 | Robert Southey - 1860 - 256 pages
...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...like that, you know, must be At every famous victory. 9. " They say it was a shocking sight After the field was won ; For many thousand bodies here Lay rotting... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1898 - 872 pages
...Empire. Southey, it is true, affects to doubt whether Blenheim has any genuine historical value : — ' With fire and sword, the country round Was wasted...like that, you know, must be At every famous victory. • • . • v ' And everybody praised the duke, Who this great fight did win.' ' But what good came... | |
 | J. C. - 1860 - 196 pages
...They burnt his dwelling to the ground, And he was forced to fly; So with his wife and child he tied, Nor had he where to rest his head. " With fire and...And many a childing mother then, And new-born baby dicd ; But things like that, you know, must be At every famous victory. " They say it was a shocking... | |
 | Little poems - 1860 - 160 pages
...little stream hard by ; They burn'd his cottage to the ground, And he was forced to fly ; So with his wife and child he fled, Nor had he where to rest his...country round Was wasted far and wide, And many a tender mother then And new-born baby died ; But things like that, you know, must be At every famous... | |
 | William L Robinson - 1862 - 232 pages
...the ground, And he was forced to fly : So with his wife and child he fled, Nor had he where to lay his head. " With fire and sword the country round Was wasted far and wide, And many a tender mother then, And new-born baby died : But thirfgs like that, you know must be At every famous... | |
 | William Jordan Unwin - 1862 - 374 pages
...dwelling to the ground, And he was forced to fly ; So with his wife and child he fled, And knew not where to rest his head. " With fire and sword, the country round They wasted far and wide, And many a childing-mother then, And new-born infant, died ; But things like... | |
 | 1863 - 438 pages
...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...the field was won ; For many thousand bodies here Hay rotting in the sun : But things like that, you know, must be After a famous victory. ' Great praise... | |
 | Coventry Patmore - 1863 - 386 pages
...lived at Blenheim then, Yon little stream hard by ; They burnt his dwelling to the ground, So with his wife and child he fled, Nor had he where to rest his...shocking sight After the field was won ; For many a thousand bodies here Lay rotting in the sun ; But things like that, you know, must be After a famous... | |
 | Playtime - 1863 - 436 pages
...little stream hard by ; They burned 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...that, you know, must be, At every famous victory. SIR HILARY. 207 " They say it was a shocking sight After the field was won, For many thousand bodies... | |
 | 1863 - 392 pages
...stream hard by ; MM They burn'd his cottage to the grouiul, And he was forced to fly : So with his wife and child he fled. Nor had he where to rest his...country round Was wasted far and wide, And many a tender mother then And new-born baby died : But things like that, you know, must be At every famous... | |
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But everybody said," quoth he, "that '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... 
