Thrice happy he who, far in Scottish glen Retired (yet ready at his country's call), Has left the restless emmet-hill of man ! He never longs to read the saddening tale Of endless wars; and seldom does he hear The tale of woe; and ere it reaches him,... Polyanthos - Page 1801806Full view - About this book
| James Grahame - 1805 - 184 pages
...Sweep off the stigma with a sea of blood. BUT truce with war, at best a dismal theme, — Thrice happy he who, far in Scottish glen Retir'd, (yet ready at...restless emmet-hill of man ! He never longs to read the sadd'ning tale Of endless wars ; and seldom does he hear The tale of woe ; and ere it reaches him,... | |
| James Grahame - 1823 - 346 pages
...mark ; Sweep off the stigma with a sea of hlood ! Thrice happy he, who, far in Scottish glen Retired, (yet ready at his country's call), Has left the restless...when new, has died away Into a whisper, on the memory horne Of casual traveller : — as on the deep, Far from the sight of land, when all around Is waveless... | |
| John Aikin - 1838 - 750 pages
...mark ; Sweep off the stigma with a sea of blood ! Thrice happy he, who, far in Scottish glen Retired, isdom—to yield up their souls wo; and ere it reaches him, Rumour, so loud when new, has died away Into a whisper, on the memory horne... | |
| John Aikin - 1838 - 796 pages
...mark ; Sweep off the stigma with a sea of blood ! Thrice happy he, who, far in Scottish glen Retired, clean, Nane 1 wo ; and ere it reaches him, Rumour, so loud when new, has died away Into a whisper, on the memory... | |
| James Grahame - 1839 - 50 pages
...blood ! But truee with war, at best a dismal theme ; Thriee happy he, who far in Scottish glen Retired (yet ready at his country's call), Has left the restless...read the saddening tale Of endless wars ; and seldom docs he hear * After a heavy cannonade, the shivered branches of trees, and the corpses of tuc killed,... | |
| John Aikin - 1850 - 764 pages
...He never longs to read the saddening tale Of endless wars; and seldom does he hear The tale of wo ; an enlightened and conscientious traveller:—as on the deep. Far from the sight of land, when all around Is waveless calm, the sudden... | |
| John Aikin - 1852 - 792 pages
...in.nl; ; Sweep off the stigma with a sea of blood ! Thrice happy he, who, far in Scottish glen Retired, onfiteor facere hoc annoa ; sed et altera causa est,...Anxielas animi, continuusque dolor. Ovn. MAGISTRATE, wo ; and ere it reaches him, Rumour, so loud when new, has died away Into a whisper, on the memory... | |
| Book - 1854 - 496 pages
...— Sweep off the stigma with a sea of blood ! Thrice-happy he, who, far in Scottish glen Retired, (yet ready at his country's call,) Has left the restless...on the deep, Far from the sight of land, when all wound Is waveless calm, the sudden tremulous swell That gently heaves the ship, tells as it rolls Of... | |
| 1854 - 606 pages
...mark; Sweep off the stigma with a sea of blood I Thrice happy he, who, far in Scottish glen Ketired, (yet ready at his country's call,) Has left the restless...does he hear The tale of woe; and ere it reaches him, Rumor, so loud when new, has died away Into a whisper, on the memory borne Of casual traveller: —... | |
| 1854 - 608 pages
...mark; Sweep off the stigma with a sea of blood! Thrice happy he, who, fax in Scottish glen Retired, (yet ready at his country's call,) Has left the restless emmet-hill of man: He never longa to read the saddening tale Of endless wars; and seldom does he hear The tale of woe; and ere... | |
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