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Show ( ll4 ] So flood Eliza on the wood-crown' d height, O'er Minden's pl~in, fpectatrefs of the fight, 2 70 Sought with bold eye amid the bloody fl:rife Her dearer felf, the partner of her life ; from hill to hill the rufhing hofl: purfued, And view' d his banner, or believed lhe view' d. Pleafed with the difl:ant roar, with quicker tread 2 7 5 Fafi by his hand one lifping boy lhe led; And one fair gir 1 amid the loud alann Slept on her kerchief, cradled by her ann ; While round her brows bright bean1s of Honour dart, And Love's wann eddies circle round her heart. 2 8 o -Near and more near the intrepid Beauty prefs'd, Saw through the driving fmoke his dancing crefl: ; Saw on his hehn, her virgin-hands inwove, Bright fiars of gold, and 1nyfiic knots of love ; Heard the exulting :fhou t, " they run! they run!" 2 8 5 "Great Gonl" ihe cried, "He's fafe! the battle's won!" -A ball now hiffes through the airy tides, (So1ne Fury wing' d it, and fo1ne Demon guides !) [ ns ] Parts the fine locks, her graceful head that deck, Wounds her fair ear, and :finks into her neck; 2 90 The red fl:ream, iffuing from her azure veins, Dyes her white veil, her ivory bofo1n fiains.- - cc Ah me ; " :fhe cried, an~ :linking on the ground, Kifs' d her dear babes, regardlefs of the wound ; " Oh, ceafe not yet to beat, thou Vital Urn! 295 " Wait, gufhing Life, oh, wait my Love's return! " Hoarfc barks the wolf, the vulture fcreams from far!-'' The angel, Pity, :fhuns the walks of war !- " Oh, fpare, ye War-hounds, fpare their tender age!'' On me, on me," fhe cried, '' exhaufi: your rage!''Then with weak anns her weeping babes carefs' d, 3 o I And :Gahino- hid them in her blood-fiain' d vefi. ' b b' Fron1 tent to tent the impatient warrior flies, Fear in his heart, and frenzy in his eyes; Eliza's nan1e along the _camp he calls, Eliza echoes through the canvas walls ; Q_2 |