As we drove our prize at leisure, The king marched forth to catch us : His rage surpassed all measure, But his people could not match us. He fled to his hall-pillars ; And, ere our force we led off, Some sacked his house and cellars, While others cut... Bentley's Miscellany - Seite 535herausgegeben von - 1837Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
| 1829 - 682 Seiten
...His rage surpassed all measure, But his people could not match us. He fled to his hall-pillars; And, ere our force we led off, Some sacked his house and cellars, While others cut his head off. ' We there, in strife bewild'ring, Spik blood enough to swim in : We orphaned many children, And widowed... | |
| Thomas Love Peacock - 1829 - 260 Seiten
...His rage surpassed all measure, But his people could not match us. He fled to his hall-pillars ; And, ere our force we led off, Some sacked his house and cellars, While others cut his head off. or DINAS VAVTR. 143 We there, in strife bewild'ring, Spilt blood enough to swim in : We orphaned many... | |
| Thomas Love Peacock - 1829 - 274 Seiten
...His rage surpassed all measure, But his people could not match us. He fled to his hall-pillars ; And, ere our force we led off, Some sacked his house and cellars, While others cut his head off. L . We there, in strife bewild'ring, Spilt blood enough to swim in : We orphaned many children, -.... | |
| Thomas Love Peacock - 1829 - 264 Seiten
...His rage surpassed all measure, But his people could not match us. He fled to his hall-pillars ; And, ere our force we led off, Some sacked his house and cellars, pr While others cut his head off. We there, in strife bewild'ring, Spilt blood enough to swim in :... | |
| Epes Sargent - 1857 - 444 Seiten
...rage surpassed all measure, But his people could not match us. He fled to his hall-pillars, And e'er our force we led off, Some sacked his house and cellars, While others cut his head off. We there in strife bewildering Spilt blood enough to swim in; We orphaned many children, And widowed... | |
| Thomas Love Peacock - 1875 - 488 Seiten
...His rage surpassed all measure, But his people could not match us. He fled to his hall-pillars ; And, ere our force we led off, Some sacked his house and cellars, While others cut his head off. We there, in strife bewildering, Spilt blood enough to swim in : We orphaned many children, And widowed... | |
| James Hogg, Florence Marryat - 1875 - 633 Seiten
...His rage surpassed all measure, But his people could not match us. He tied to his hall-pillars ; Aud ere our force we led off, Some sacked his house and cellars, While others cut his head off. 1 We brought away from battle, And much their land bemoaned them, Two thousand head of cattle, And... | |
| Thomas Love Peacock - 1875 - 488 Seiten
...His rage surpassed all measure, But his people could not match us. He fled to his hall-pillars ; And, ere our force we led off, Some sacked his house and cellars, While others cut his head off. We there, in strife bewildering, Spilt blood enough to swim in : We orphaned many children, And widowed... | |
| Charles John Darling (1st baron.) - 1877 - 104 Seiten
...good things of this earth, not less by plundering their fellows than by hanging and shooting them. "Some sacked his house and cellars, While others cut his head off," says Peacock, with a nice appreciation of the rights of man. Now, the people have never allowed a popular... | |
| Thomas Humphry Ward - 1880 - 648 Seiten
...His rage surpassed all measure, But his people could not match us. He fled to his hall-pillars ; And, ere our force we led off, Some sacked his house and cellars, While others cut his head off. We there, in strife bewildering, Spilt blood enough to swim in : We orphaned many children, And widowed... | |
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