 What barbarous invader sack'd the land ? But when he hears no Goth, no Turk, did bring This desolation, but a Christian king ; When nothing but the name of zeal appears 'Twixt our best actions and the worst of theirs ; What does he think our sacrilege...  Coopers-hill: A Poem, - Page 10by Sir John Denham - 1709 - 16 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Robert Manning - 1725 - 400 pages
...following elegant Verfes. Who fees thefe difmal Heips, but will demand, IVhat Barbarous Invader fack'd ihe Land! But when he hears no Goth, no Turk did bring This Deflation, but a Chriflian King ; When 'nothing but the Name of Zeal appears 'Ttvixt our beft Attions,... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - English poetry - 1767 - 288 pages
...And rather in the dark to grope our way, Than, Jed by a falfe guide, to err by day ? Who fees thefe difmal heaps, but would demand What barbarous invader...the land > But when he hears, no Goth, no Turk, did tring This defolation, but a Chriftian king ; When nothing but the name of Zeal appears, 'Twixt .our... | |
 | Anthony à Wood, Sir John Peshall - Oxford (England) - 1773 - 522 pages
...be to fay. Or as Mr. Deriham, in another Senfe complains :— Who fees thefe difmal Heaps but wou'd demand, What barbarous Invader fack'd the Land; But...No Goth, no Turk, did bring This Defolation, but a Cbriftian King ; When nothing but the Name of Zeal appears, 'Twixt our beft Actions and the worft of... | |
 | John Duncombe, John Hughes - English letters - 1773 - 998 pages
...difmal heaps, but \yould demand What barbarous invader fack'd the. land? •, : But when he'hears, no Goth, no Turk, did bring This defolation, but a chriftian king; When nothing, but the name-of real, appears ' 'Twist our beft aclions, and the wortt of theirs, What, does he think, ppr... | |
 | English poetry - 1781 - 516 pages
...? And rather in the dark to grope our way, Than led by a falfe guide to err by day ? Who fees thefe difmal heaps, but would demand What barbarous invader...But when he hears, no Goth, no Turk, did bring This dejblation, but a Chriftian king ; When nothing, but the name of zeal, appears 'Twixt our beft actions... | |
 | John Scott, John Hoole - English poetry - 1785 - 492 pages
...the laft four couplets: Who fees thefe diCmal heaps, but would demand, What barbarous invader fock'd the land ? But when he hears no Goth, no Turk did bring This defolation, hut a Chriftian king ; When nothing but the name of zeal || appears, 'Twixt our beft actions, and the... | |
 | Adam Anderson - Commerce - 1787 - 662 pages
...in lamenting the wild and arbitrary proceedings of a tyrannical monarch : " Who fees thefe tlifmal heaps, but would demand, " What barbarous Invader fack'd the land? " But when he hears no Goth nor Turk did bring " This defolation, but a Chrifiian King ; " When nothing but the name of Zeal appears... | |
 | Johann Joachim Eschenaburg - Literature - 1789 - 486 pages
...Guide to err by Day? *""' Who fees thefe dismal heaps, but would demand What. barbarous Invader fackt the Land? But when he hears, no Goth, no Turk did bring This Defolation, buta Chrijlian King. When nothing, but the Name of Zeal, appears 'Twixt out beft A£tions and the worft... | |
 | Johann Joachim Eschenaburg - Literature - 1789 - 484 pages
...falfe Guide to err by Day? Who fees thefe dismal heaps, but would demand What barbarous Invader fackt the Land ? But when he hears, no Goth, no Turk did bring This:Defolation, but a Chriftian King. When nothing, but the Name of Zeal, appears 'Twixt our befl... | |
 | Edmund Burke - France - 1790 - 372 pages
...rather in the dark to grope our way, " Than, led by a falfe guide, to err by day ? " Who fees thefe difmal heaps, but would demand, " What barbarous invader...no Goth, no Turk did bring " This defolation, but a ChriiHan king ; " When nothing, but the name of zeal, appears " 'Twixt our beft aftions, and the worft... | |
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