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 - Página 578editado por - 1816Visualização completa - Sobre este livro
| James Stuart Laurie - 1866 - 236 páginas
...licking the hand Which answer'd not with a caress — he died. The crowd was famish'd by degrees ; hut two Of an enormous city did survive, And they were enemies : they met beside The dying embers of an nltar-place Where had been heap'da mass of holy things For an unholy usage ; they raked up, And shivering,... | |
| John Epy Lovell - 1866 - 568 páginas
...perpetual moan, And a quick, desolate cry, lieking the hand Which answered not with a caress — he died. The feeble ashes, and their feeble breath Blew for a little life, and made a flume * Which was a mockery ; then they lifted up Their eyes as it grew lighter, and beheld Each other's... | |
| Hippolyte Taine - 1866 - 500 páginas
...cry, licking the hand Whioh 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 : tliëy met beside Thfi dying embers of an altar place Where had been heap'da mass of holy things... | |
| George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1867 - 740 páginas
...OCCASIONAL PIECES. 77 Which answer'd not with я caree*— he died. The crowd was famisb'd i>> degree«; 1867 J. Murray"3 Byron George Gordon N." George Gordon N. Byron( betide The dying embers of ал altar-pUce Where had been beap'd а там of holy things For an unholy... | |
| Andrew Comstock, Philip Lawrence - 1808 - 596 páginas
...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...mass of holy things | For an unholy u'sage : ; they rak'd u», | And, shivering, scrap'd with their cold skeleton hands, | The feeble ash'es, and their... | |
| George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1868 - 666 páginas
...cry, licking the hand Which answered not with a caress— he died. The crowd was famish'd 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 heap'da mass of holy things •"or an unholy usage ; they raked up, And shivering scraped... | |
| M. S. Mitchell - 1869 - 416 páginas
...cry, licking the hand That answered not with a caress — he died. The crowd was famished by degrees. But two Of an enormous city did survive, And they...And shivering, scraped, with their cold, skeleton handl, The feeble ashes ; and their feeble breath Blew for a little life, and made a flame Which was... | |
| Charles A. Wiley - 1869 - 456 páginas
...enormous city did survive, And, shivering, scraped with their cold, skeleton hands, The feeble ashes ; aud their feeble breath Blew for a little life, and 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... | |
| Amédée Guillemin - 1870 - 328 páginas
...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...holy things For an unholy usage. They raked up, And shiv'riug, scraped with their cold, skeleton hands The feeble ashes, and their feeble breath Blew for... | |
| George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1870 - 768 páginas
...licking the hand \Vbich answer'd not with a caress — he died. The croud was famish'd by degrees ; d Für an unholy usage ; they raked up, [hands And shivering scraped wilh their cold skeleton 1 he feeble... | |
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