E'en they, when, high above the dusty fight, Their burning Temple rose in lurid light, To their lov'd altars paid a parting groan, And in their country's woes forgot their own. As 'mid the cedar courts, and gates of gold, The trampled ranks in miry carnage... Sivan the Sleeper. A Tale of All Time - Page 188by Henry Cadwallader Adams - 1857 - 338 pagesFull view - About this book
| 1804 - 476 pages
...Yet they, who wont to roam th' ensanguin'd plain, And spurn with fell delight their kindred slain; E'en they, when high above the dusty fight, Their burning temple rose in lurid li^ht, To their lov'd altars paid a parting groan And in their country's woes forgot their own. As... | |
| 1803 - 502 pages
...Yet they, who wont to roam the' ensanguin'd plain, And spurn with fell delight their kindred slain ; E'en they, when, high above the dusty fight, Their...groan, And in their country's woes forgot their own. 270 * St. Luke's Gospel, xxiii. 27, 28. t Joseph, vi. p. 1275. Ed. Huds. m 185 As 'mid the cedar courts,... | |
| 1803 - 520 pages
...fYet they, who wont to roam the' ensanguin'd plain, And spurn with fell delight their kindred slain ; E'en they, when, high above the dusty fight, Their...groan, And in their country's woes forgot their own. 270 As 'mid the cedar courts, and gates of gold, The trampled ranks in miry carnage roll'd; To save... | |
| 1803 - 508 pages
...Yet they, who wont to roam the' ensanguin'd plain, And spurn with fell delight their kindred slain ; E'en they, when, high above the dusty fight, Their...groan, And in their country's woes forgot their own. 27ft * St. Luke's Gospel, xxiii. 27, 28. + Joseph, vi. p. 1275. Ed. Huds. As 'mid the cedar courts,... | |
| Oxford univ, prize poems - 1807 - 126 pages
...delight their kindred flain } E'en they, when, high above die dully fight, Their burning Temple rofe in lurid light, To their lov'd altars paid a parting...gates of gold, The trampled ranks in miry carnage roll'd ; To fave their Temple every hand eflay'd, And with cold fingers grafp'd the feeble blade :... | |
| 1807 - 530 pages
...E'en they, when, high above the dusty flight, Their burning Temple rose in lurid light, To their loved altars paid a parting groan, And in their country's...gates of gold, The trampled ranks in miry carnage roll'd ; To save their Temple every hand essay'd, And with cold fingers grasp'd the feeble blade :... | |
| Young gentleman - 1807 - 314 pages
...delight their kindred ftain; E'en they, when, high ahove the dufty fight, Tfaeir hurning temple rofe in lurid light, To their lov'd altars paid a parting...groan, And in their country's woes forgot their own. To fave their Temple ev'ry hand eftay'd, And with cold fingers grafp'd the feehle hlade: Through their... | |
| Oxford univ, prize poems - 1810 - 204 pages
...Yet they, who wont to roam th' ensanguin'd plain, And spurn with fell delight their kindred slain; E'en they, when, high above the dusty fight, Their...gates of gold, The trampled ranks in miry carnage roll'd; To save their Temple every hand essay'd, And with cold fingers grasp'd the feeble blade: Through... | |
| University of Oxford - 1810 - 186 pages
...Yet they, who wont to roam th' ensanguin'd plain. And spurn with fell delight their kindred slain > E'en they, when, high above the dusty fight, Their...groan, And in their country's woes forgot their own. '" Joseph, vi. p. 1375. Ed. I-Iuds. F4 As 'mid the cedar courts, and gates of gold, The trampled ranks... | |
| Poetical selections - 1811 - 324 pages
...Yt'tthey, who wont to roam th' etisanguin'd plain, And spurn with fell delight their kindred slain ; E'en they, when high above the dusty fight, Their...'mid the cedar courts and gates of gold, The trampled rauks in miry carnage roll'd ; To save their temple ev'ry hand essay'd, And with cold fingers grasp'... | |
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