 | Thomas Love Peacock - 1829 - 264 sivua
...of all the appetencies, tendencies, and consequences of military glory : THE WAR.SONG OF DINAS VAWR. The mountain sheep are sweeter, But the valley sheep...strong position, . * And killed the men who held it. On Dyfed's richest valley, Where herds of kine were brousing, We made a mighty sally, To furnish our... | |
 | 1829 - 682 sivua
...author's humour, we must leave him with our readers. The following is the ' War-Song of Dinas Vawr*:— ' The mountain sheep are sweeter, But the valley sheep...a strong position, And killed the men who held it. ' On Dyfed's richest valley. Where herds of kine were brousing, We made a mighty sally, To furnish... | |
 | Thomas Love Peacock - 1829 - 274 sivua
...glory : THE WAR-SONG OF DINAS VAWR. The mountain sheep are sweeter, But the valley sheep are i'atter ; We therefore deemed it meeter To carry off the latter....a strong position, And killed the men who held it. On Dyfed's richest valley, Where herds of kine were brousing, We made a mighty sally, To furnish our... | |
 | Charles Dickens, William Harrison Ainsworth, Albert Smith - 1837 - 684 sivua
...to imitate. The rhymes are also more felicitous, and the measure and grammar less objectionable. " The mountain sheep are sweeter, But the valley sheep...therefore deemed it meeter To carry off the latter. We planned an expedition : • We met a host, and quelled it; We took a strong position, And killed the... | |
 | Epes Sargent - 1857 - 444 sivua
...the flown — Way for the bier — make way ! MRS. IIEMANSLXXXVIL— THE WAR-SONG OF DIN AS VAUR. TUB mountain sheep are sweeter, But the valley sheep are fatter; We therefore deemed it raeeter To carry off the ktter! We made an expedition ; We met a host, and quelled it ; We forced a... | |
 | Epes Sargent - 1858 - 450 sivua
...flown — Way for the bier — make way ! LXXXVU.— THE WAR-SONG OF DINAS VAUE. THE mountain sheep ore sweeter, But the valley sheep are fatter ; We therefore...a strong position, And killed the men who held it. On Dyfed's richest valley, Where herds of kine were browsing, We made a mighty Bally To furnish our... | |
 | John Williamson Palmer - 1861 - 540 sivua
...For men may come and men may go, But I go on forever. ALFBED TENNYSON. THE WAR-SONG OF DINAS VAWR. THE mountain sheep are sweeter, But the valley sheep...made an expedition ; We met a host, and quelled it ; AVe forced a strong position, And killed the men who held it. On Dyfed's richest valley, Where herds... | |
 | 1908 - 536 sivua
...any casual reader who has ever been able to put out of his head the divinely droll first lines : " The mountain sheep are sweeter. But the valley sheep...therefore deemed it meeter To carry off the latter." Was comic verse ever more august ? And of wine-songs is there any, outside Burns (and with how great... | |
 | 1927 - 594 sivua
...author or of the poem have quoted the lines: The mountain sheep are sweeter, But the valley ¿heep are fatter; We therefore deemed it meeter To carry off the latter. Religion WAS JESrS INFLUENCED BY BUDDHISM? A Comparative Study of the Lives and Thoughts of Gautama... | |
 | Thomas Love Peacock - 1875 - 488 sivua
...of all the appetencies, tendencies, and consequences of military glory : THE WAE-SONG OF DINAS VAWK. The mountain sheep are sweeter, But the valley sheep...carry off the latter. We made an expedition ; We met an host and quelled it ; We forced a strong position, And killed the men who held it. On Dyfed's richest... | |
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The mountain sheep are sweeter, But the valley sheep are fatter ; We therefore deemed it meeter To carry off the latter. We made an expedition ; We met a host, and quelled it ; We forced a strong position, And killed the men who held it. 
