 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.  War Songs of Britain - Page 149by Harold Edgeworth Butler - 1903 - 239 pagesFull view - About this book
 | James Fenimore Cooper - New York (State) - 1842 - 422 pages
...their summits, in places unassailable by cavalry , commenced a retreat to their boats. CHAPTER 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 these , yon know , must be At every famous victory." 89 ยป the uproar,... | |
 | 1844 - 206 pages
...And he was forced to fly ; So with his wife and child he fled, Nor had he where to rest his head. " 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. " They say it was a... | |
 | Samuel Maunder - 1844 - 544 pages
...And he was forced to fly ; So with his wife and child he fled, Nor had he where to rest his head. " ' With fire and sword, the country round, Was wasted...wide, And many a childing mother then And new-born infant died. But things like that, you know, must be At every famous victory. "' They say it was a... | |
 | Henry Gardiner Adams - Conduct of life - 1844 - 200 pages
...he was forced to fly ; " So with his wife and child he fled ; " Nor had he where to rest his head. " With fire and sword the country round " Was wasted far and wide : " And many a childling mother then, " And new born infaut died : " But things like that, you know must be, " At... | |
 | Henry Gardiner Adams - Conduct of life - 1844 - 206 pages
...he was forced to fly ; " So with his wife and child he fled ; " Nor had he where to rest his head. " With fire and sword the country round " Was wasted far and wide : " And many a childling mother then, " And new born infant died : " But tilings like that, you know must be, " At... | |
 | Literature - 1917 - 920 pages
...took as long to live through as it does now. There were casualty lists and there were broken hearts, but "things like that, you know, must be at every famous victory." It was almost with surprise that we read the contemporary tale of the long, long course of darkness,... | |
 | Robert Southey - English poetry - 1845 - 848 pages
...forced to fly ; So with his wife and child he fled. Nor had he where to rest his head. 11 With flre dy by emplo a5 9. " They say it was a shocking sight After the field was won ; For many thousand bodies here Lay rotting... | |
 | Robert Southey - English poetry - 1845 - 848 pages
...forced to fly ; So with his wife and child he fled, Nor had he where to rest his head. " With flre and sword the country round Was wasted far and wide,...things like that, you know, must be At every famous victor}'. 9. " They say it was a shocking sight After the fleld was won ; For many thousand bodies... | |
 | Henry Clapp - American literature - 1846 - 238 pages
...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...wide : And many a childing mother then, And new-born infant died : But things like that you know must be, At every famous victory. They say it was a shocking... | |
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