to teal. Unseemly, from his sea green hair The wreaths of cheerful May... | |
| William Collins - 1848 - 158 σελίδες
...TO A LADY OS THE DEATH OF COLONEl BOS IN THE ACTION OF FONTENOY. Written in May, 1745. WHILE, lost to all his former mirth, Britannia's genius bends to earth, And mourns the fatal day : While stain'd with blood he strives to tear Unseemly from his sea-green hair The wreaths of cheerful May... | |
| George Frederick Graham - 1852 - 570 σελίδες
...TO A LADY. ON THE DEATH OF COLONEL ROSS, IN THE ACTION AT FONTENOY. WRITTEN IN MAY 1745. While, lost to all his former mirth, Britannia's genius bends to earth, And mourns the fatal day : While, stained with blood, he strives to tear Unseemly from his sea-green hair The wreaths of cheerful May... | |
| William Collins - 1854 - 430 σελίδες
...A LADY, ON THE DEATH OF COLONEL ROSS, IN THE ACTION OF FONTENOY. Written in May, 1745. WHILE, lost to all his former mirth, Britannia's genius bends to earth. And mourns the fatal day : While stained with blood he strives to tear Unseemly from his sea-green hair The wreaths of cheerful May:... | |
| Oliver Goldsmith, William Collins, George Gilfillan, Thomas Warton - 1854 - 354 σελίδες
...LADY, ON THE DEATH OP COLONEL CHARLES ROSS IN THE ACTION AT FONTENOY. Written, May 1745. 1 WHILE, lost to all his former mirth, Britannia's genius bends to earth, And mourns the fatal day : While stain'd with blood he strives to tear Unseemly from his sea-green hair The wreaths of cheerful May... | |
| William Collins - 1859 - 236 σελίδες
...A LADY, ON THE DEATH OF COLONEL ROSS, IN THE ACTION OF FONTENOY. Written in May, 1745. WHILE, lost to all his former mirth, Britannia's genius bends to earth, And mourns the fatal day : While stain'd with blood he strives to tear Unseemly from his sea-green hair 6 The wreaths of cheerful May... | |
| Thomas Gray - 1883 - 596 σελίδες
...strain in the same stanza being suited to sorrow, which rejects variety of complaint.] WHILE, lost to all his former mirth, Britannia's genius bends to earth, And mourns the fatal day : While stain'd with blood he strives to tear Unseemly from his sea-green hair The wreaths of cheerful May:... | |
| William Collins - 1898 - 234 σελίδες
...rule the West! " ODE TO A LADY ON THE DEATH OF COLONEL ROSS IN THE ACTION OF FONTENOY. WHILE, lost to all his former mirth, Britannia's genius bends to earth, And mourns the fatal day : While, stain'd with blood, he strives to tear Unseemly from his sea-green hair 5 The wreaths of chearful May... | |
| William Collins - 1898 - 234 σελίδες
...rule the West !" ODE TO A LADY ON THE DEATH OF COLONEL ROSS IN THE ACTION OF FONTENOY. WHILE, lost to all his former mirth, Britannia's genius bends to earth, And mourns the fatal day : While, stain'd with blood, he strives to tear Unseemly from his sea-green hair 5 The wreaths of chearful May... | |
| William Collins - 1898 - 236 σελίδες
...rule the West ! " ODE TO A LADY ON THE DEATH OF COLONEL ROSS IN THE ACTION OF FONTENOY. WHILE, lost to all his former mirth, Britannia's genius bends to earth, And mourns the fatal day : While, stain'd with blood, he strives to tear Unseemly from his sea-green hair The wreaths of chearful May... | |
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