 He recked not of the life he lost nor prize, But where his rude hut by the Danube lay There were his young barbarians all at play, There was their Dacian mother — he, their sire, Butchered to make a Roman holiday — All this rushed with his blood —...  Childe Harold's pilgrimage: Italy - Page 102by George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1872Full view - About this book
 | Europe - 1908 - 554 pages
...was their Dacian mother, — he, their sire, Butchered to make a Roman holiday ! — All this rushed with his blood. — Shall he expire, And unavenged ? Arise, ye Goths, and glut your ire ! But here, where Murder breathed her bloody stream, Dashing or winding as its torrent strays; Here,... | |
 | Patriotic poetry - 1908 - 228 pages
...was their Dacian mother, — he, their sire, Butchered to make a Roman holiday, — All this rushed with his blood. — Shall he expire, And unavenged? — Arise, ye Goths, and glut your ire. GEORGE NIDIVER. ANONYMOUS. Men have done brave deeds, And bards have sung them well; I of good George... | |
 | British - 1908 - 468 pages
...was their Dacian mother, — he, their sire, Butchered to make a Roman holiday, — All this rushed with his blood. — Shall he expire, And unavenged? — Arise! ye Goths, and glut your ire! But here, where murder breathed her bloody steam ; And here, where buzzing nations choked the ways,... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1909 - 160 pages
...There was their Dacian mother — he, their sire, Butcher'd to make a Roman holiday — All this rush'd with his blood. — Shall he expire And unavenged ? — Arise ! ye Goths, and glut your ire ! CXLII. 1270 But here, where Murder breathed her bloody steam ; And there, where buzzing nations choked the... | |
 | Education - 1909 - 720 pages
...There was their Dacian mother, — he, their sire, Butchered to make a Roman holiday. All this rush'd with his blood. Shall he expire And unavenged ? — Arise ! Ye Goths, and glut your ire." — Byron's Coliseum. 3. Compare the scene described in the above selection with the tragedy •enacted... | |
 | Maurice Baring - Russia - 1909 - 388 pages
...There was their Dacian mother — he, their sire, Butcher'd to make a Roman holiday — All this rush'd with his blood — Shall he expire, And unavenged ? — Arise ! ye Goths, and glut your ire ! ' "By so doing I may be applying the wrong test myself, since it is a commonplace of criticism that... | |
 | Ruth Shepard Phelps - Italy - 1910 - 402 pages
...was their Dacian mother, — he, their sire, Butchered to make a Roman holiday, — All this rushed with his blood, — shall he expire, And unavenged ? — Arise ! ye Goths, and glut your ire ! But here, where murder breathed her bloody steam ; And here, where buzzing nations choked the ways,... | |
 | Alphonso Gerald Newcomer - English literature - 1910 - 776 pages
...There was their Dacian mother — he, their sire, Butchered to make a Roman holiday — All this rushed uls, which thus each other thwarted, Love was the very root of the fond rage 7 Tbe ce 142 But here, where Murder breathed her bloody steam : And here, where buzzing nations choked the ways.... | |
 | Alphonso Gerald Newcomer, Alice Ebba Andrews - English literature - 1910 - 778 pages
...this rushed with his blood — Shall he expire And unavenged! Arise! ye Goths, and glut your ire! 142 a'en on trust, Or lured with Hope of some Diviner Drink, To fill the Cup— when crumbled int wayg, And roared or murmured like a mountain stream Dashing or winding as its torrent strays: Here,... | |
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