 ... fam'd the oriental wife For ftedfaft virtue, and contempt of life : Thefe heroines mourn not with loud female cries Their hufbands loft, or with o'erflowing eyes, But, ftrange to tell ! their funeral piles afcend, And in the fame fad flames their...  The British Poets: Including Translations ... - Page 30by British poets - 1822Full view - About this book
 | Collection - 1758 - 354 pages
...piles afcend, And in the fame fad flames their forrows end ; In hopes with them beneath the fhades to rove, And there renew their interrupted love. In...nations, warlike, fierce, and bold, To battle all unanimoufly run, Nor fire, nor fword, nor inihmt death they fhun : Whence this difdain of life in ev'ry... | |
 | Robert Dodsley - 1765 - 412 pages
...piles afcend, And in the fame fad flames their forrows end ; In hopes with them beneath the fhades to rove, And there renew their interrupted love. In...nations, warlike, fierce, and bold, To battle all unanimoufty run, Nor fire, nor fworu, nor inftant death they fhun : Whence Whence this difdain of life... | |
 | Collection - 1765 - 418 pages
...piles afcend, And in the fame fad flames their forrows end ; In hopes with them beneath the fhades to rove, And there renew their interrupted love. In...See numerous nations, warlike, fierce, and bold, To bartle all unanimoufly run, Nor fire, ncr fworJ, nor inftant death they fhun : Whence this difdain... | |
 | Isaac Hawkins Browne - 1768 - 182 pages
...piles afcend, 215 And in the fame fad flames their forrows end ; In hopes with them beneath the fhades to rove, And there renew their interrupted love. In...cold, See numerous nations, warlike, fierce, and bold, 220 To battle all unanimoufly run, Nor fire, nor fword, nor inftant death they fhun : Whence this difdain... | |
 | Soame Jenyns - 1770 - 468 pages
...piles afcend, And in the fame fad flames their forrows end ; In hopes with them beneath the fhades to rove, And there renew their interrupted love. In climes where Boreas breathes eternal cold, See num'rous nations, warlike, fierce, and bold, To battle all unanimoufly run, Nor fire, nor fword, nor... | |
 | Soame Jenyns - 1790 - 324 pages
...piles afcend, 215 And in the fame fad flames their forrows end j In hopes with them beneath the (hades to rove, And there renew their interrupted love. In climes where Boreas breathes eternal cold, See num'rous nations, warlike, fierce, and bold, 220 To battle all unanimoufly run, Nor fire, nor fword,... | |
 | Soame Jenyns, Charles Nalson Cole - 1791 - 484 pages
...piles afcend, 215 And in the fame fad flames their forrows end ; In hopes with them beneath the fhades to rove, And there renew their interrupted love. In climes where Boreas breathes eternal cold, See num'rous nations, warlike, fierce, and bold, 220 To battle all unanimoufly run, Nor fire, nor fword,... | |
 | James Johnson - 1807 - 430 pages
...and fumigated the lirahmins who were present. " \or is less fam'J the oriental ivifc, For strdfast virtue, and contempt of life; These heroines mourn not with loud female cries Tht'ir husbands lost, or with o'crHoTvingryes >— •* Prejudice:ii:f (he Hindoo.': But, strange to... | |
 | Vicesimus Knox - 1809 - 604 pages
...llies, Blest with eternal spring, and cloudless skies. Nor is less fam'd the oriental wife For stcdfast the blushing maid, Forc'd from their homes, a mclftncholy tram, To trav rrfc Their husbands lost, gr with o'crflowing eyes; But, strange to tell ! their funeral piles ascent),... | |
 | James Forbes - 1815 - 458 pages
...flies, Blest with eternal spring and cloudless skies. Nor is less fam'd the oriental wife For stedfast virtue and contempt of life : These heroines mourn...shades to rove. And there renew their interrupted love. SOAME JINTNS. "Ie"; voyages sur-tout ont un charme particulier a toutes les epoques de la vie. Lejeune... | |
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