 | W. M. - 1801 - 356 trang
...Think of its crimes, <its cares, its pain, Then flueld me in the woods again. THOMSON, THE DRUM. I H'ATE that Drum's difcordant found, Parading round, and round, and round : To thoughtlefs youth it pleafure yields, r And lures from cities and from fields, To fell their liberty... | |
 | Robert Southey - 1807 - 502 trang
...voice commands, To march, and right, ai.d fall, in foreign land*. I hate that drum's discordant sound, Parading round, and round, and round : To me it talks of ravaged plains, And burning towns, and ruin'd Swains, And mangled limbs, and dying groans, And widow's tears, and orphan* moans ; And all... | |
 | 1832 - 410 trang
...voice commands, To march, and fight, and fall, in foreign lands. I hate that drum's discording sound, Parading round, and round, and round: To me it talks of ravaged plains, And burning towns, and ruin'd swains, And mangled limbs, and dying groans, And widows' tears, and orphans' moans ; And all... | |
 | William Hone - 1832 - 874 trang
...voice commands To march, and fight, and fall in foreign lands. I hate that drum's discordant sound, Parading round, and round, and round ; To me it talks of ravaged plains, And burning 1о»-пз, and rum'd »wains. And mangled limbs, and dying groans, And widows' tears, and orphan»'... | |
 | James Flamank - 1833 - 436 trang
...and viewed this dreadful scourge in its natural colours : — " I hate that drum's discordant sound, Parading round, and round, and round ; To me it talks of ravaged plains, And burning towns, and ruin'd swains, And mangled limbs, and dying groans, And widow's tears, and orphan's moans, And all... | |
 | John Lauris Blake - 1833 - 286 trang
...and round, and round; To thoughtless youth it pleasure yields, And lures from cities and from fields: To me it talks of ravaged plains, And burning towns, and ruined swains, And mangled limbs, and dying groans, And widow's tears, and orphan's moans, And all that misery's... | |
 | Samuel Putnam - 1836 - 226 trang
...round, and round ; To thoughtless youth it pleasure yields, And lures from cities and from fields : To me it talks of ravaged plains, And burning towns and ruined swains, And mangled limbs, and dying groans, And widow's tears and orphan's moans, And all that misery's... | |
 | Eben Norton Horsford - 1839 - 414 trang
...and soothing tones, and they will be likely to say with Scott — 1 hate the drum's discordant sound, Parading round and round and round; To me it talks of ravaged plains, And burning towns, and ruined swains, And mangled limbs, and dying groans, And widow's tears, and orphan's moans, And all that misery's... | |
 | 1840 - 378 trang
...voice commands, To march, and fight, and fall in foreign lands. I hate that drum's discordant sound, Parading round, and round, and round : To me it talks of ravaged plains, And burning towns, and ruin'd swains, And mangled limbs, and dying groans, And widows' tears, and orphans' moans, And all... | |
 | William Hone - 1841 - 840 trang
...Ambition's voice commands To march, and nght,and fall in foreign buds. I hate that drum's discordant sound. Parading round, and round, and round , To me it talks of ravaged plains, And burning towns, and ruin'ds\vams, And mangled limbs, and dying groans. And widows' tears, and orphans' moan*, And a<l that... | |
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And widows' tears, and orphans' moans ; And all that Misery's hand bestows, To fill the catalogue of human woes. 
