Oh, bloodiest picture in the book of Time, Sarmatia fell, unwept, without a crime ; Found not a generous friend, a pitying foe, Strength in her arms, nor mercy in her woe... The Poetical Works of Rogers, Campbell, J. Montgomery, Lamb, and Kirke White - Σελίδα 116των Samuel Rogers - 1839 - 495 σελίδεςΠλήρης προβολή - Σχετικά με αυτό το βιβλίο
| 1914 - 594 σελίδες
...her trumpet horn; Tumultuous horror brooded o'er her van, Presaging wrath to Poland — and to man! "Oh bloodiest picture in the book of time, Sarmatia...generous friend, a pitying foe, Strength in her arms, and mercy in her woe ! Dropped from her nerveless grasp the shattered spear, Closed her bright eye,... | |
| 1915 - 328 σελίδες
...last exhausted and bleeding, he fell by the lance of a Cossack, and a sabre cut across his forehead. In vain, alas! in vain, ye gallant few! From rank...mercy in her woe! Dropp'd from her nerveless grasp the shattered spear; Closed her bright eye, and curb'd her high career. Hope, for a season, bade the world... | |
| George Benjamin Woods - 1916 - 1604 σελίδες
...the virtues had de- s Thaddeus Kosciusko : he was defeated and parted. taken prisoner, Oct. 10, 1794. last, And all my bonds aside were cast, These heavy...I felt as they were come 1 Ylllenenve. 380 To tear shatter 'd spear, 880 Closed her bright eye, and curb'd her higli career; — Hope, for a season, bade... | |
| Edward Fitzsimons Dunne - 1916 - 910 σελίδες
...twentieth century; "O bloodiest picture In the book of Time, Samartia bleeds unw.ept without a crime. Finds not a generous friend, a pitying foe, Strength in her arms, nor mercy in her woe." Today we are presented again with a spectacle of a great valiant and vigorous race, guiltless before... | |
| Edwin Lillie Miller - 1917 - 690 σελίδες
...published in Edinburgh a poem called the " Pleasures of Hope," which contained this passage about Poland: " Oh, bloodiest picture in the book of Time ! Sarmatia...pitying foe, Strength in her arms, nor mercy in her woe ! Dropped from her nerveless grasp the shattered spear, Closed her bright eye, and curbed her high... | |
| Herbert Charles O'Neill - 1919 - 480 σελίδες
...Mariners of England, &c. The Fall of Poland From The Pleasures of Hope " In vain, alas, ye gallant few I From rank to rank your volley'd thunder flew : —...in her woe ! Dropp'd from her nerveless grasp the shattered spear. Closed her bright eye, and curb'd her high career ; — Hope, for a season, bade the... | |
| William Holmes McGuffey - 1921 - 506 σελίδες
...— the watchword and reply; Then pealed the notes, omnipotent to charm, And the loud tocsin tolled their last alarm. In vain, alas ! in vain, ye gallant few ! From rank to rank, your volleyed thunder flew! Oh, bloodiest picture in the book of time, Sarmatia fell, unwept, without a... | |
| William Cullen Bryant - 1925 - 424 σελίδες
...few ! Fram rank to rank your volleyed thunder flew : — 0, bloodiest picture in the book of Time 1 Sarmatia fell, unwept, without a crime ; Found not...pitying foe, Strength in her arms, nor mercy in her woe ! Dropped from her nerveless grasp the shattered spear, Closed her bright eye, and curbed her high... | |
| 1926 - 560 σελίδες
...declamation of our parents or grandparents — occurring in Part I of ' The Pleasures of Hope ' :§ In vain, alas ! in vain, ye gallant few ! From rank...Closed her bright eye, and curb'd her high career ; Hope, for a season, bid the world farewell, And Freedom shriek'd— as Kosciusko fell ! The sun went... | |
| Dominic Barthel - 1927 - 790 σελίδες
...— the watchword and reply; Then pealed the notes, omnipotent to charm, . And the loud focsin tolled their last alarm. In vain, alas! in vain, ye gallant few! From rank to rank your volleyed thunder flew. O ! bloodiest picture in the book of time, Sarmatia fell, unwept, without a... | |
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