...the gaspings of an audible fear; the_long shriek, and the last groans of the flying crowds — " I saw the lean dogs beneath the wall Hold o'er the dead their carnival." And I rose up, and walked forth into the places of desolation and death ; and there, the young and...

...words of the sentinel, As his measured step on the stone below Clanked, as he paced it to and fro ; And he saw the lean dogs beneath the wall Hold o'er...o'er carcass and limb ; They were too busy to bark zt him! From a Tartar's skull they had stripped the flesh, As ye peel the fig when its fruit is fresh...

...words of the sentinel, As his measured step on the stone belovr Clank'd, as he paced it to and fro; And he saw the lean dogs beneath the wall Hold o'er the dead their carnival, (3) Gorging and growling o'er carcass and limb; They were too busy to bark at him! From a Tartar's...

...of these animals, when they have once acquired a fondness for human flesh : " He saw the lean tings beneath the wall, Hold o'er the dead their carnival, Gorging and growling o'er carcase and limb— They were too busy to bark at him, From a Tartar's skull they had stript the flesh,...

...words of the sentinel, As his measured step on the stone below Clanked, as he paced it to and fro ; And he saw the lean dogs beneath the wall Hold o'er...carcass and limb ; They were too busy to bark at him ! From a Tartar's skull they had stripped the flesh, As ye peel the fig when its fruit is fresh ; And...

...reminding us of that reached by Byron in that well-known passage in the ' Siege of Corinth,' when— " He saw the lean dogs beneath the wall Hold o'er the dead their carnival, Gorging and growling, over darkness and limb"— —— with as sudden a transition from the hideous to the ludicrous as...

...soul. How awfully horrific has Byron, in his " Siege of Corinth," described the appalling scene — " And he saw the lean dogs beneath the wall Hold o'er...the dead their carnival ; Gorging and growling o'er carcase and limb, They were too busy to bark at him ! From a Tartar's skull they had stripped the flesh,...

...picture of a scene, painted from the observation of a poet during a residence in Greece and Turkey : — "He saw the lean dogs beneath the wall, Hold o'er...carcass and limb; They were too busy to bark at him : From a Tartar's skull they had stripped the flesh, As ye peel the skin when the fruit is fresh."...

...but somewhat revolting description of Lord Byron refers, in the poem of the Siege of Corinth : " — he saw the lean dogs beneath the wall, Hold o'er the dead their carnival, Gorging and growling o'er carcase and limb— They were too busy to bark at him. From a Tartar's skull they had stript the flesh,...

...by Byron. " And he saw the lean dogs beneath the wall, Hold o'er tbe dead their carnival. Gorgling and growling o'er carcass and limb, — They were too busy to bark at him. And their white tusks crunched on the whiter skull, As it slipp'd from their teeth when their edge...