 ... a pensive prisoner's prayer, For liberty that sighs ; And never let thine heart be shut Against the wretch's cries ! For here forlorn and sad I sit, Within the wiry grate ; And tremble at the approaching morn, Which brings impending fate.  Annual Register of World Events - Page 2271803Full view - About this book
 | Poetry - 1806 - 192 pages
...tremble at th' approaching morn Which brings impending fate. If e'er thy breast with freedom glowed And spurn'da tyrant's chain, Let not thy strong oppressive force A free-born mouse detain. O do not stain with guiltless blood Tly hospitable hearth, Nor triumph that thy wiles betray'd A prize... | |
 | Charles Snart - 1808 - 496 pages
...the wiry grate ; And tremble at th' approaching morn, Which brings impending fate. . ' • * i . j' , If e'er thy breast with freedom glow'd, And spurn'da tyrant's chain, Let not thy strong impressive force A free-born mouse detain. — Oh ! do not stain with guiltless blood Thy hospitable... | |
 | Richard Clark - 1814 - 530 pages
...prisoner's pray'r, for liberty who sighs, And never let thy heart be shut against a wretches cries ; If e'er thy breast with freedom glow'd, and spurn'da...strong oppressive force, a free-born mouse detain. So may thy hospitable board with health and peace be crown'd, And every charm of heart-felt ease, beneath... | |
 | William Fordyce Mavor - 1818 - 178 pages
...e'er thy breast with freedem glow'd, And spurn 'da tyrant's chain, Let not thy strong oppressive foree A free-born mouse detain. Oh ! do not stain with guiltless...Thy hospitable hearth. Nor triumph that thy wiles betray 'a A prize so little worth. So, when destruction lurks unseen, Which men, like mice may share;... | |
 | Albert Picket - 1819 - 258 pages
...cries ! For here forlorn and sad I sit Within the wiry grate; And tremble at th' approaching morn. Which brings impending fate. If e'er thy breast with...hearth, Nor triumph that thy wiles betray'd A prize so little worth. The scattered gleanings of a feast My frugaLnieals supply, But if thine unrelenting... | |
 | Anna Laetitia Barbauld - 1820 - 136 pages
...cries. For here forlorn and sad I sit, Within the wiry grate ; And tremble at th' approaching morn, Which brings impending fate. If e'er thy breast with freedom glow'd, And spurn'da tyrant's chain, • Found in the trap where he had been confined all night by Dr. Priestley, fur the sake of making... | |
 | 1820 - 190 pages
...tremble at the approaching morn Which brings impending fate. If e'er thy breast with freedom glowed, And spurn'da tyrant's chain, Let not thy strong oppressive force ^ A free-born mouse detain. O do not stain with guiltless blood Thy hospitable hearth ; Nor triumph that thy wiles betray'd A prize... | |
 | William Fordyce Mavor - 1825 - 176 pages
...tremble at th' approaching morn, WHich brings impending fate. If e'er thy breast with freedom glow'el, And spurn'da tyrant's chain, Let not thy strong oppressive...hearth, Nor triumph that thy wiles betray'd A prize so little worth. So, when destruction lurks unseen, Which men, like mice may share; May some kind angel... | |
 | Mrs. Barbauld (Anna Letitia), Lucy Aikin - 1825 - 434 pages
...glowed, And spurned a tyrant's chain, Let not thy strong oppressive force A free-born mouse detain ! O do not stain with guiltless blood Thy hospitable hearth ! Nor triumph that thy wiles betrayed A prize so little worth. The scattered gleanings of a feast My frugal meals supply ; But if... | |
 | Mrs. Barbauld (Anna Letitia), Lucy Aikin - 1825 - 422 pages
...making experiments with different kinds of air. If e'er thy breast with freedom glowed, And spurned a tyrant's chain, Let not thy strong oppressive force A free-born mouse detain ! 0 do not stain with guiltless blood Thy hospitable hearth ! Nor triumph that thy wiles betrayed A... | |
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