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" 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. "
Our Outsides and what They Betoken: A Summary - Page 61
by William Thomas Fernie - 1913 - 413 pages
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The Annual Anthology, Volume 2

1800 - 318 pages
...'twas a famous victory. VII. My father Jived at Blenheim then, Yon little stream hard by, They burnt his dwelling to the ground And he was forced to fly...and child he fled, Nor had he where to rest his head VIII. With fire and sword the country round Was wasted far and wide, And many a childing mother then,...
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The Critical Review: Or, Annals of Literature, Volume 30

Tobias Smollett - 1800 - 614 pages
...'twas a famous victory. « My father lived at Blenheim then, Yon little ftream hard by, They burnt his dwelling to the ground And he was forced to fly...with his wife and child he fled, Nor had he where to reft his head. ' With fire and fword the country round Was wafted far and wide, And many a childing...
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The Annual Anthology, Volume 2

Robert Southey - 1800 - 314 pages
...he was forced to fly ; So with his wife and child he fled, Nor had he where to rest his head VIII. With fire and sword the country round Was wasted far...wide, And many a childing mother then, And new-born infant died. But things like that, you know, must be At every famous victory. 36 37 IX. They say it...
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Metrical Tales and Other Poems

Robert Southey - 1805 - 224 pages
...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...wasted far and wide, And many a childing mother then, 46 They say it was a shocking sight After the field was won, For many thousand bodies here Lay rotting...
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Metrical Tales and Other Poems

Robert Southey - 1805 - 224 pages
...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. \Vith fire and sword the country round Was wasted far and wide, And many a childing mother then, 46'...
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The chaplet, poems, partly original and partly selected

Chaplet - 1805 - 238 pages
...ground, And he was forc'd to fly ; So with his wife and child he fled, K or had he where to rest hit head. With fire and sword the country round. Was wasted far and wide, And many a chiWing mother then, And new-born infant died. But things like that you know must be At every famous...
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The Hive of Ancient and Modern Literature: A Collection of Essays ...

Solomon Hodgson - 1806 - 362 pages
...Blenheim then, Yon little ftream hard by, i. 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 reft his head. With fire and fword the country round Was wafted far and wide. And many a childing mother...
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The Hive of Ancient and Modern Literature:: A Collection of Essays ...

1806 - 360 pages
...hard by, They burnt his dwelling to the ground, My father lir'd at Blenheim then, And he was forc'd to fly: So with his wife and child he fled, Nor had he where to reft his head. With fire and fword the country round Was wafted far and wideAnd many a childing mother...
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The Port Folio

1808 - 436 pages
...Blenheim then, Yon little stream hard by, They burnt his dwelling to the ground And he was forced to fly i So with his wife and child he fled, Nor had he where to rest his head. With fire and sword this country round Was wasted far and wide, And many a childing mother then, And new born infant died....
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The Warrior's Looking Glass: Wherein is Shewn from Many High Authorities ...

George Beaumont - 1808 - 218 pages
...then, ' , " Yon little ftreams hard by ; " They burnt his dwelhng to the ground, " And he was forc'd to fly ; " So with his wife and child he fled, " Nor had he where to reft his head : " With fire and fword the country round• •' Was wafted far and wide ; " And many...
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