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
| Daniel Ritchie - 1854 - 298 σελίδες
...correct thinking man. Nobly has the poet painted the sorrowful event in these magnificent lines : — " Oh, bloodiest picture in the book of time ! Sarmatia...pitying foe, Strength in her arms, nor mercy in her woe ; Hope for a season bade the world farewell, And freedom shrieked when Kosciusko fell." We consider... | |
| Elliot H. Goodwin - 1965 - 776 σελίδες
...defenceless population slaughtered, Warsaw surrendered. Thomas Campbell bewept the failure of the insurgents: Oh, bloodiest picture in the book of Time, Sarmatia...pitying foe, Strength in her arms, nor mercy in her woe! The reactions of Catherine in St Petersburg and Igelstrom, her plenipotentiary in the Polish capital,... | |
| Iichirō Tokutomi, Hiroaki Matsuzawa, Nicholas Wickenden - 1989 - 274 σελίδες
...shed a tear for her. I cannot help but be moved by that poem by Campbell about the downfall of Poland: Oh, bloodiest picture in the book of Time, Sarmatia...mercy in her woe! Dropp'd from her nerveless grasp the shattered spear, Closed her bright eye, and curb'd her high career. 111 Reading the Jinno Shotoki (The... | |
| L. M. Montgomery - 1997 - 522 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! Poor Poland fell, unwept, without... | |
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