 | John Bell - English poetry - 1788 - 628 pages
...Peaceable nations, neighb'ring, or remote, Made captive, yet deserving freedom more Than those thtir conquerors, who leave behind Nothing but ruin wheresoe'er they rove, And all the florishing works of peace destroy, go Then swell with pride, and must be titled Gods, Great benefaftors... | |
 | Civil rights - 1795 - 432 pages
...Peaceable nations ? neighbouring or remote, i" Made captive, yet deserving freedom more * Than these their conquerors, who leave behind Nothing but ruin...rove ; And all the flourishing works of peace destroy i ', Then swell with pride, and must be titled gods,- • 'av- :-;..:.»Y Great Great benefactors of... | |
 | Eaton Stannard Barrett - 1807 - 602 pages
...nations, neighbr'ing or remote, Made captive, yet deserving freedom more Than these their conqu'rors, who leave behind Nothing but ruin wheresoe'er they...rove, And all the flourishing works of peace destroy ; Then swell with pride, and must be titled gods, Great benefactors of mankind, deliv'rers, Worshipp'd... | |
 | Eaton Stannard Barrett - 1807 - 230 pages
...nations, neighbr'ing or remote, Made captive, yet deserving freedom more Than these their conqu'rors, who leave behind • Nothing but ruin wheresoe'er they rove, And all the nourishing works of peace destroy ; Then swell with pride, and must be titled gods, Great benefactors... | |
 | John Milton - 1810 - 540 pages
...field great battles win, Great cities by assault: What do these worthies, But rob and spoil, burn, slaughter, and enslave Peaceable nations, neighbouring,...captive, yet deserving freedom more Than those their conquerours, who leave behind Nothing but ruin wheresoe'er they rove, And all the nourishing works... | |
 | William Hayley - Poets, English - 1810 - 418 pages
...field great battles win, Great cities by assault: What do these worthies, But rob and spoil, burn, slaughter, and enslave Peaceable nations, neighbouring,...captive, yet deserving freedom more Than those their conquerours, who leave behind Npthjng but ruin wheresoe'er they rove, And all the flourishing works... | |
 | Charles Caleb Colton - 1812 - 294 pages
...win, Great Cities by assault; what do these Worthies ? But rob and spoil, burn, slaughter, and iuslave Peaceable Nations, neighbouring, or remote, Made captive,...leave behind Nothing but ruin, wheresoe'er they rove, _Aud all the flourishing Works of Peace destroy. Then swell with Pride, and must be titled Gods ! Till... | |
 | John Milton - 1813 - 270 pages
...these worthies, But rob and spoil, born, slaughter, and enslave 75 Peaceable nations, neighboring, or remote, Made captive, yet deserving freedom more Than those their conquerors, who leave behind Nothing1 but ruin wheresoe'er they rove, And all their flourishing- works of peace destroy ; 80 Then... | |
 | Noah Worcester - Pacifism - 1816 - 814 pages
...field great battles win, Great cities by assault ; what do these worthies, But rob and spoil, burn, slaughter and enslave Peaceable nations, neighbouring,...behind Nothing but ruin wheresoe'er they rove, And all their flourishing works of peace destroy : Then swell with pride, and must be titled Gods, Great Benefactors... | |
 | Ezekiel Sanford - English poetry - 1819 - 366 pages
...field great battles win, <Jreat cities by assault : what do these worthies, But rob and spoil, burn, slaughter, and enslave Peaceable nations, neighbouring...rove, And all the flourishing works of peace destroy ; Then swell with pride, and must be titled Gods, Great Benefactors of mankind, Deliverers, Worsbip'd... | |
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They err who count it glorious to subdue ' By conquest far and wide, to over-run Large countries, and in field great battles win, Great cities by assault. What do these worthies, But rob and spoil, burn, slaughter, and enslave, Peaceable nations, neighbouring... 
