 | Thomas Love Peacock - 1829 - 274 sivua
...and the ravens We glutted with our foemen ; The heroes and the cravens, The spearmen and the bowmen. We brought away from battle, And much their land bemoaned...supplied our feasts, And his overthrow, our chorus. As the doughty followers of Melvas, having sung themselves hoarse with their own praises, subsided... | |
 | 1829 - 682 sivua
...the ravens We glutted with our foemen ; The heroes and the cravens, The spearmen and the bowmen. ' We brought away from battle, And much their land bemoaned...beasts supplied our feasts, And his overthrow, our chorus.—pp. 141 —143. ART. XV.—Visits to the Religious World. London : Seely and Burnside. 1829.... | |
 | Charles Dickens, William Harrison Ainsworth, Albert Smith - 1837 - 698 sivua
...heroes and their cravens, Their lancers and their bowmen. As for Santa Anna, their blood-red chief, His head was borne before us ; His wine and beasts...supplied our feasts, And his overthrow our chorus." The foregoing extracts are all in a warlike strain. We will now give a few specimens of the softer... | |
 | Epes Sargent - 1857 - 444 sivua
...spearmen and the bowmen. We brought away from battle — And much the hind bemoaned them — Three thousand head of cattle, And the head of him who owned...before us, His wine and beasts supplied our feasts ; His overthrow, our chorus. ANON. THE BRIDAL OF MALAHIDE. 395 LXXXVIII.— THE BRIDAL OF MALAHIDE.... | |
 | 1875 - 1012 sivua
...henceforth to be accessible in every library. " The mountain sheep are sweeter, But the valley sheep arc fatter, We therefore deemed it meeter To carry off...supplied our feasts, And his overthrow our chorus." (P. 149.) The two lengthier tales yet unnoticed arc " Melincourt " and " Gryll Grange." The former... | |
 | Thomas Love Peacock - 1875 - 488 sivua
...and the ravens We glutted with our foemen : The heroes and the cravens, The spearmen and the bowmen. We brought away from battle, And much their land bemoaned...supplied our feasts, And his overthrow, our chorus. As tho doughty followers of Mclvas, having sung themselves hoarse with their own praises, subsided... | |
 | Thomas Love Peacock - 1875 - 498 sivua
...the ravens We glutted with our foemen : The heroes and the cravens. The spearmen and the bowmen. \Ve brought away from battle, And much their land bemoaned...owned them : Ednyfed, King of Dyfed, His head was horne before us : His wine and beaats supplied our feasts, And his overthrow, oar chorus. As the doughty... | |
 | James Hogg, Florence Marryat - 1875 - 633 sivua
...; Aud ere our force we led off, Some sacked his house and cellars, While others cut his head off. 1 We brought away from battle, And much their land bemoaned...head of cattle, And the head of him who owned them: Kdnyfcd, King of Dyfed, His head was borne before us ; His wine and beasts supplied our feasts, Aud... | |
 | Sir Francis Hastings Charles Doyle (bart.) - 1877 - 316 sivua
...expedition, We met a host and quelled it, We stormed a strong position, And killed the men who held it. Ednyfed, King of Dyfed, His head was borne before us, His wine and beasts supply our feasts, And his overthrow our chorus. To return, however, to our immediate theme. One of... | |
 | sir Francis Hastings C. Doyle (2nd bart.) - 1877 - 316 sivua
...expedition, We met a host and quelled it, We stormed a strong position, And killed the men who held it. Ednyfed, King of Dyfed. His head was borne before us, His wine and beasts supply our feasts, And his overthrow our chorus. To return, however, to our immediate theme. One of... | |
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Spilt blood enough to swim in : We orphaned many children, And widowed many women. The eagles and the ravens We glutted with our foemen : The heroes and the cravens, The spearmen and the bowmen. ~ We brought away from battle, And much their land bemoaned... 
