 | Edward Young - Women - 1741 - 194 pages
...peftilence to lhare the crown. When men extol a wild Deftroyer's name, Earth's Builder and Prefervcr they blafpheme. One to deftroy is murder by the law,...glorious art, and gives immortal Fame. When after battel I the field have feen Spread o'er with ghaftly fhapcs, which once were men ; A nation crufht... | |
 | Edward Young - English poetry - 1752 - 154 pages
...O divine renown ! With dearth, and pejiilence to fhare the crown. When men extol a wild Deftroyer's name, Earth's Builder and Preferver they blafpheme....glorious art, and gives immortal Fame. When after battel I the field have feen Spread o'er with ghaftlyihapes, which once were men; A nation crufht fa... | |
 | Edward Young - 1767 - 272 pages
...the crown. When men extol a wild dcftroyer's name, Earth's Builder and Preferver they blafpheme. Oat to deftroy, is murder by the law; And gibbets keep the lifted hand in awe ; To murder tioufaxde, takes a fp ecious name, War's glorious art, and gives immortal fame. When, after battle,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1779 - 290 pages
...dellroyer's name, Earth's Builder and Preferver they blafpheme. One to delh'oy, is murder by the law ; 5 5 And gibbets keep the lifted hand in awe; To murder thoufands, takes a fpecious name, War's glorious a:t, and gives immortal fame. When, after battle, I the field have leen .Spread o'er with ghaftlyfhapes,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1779 - 278 pages
...a-wild detiroyer's name, Earth's Builder and Preferver they blafpheme. •One to deftroy, -ismurder-ty the law ; <; And gibbets keep the lifted hand in awe ; To murder tboufatnis, takes a fpecious name, War's glorious art> and giwes immortal fame. When, after battle,... | |
 | English poets - 1790 - 286 pages
...divine renown ! With d'.arih, and peftilence, to mare the crown. When men extol a wild deftroyer's name, Earth's Builder and Preferver they blafpheme. •One to deftroy, is murder by the law; 55 And gibbets keep the lifted hand in awe ; To murder thoufands, takes a fpecious name, War's glorious... | |
 | Vicesimus Knox - English poetry - 1791 - 966 pages
...(hare the crown. When men extol a wild deftroycr's name, Earth's Builder and Prcferver they blalphcmc. One to deftroy, is murder by the law ; And gibbets keep the lifted hand in awe. To murder thoulands, takes a fpccious name, War's glorious art, and gives immortal fame. When after battle I... | |
 | Civil rights - 1795 - 432 pages
...O great alliance ! O divine renown ! With dearth and pestilence to share the crown. One to destroy is murder by the law; And gibbets keep the lifted hand in awe. To murder thousands, takes a specious name, War's glorious art, and gives immortal fame. When, after battle,... | |
 | Vicesimus Knox - English poetry - 1796 - 574 pages
...When men extol a wild deftroyer's name, Earth's Builder aud Pieferver they blafphcme. One to dcftroy, is murder by the law ; And gibbets keep the lifted hand in awe. To murder thoul'ands, takes a fpecious name, War's glorious art, and gives immortal fame. When after battle 1... | |
 | Readers - 1803 - 250 pages
...nation, I'hofe laws o' th' land that were intended 'o keep it out, are made defend it, — Hudibrus. WAR. ONE to deftroy is murder by the law ; And gibbets keep the lifted hand in awe. To murder thousands, takes a fpecious name, War's glorious art, and gives immortal fame. When, after battle,... | |
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One to destroy, is murder by the law ; And gibbets keep the lifted hand in awe : To murder thousands, takes a specious name, " War's glorious art, 
