WHEN the British warrior queen, Bleeding from the Roman rods, Sought, with' an indignant mien, Counsel of her country's gods, Sage beneath the spreading oak Sat the Druid, hoary chief; Every burning word he spoke Full of rage and full of grief. Poems - Page 384by William Cowper - 1818 - 420 pagesFull view - About this book
| William Cowper - English poetry - 1803 - 310 pages
...Atque Cupidinea dixit Dea cincta corona, Heu ! fallendi artem quam didicere parum. BOADICEA. AN ODE. I. WHEN the British warrior queen, Bleeding from the...an indignant mien, Counsel of her country's gods, u. Sage beneath the spreading oak Sat the Druid, hoary chief; Ev'ry burning word he spoke Full of rage,... | |
| William Cowper - English poetry - 1806 - 226 pages
...desperate steps. The darkest day, Live till to-morrow, will have passed away. BOADICEA. AN ODE. I. WHEN the British warrior queen, Bleeding from the...rods, Sought, with an indignant mien, Counsel of her enuntry's gods, II. Sage beneath the spreading oak Sat the D~uid, hoary chief ; J5i erv burning word... | |
| William Cowper - English poetry - 1808 - 338 pages
...The darkest day, Live till to morrow, will have pass'd away. o. ':S,L i .v A -"ft . ' BOADICEA. I. WHEN the British warrior queen, Bleeding from the...an indignant mien, Counsel of her country's gods, IL Sage heneath the spreading oak Sat the Druid, hoary chief; Ev'ry hurning word he spoke Full of rage,... | |
| Elegant extracts - 1816 - 490 pages
...the winter of sorrow best shows The truth of a friend such as you. § 222. Boadicea, an Ode. GOWPER. WHEN the British warrior queen, Bleeding from the...mien. Counsel of her country's gods ; Sage, beneath a spreading oak, _ Sat the Druid, hoary chief, Ev'ry burning word he sj>oke Full of rage, and full... | |
| William Cowper - English poetry - 1818 - 244 pages
...start away, And helpless, hopeless, hear thec say — Farewell ' we meet no more? BOADICEA. A;N ODE. WHEN the British warrior queen, Bleeding from the...mien, Counsel of her country's gods ; Sage beneath a spreading oak Sat the Druid, hoary chief ; Every burning word he spoke Full of rage, and full of... | |
| William Cowper - English poetry - 1818 - 240 pages
...start away, And helpless, hopeless, hear thee say— Farewell' we meet no more? BOADICEA. _ / AN ODE. WHEN the British warrior queen, Bleeding from the...mien, Counsel of her country's gods; Sage beneath a spreading oak Sat the Druid, hoary chief; Every burning word he spoke Full of rage, and full of grief.... | |
| Thomas Ewing - Elocution - 1819 - 448 pages
...shall be ; And death, if death must be my doom, Shall join my soul to thee. 9. — Boadicea, an Ode. WHEN the British warrior queen, Bleeding from the...mien, Counsel of her country's" gods, Sage beneath a spreading oak Sat the Druid, hoar}' chief, Every burning word he spoke, Full of rage and full of... | |
| William Cowper - Poets, English - 1821 - 556 pages
...Blush, when I tell you how a bird, A prison with a friend preferred To liberty without. BOADICE A. WHEN the British warrior queen, Bleeding from the...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... | |
| John Aikin - English poetry - 1821 - 314 pages
...care of a relation at East Dereham in Norfolk, where he died tm April 25th, 1SOO. 2O3 BOADICEA: W HEN the British warrior queen, Bleeding from the Roman...beneath the spreading oak Sat the Druid, hoary chief; Ev'ry burning word he spoke Full of rage, and full of grief. " Princess! if our aged eyes Weep upon... | |
| British poets - Classical poetry - 1822 - 310 pages
...from the Roman rods, Sought, with an indignant mien, Counsel of her country's gods, Sage beneath a spreading oak, Sat the Druid, hoary chief; Every burning...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;... | |
| |