 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...  Monthly Review; Or New Literary Journal - Pagina 4371816Volledige weergave - Over dit boek
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1854 - 320 pagina’s
...perpetual moan, And a quick desolate cry, 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, DARKNESS. ; And they were enemies : they met beside The dying embers, of an altar-place Where had been... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1855 - 434 pagina’s
...perpetual moan, And a quick desolate cry, licking the hand Which answer'd not with a caress — he died. The crowd was famish'd by degrees ; but two Of an...up, And shivering scraped with their cold skeleton hands The feeble ashes, and their feeble breath Blew for a little life, and made a flame Which was... | |
 | Andrew Comstock - 1855 - 444 pagina’s
...moan, I And a quick, desolate cry, I licking the hand Which answer'd not with a caress, | he died,. | The crowd was famish'd by degrees* ; | but two Of an enormous cit-y, I did survive, ; | And they were enemies. I They met beside The dying embers of an altar-place, Where... | |
 | 1856 - 518 pagina’s
...desolate 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,...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... | |
 | Samuel Griswold Goodrich - 1856 - 592 pagina’s
...iey earth Swung, blind and black'ning, in the moonless air. ***** The crowd was famish'd by degrecs ; but two Of an enormous city did survive, And they were enemies : they met bosido The (lying embers of an altar-place, Where had becn heap'da mass of holy things, For an unholy... | |
 | Samuel Griswold Goodrich - 1857 - 618 pagina’s
...space, Eayless and pathless, and the icy earth Swung, blind and black'ning, in the moonless air. ***** The crowd was famish'd by degrees ; but two Of an...up, And shivering, scraped with their cold, skeleton hands, The feeble ashes, and their feeble breath Blew for a little life, and made a flame, Which was... | |
 | Samuel Griswold Goodrich - 1857 - 836 pagina’s
...space, Rayless and pathless, and the icy earth Swung, blind and black'ning, in the moonless air. ***** The crowd was famish'd by degrees ; but two Of an...usage : they raked up, And shivering, scraped with thcir cold, skeleton hands, The feeble ashes, and then- feeble breath Blew for a little life, and made... | |
 | William Holmes McGuffey - 1857 - 456 pagina’s
...answer'd not with a '•'caress, he died. 6. The crowd was famish'd by degrees: but two Of an tenormous city did survive, And they were enemies ; they met...heap'da mass of holy things For an unholy usage: they rak'd up, And, shivering, scrap'd with their cold, skeleton hands, The feeble ashes, and they made... | |
 | Charles William Smith (professor of elocution.) - 1857 - 338 pagina’s
...desolate 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,...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... | |
 | Lucius Osgood - 1858 - 494 pagina’s
...perpetual moan, And a quick, desolate cry, licking the hand Which answer'd not with a caress, he died. 7. The crowd was famish'd by degrees. But two Of an enormous...And, shivering, scraped with their cold, skeleton hands The feeble ashes ; and their feeble breath Blew for a little life, and made a flame, Which was... | |
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