 And they were enemies; they met beside The dying embers of an altar-place Where had been heap'da mass of holy things For an unholy usage; they raked up, And shivering scraped with their cold skeleton hands The feeble ashes, and their feeble breath Blew...  The Critical Review: Or, Annals of Literature - Pagina 578geredigeerd door - 1816Volledige weergave - Over dit boek
 | Hippolyte Taine - 1883
...licking the hand Which answer'd not with a caress — he died. The crowd was famish'd by degrees ; but two Of an enormous city did survive, And they...up, And shivering scraped with their cold skeleton handa The feeble ashes, and their feeble breath Blew for a little- life, and made a flame Which was... | |
 | John Swett - 1884 - 390 pagina’s
...And they were enemies. They met beside The dying embers of an altar-place, Where had been heaped a mass of holy things For an unholy usage. They raked...made a flame, Which was a mockery. Then they lifted Their eyes as it grew lighter, and beheld Each other's aspects — saw, and shrieked, and died; Even... | |
 | John Swett - 1884 - 390 pagina’s
...stream, that must forever hide me. SHAKESPEARE. 10. DREAM OF DARKNESS. The crowd was famished by degrees. But two Of an enormous city did survive, And they...The dying embers of an altar-place, Where had been heaped a mass of holy things For an unholy usage. They raked up, And, shivering, scraped with their... | |
 | Joseph H. Head - 1884 - 456 pagina’s
...cry, licking the hand Which answered not with a caress — he died. The crowd was famished by degrees; but two Of an enormous city did survive, And they were enemies; they met beside The dvin" embers of an altar-place, ğ ~ > \Vhere hud been heaped a mass of holy things For an unholy usage;... | |
 | David Charles Bell - 1885
...licking the hand Which answered not with a caress — he died ! The crowd was famished by degrees ; but two Of an enormous city did survive, And they...The dying embers of an altar-place, Where had been heaped a mass of holy things For an unholy usage ; they raked up, And, shivering, scraped, with their... | |
 | Hippolyte Taine - 1885
...licking the huĞd Which answer'd not with a caress — he died. The crowd was famish'd by degrees ; but two Of an enormous city did survive, And they...The dying embers of an altar-place Where had been hcap'da mass of holy thing! For an unholy usage ; they raked up, And shivering scraped with their cold... | |
 | Alfred Hix Welsh - 1882
...cry, licking the hand Which answer'd not with a caress — he died. The crowd was famished by degrees; bore thee slow away. And, turning from my nursery...window, drew A long, lung sigh, ami wept a last adieu ! hcap'da mass of holy things For an unholy usage; they raked up, And shivering scraped with their cold... | |
 | S. S. Hamill - 1886 - 382 pagina’s
...beside The dying embers of an altar-place, Where had been heaped a mass of holy things For an unho'y usage; they raked up, And, shivering, scraped with...made a flame Which was a mockery ; then they lifted Their eyes as it grew lighter, and beheld Each other's aspect — saw, and shriek'd, and dieci Even... | |
 | John Millard - 1889 - 216 pagina’s
...licking the hand Which answer'd not with a caress — he died. The crowd was famish'd by degrees ; but two Of an enormous city did survive, And they...skeleton hands The feeble ashes, and their feeble breath Which was a mockery ; then they lifted up Their eyes as it grew lighter, and beheld Each other's aspects... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1891 - 720 pagina’s
...licking the hand Which answer' d nol with a caress— he died. The crowd was famish'd by degrees ; n's miracle— Its columns strew the wilderness, and...dwell The hyaena and the jackal in their shade ; I ahar-place, Where had been hcap'da mass of holy things For an unholy usage ; they raked up, [hands... | |
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