 Cold on Canadian hills, or Minden's plain, Perhaps that parent wept her soldier slain — Bent o'er her babe, her eye dissolved in dew, The big drops, mingling with the milk he drew, Gave the sad presage of his future years, The child of misery baptized...  A Shelf of Old Books - Side 123af Annie Fields - 1894 - 215 siderFuld visning - Om denne bog
 | John Langhorne - 1802 - 310 sider
...Minden's plain, Perhaps that parent mourn'd her soldier slain ; Bent o'er her babe, her e) e dissolv'd in dew, The big drops mingling with the milk he drew,...presage of his future years, The child of misery, baptiz'd in tears ! O Edward, here thy fairest laurels fade ! And thy long glories darken into shade... | |
 | 1828 - 722 sider
...These lines were written beneath : " Cold on Canadian hills, or Minden's plain, Perhaps that mother wept her soldier slain ; Bent o'er her babe, her eye...years, The child of misery baptized in tears." ' Burns seemed much affected by the print, or rather by the ideas which it suggested to his mind. He actuallv... | |
 | Mrs. Barbauld (Anna Letitia) - 1816 - 414 sider
...Minden's plain, Pechaps that parent mourn'd her soldier slain j Bent o'er her babe, her eye dissolv'd in dew, The big drops mingling with the milk he drew,...presage of his future years— The child of Misery, baptiz'd in tears. THE BALLOON. SO on the shoreless air th' intrepid Gaul Launch'd the vast concave... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - 1819 - 482 sider
...Minden's plain, Perhaps that parent mourn'd her soldier slain ; Bent o'er her babe, her eye dissolv'd in dew, The big drops mingling with the milk he drew,...presage of his future years, The child of misery, baptiz'd in tears ! GYPSIES. FROM THE SAME. THE gypsy-race my pity rarely move ; Yet their strong thirst... | |
 | British poets - 1822 - 278 sider
...poor Indian begg'da leafy bed. Cold on Canadian hills, or Minden's plain, Perhaps that parent mourn'd her soldier slain ; Bent o'er her babe, her eye dissolved...future years, The child of misery, baptized in tears! O Edward, here thy fairest laurels fade ! And thy long glories darken into shade. While yet the palms... | |
 | Ezekiel Sanford, Robert Walsh - 1822 - 428 sider
...Minden's plain, Perhaps that parent mourn'd her soldier slain : Bent o'er her babe, her eye dissolv'd in dew, The big drops mingling with the milk he drew,...presage of his future years, The child of misery, baptiz'd in tears ! O Edward, here thy fairest laurels fade ! And thy long glories darken into shade.... | |
 | sir Samuel Egerton Brydges (bart.) - 1822 - 180 sider
...mourn'd her soldier slain; Bent o'er her babe , her eye dissolved in dew , The big drops mingling wilh the milk he drew , Gave the sad presage of his future years , The child of Misery , baptized in tears ! » — I cannot account for the momentary inspiration , by which one, who is in general an affected... | |
 | Constable and co, ltd - 1826 - 734 sider
...side,—on the other, his widow, with a child in her arras. These lines were written beneath,— * Cold on Canadian hills, or Minden's plain, Perhaps...years, The child of misery baptized in tears.' " Burns seemed much affected by the print, or rather the ideas which it suggested to his mind. He actually... | |
 | John Gibson Lockhart - 1828 - 324 sider
...side, — on the other, his widow, with a child in her arms. These lines were written beneath, — ' Cold on Canadian hills, or Minden's plain, Perhaps...years, The child of misery baptized in tears.' " Burns seemed much affected by the print, or rather the ideas which it suggested to his mind. He actually... | |
 | 1830 - 472 sider
...plain, Perhaps that parent wept her soldier slain— Bent o'er her babe, her eye dissolved in due, The big drops, mingling with the milk he drew, Gave...years, The child of misery baptized in tears.' " Burns seemed much affected by the print, or rather the ideas which it suggested to his mind. He actually... | |
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