 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
 | Russell Thacher Trall - 1875 - 132 pagina’s
...licking the hand Which answered not with a caress — he died. 4. 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 - 1876 - 462 pagina’s
...lickingi 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 were enemies : they met Inside The dying embers of an altar-place Where had been heap'da mass of holy things For an unholy... | |
 | William Holmes McGuffey - 1867 - 498 pagina’s
...licking the hand Which answered not with a tcaress, he died. 6. 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... | |
 | 1877 - 600 pagina’s
...cry, licking the hand Which answered hot with a caress — he died. The crowd was famished by degrees; but two Of an enormous city did survive, And they...they met beside The dying embers of an altar-place, Vhere had been heaped a mass of holy things For an unholy usage; they raked up And shivering scraped... | |
 | 1877 - 604 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 ^he dying embers of an altar-place, TO had been heaped a mass of holy things For an unholy usage; they... | |
 | William Torrey Harris, Andrew Jackson Rickoff, Mark Bailey - 1878 - 508 pagina’s
...licking the hand Which answered not with a caress, he died. Y. 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... | |
 | William Torrey Harris, Andrew Jackson Rickoff, Mark Bailey - 1879 - 508 pagina’s
...licking the hand Which answered not with a caress, he died. 0. The crowd was famished by degrees : but two Of an enormous city did survive, 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 up, And shivering... | |
 | Laura Valentine - 1880 - 634 pagina’s
...the hand Which answered not with a caress— he died. [two The crowd was famished by degrees ; but Of an enormous city did survive, And they were enemies...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... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1881 - 800 pagina’s
...licking the hand Which answer'd not with a caress — he died. The crowd was famish'd by degrees ; he fool still prone to range. And sneer on all who cannot change, nniss of holy things For an unholy usage ; they raked up, [hands And shivering scraped will) their... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1881 - 610 pagina’s
...answer'd not with a earess — he died. The erowd was famish'd by degrees ; but two Of an enormous eity did survive, And they were enemies : they met beside The dying embers of an altar-plaee Where had been heap'da mass of holy things For an unholy usagc ; they raked up, And shivering... | |
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