 | Elegant extracts - Poetry - 1816
...aged eyes Weep upon thy matchless wrong*, 'Tis because resentment ties All the terrors of our tongues. Rome shall perish — write that word In the blood that she has spilt ; Perish hopeless and abhorr'd, Deep in ruin as in guilt. Rome, for empire far renown'd Tramples on a thousand states, Soon... | |
 | William Cowper - 1817
...shall perish — write that word In the hlood that she has spilt ; . Perish, hopeless and ahhorred, Deep in ruin as in guilt. Rome, for empire far renowned,...a thousand states ; Soon her pride shall kiss the groundHark ! the Gaul is at her gates ; Other Romans shall arise, Heedless of a soldier's name ; Sounds,... | |
 | William Cowper - 1818
...aged eyes Weep upon thy matchless wrongs, 'Tis because resentment ties AH the terrors of our tongues. Rome shall perish — write that word In the blood...arms, shall win the prize, Harmony the path to fame. Then the progeny that springs From the forests of our land, Armed with thunder, clad with wings, Shall... | |
 | William Cowper - 1818
...has spilt; Perish, hopeless and abhorr'd, Deep in ruin as in guilt. Rotne, for empire far renown'd, Tramples on a thousand states ; Soon her pride shall...arms, shall win the prize, Harmony the path to fame. Then the progeny that springs From the forests of our land, Arm'd with thunder, clad with wings, Shall... | |
 | William Cowper - History - 1818
...eyes Weep upon thy matchless wrongs, 'Tis because resentment ties All the terrours of our tongues. Rome shall perish — write that word In the blood that she has spilt ; Perish, hopeless and abhorr'd, Deep in ruin as in guilt. Roine, for empire far renown'd, Tramples on a thousand states ;... | |
 | William Cowper - 1818
...eyes Weep upon thy matchless wrongs, 'Tis because resentment ties All the terrours of our tongues. Rome shall perish — write that word In the blood that she has spilt; Perish, hopeless and abhorr'd, Deep in ruin as in guilt. Rome, for empire far renown'd, Tramples on a thousand states ;... | |
 | Thomas Ewing - 1819 - 436 pages
...aged eyes Weep upon thy matchless wrongs, 'Tis because resentment ties All the terrors of our tongues. Rome shall perish — write that word In the blood that she has spilt ; Perish hopeless and abhoiVd, Deep in ruin as in guilt. Rome, for empire far renown'd, Tramples on a thousand states, Soon... | |
 | William Cowper, John Newton - Poetry - 1819
...Weep upon thy matchless wrongs, Tis because resentment ties All the terrours of our tongues. IV. Borne shall perish — write that word In the blood that she has spilt ; Perish, hopeless and abhorr'd. Ueep in ruins a> in guilt. V. Rome, for empire far renown 'd, Tramples on a thousand states... | |
 | William Cowper - 1820
...abhorr'd. Deep in rnin as in gnilt. V. Rome, for empire far renown'd, Tramples on a thousand states ; VI. Other Romans shall arise, Heedless of a soldier's name; Sounds, not arms, shall win the priae, Harmony the path to fame. VII. Then the progeny that springs From the forests of our land, Arm'd... | |
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Tis because resentment ties All the terrors of our tongues. Rome shall perish, — write that word In the blood that she has spilt; Perish hopeless and abhorred, Deep in ruin as in guilt. 
