 | John Goldsbury, William Russell - 1844 - 444 pages
...Till hunger clung them, or the dropping dead Lured their lank jaws ; himself sought out no food, 25 But, with a piteous and perpetual moan, And a quick,...answered not with a caress, — he died. The crowd was famished by degrees ; but two Of an enormous city did survive, 30 And they were enemies ; they met... | |
 | John Goldsbury, William Russell - 1844 - 444 pages
...men Died, and their bones were tombless as their flesh; The meagre by the meagre were devoured; 25 But, with a piteous and perpetual moan, And a quick,...desolate cry, licking the hand Which answered not with a caress,—he died. 30 And they were enemies; they met beside The dying embers of an altar-place, Where... | |
 | C. P. Bronson - 1845 - 330 pages
...dead Lured their lank jaws ; himself, sought out no But, with a piteous, and perpetual moan, [food, And a quick, desolate cry, licking the hand Which...answered not with a caress— he died. The crowd was famished by degress ; but two Of an enormous city did survire, And they were enemies ; they met beside... | |
 | C. P. Bronson - 1845 - 390 pages
...himself, sought out no But, with a piteous, and perpetual moan, [food, And a quick, desolate < ry, licking the hand Which answered not with a caress — he died. The crowd was famished by degress : but two Of an enormous city did survive, And they were enemies ; they met beside... | |
 | C. P. Bronson - 1845 - 334 pages
...dead Lured their lank jaws ; himself, sought out no But, with a ]-iti -M and perpetual moan, [food, And a quick, desolate cry, licking the hand Which answered not with a caress—he died. The crowd was famished by degress ; but two Of an enormous cily did survive, And... | |
 | Timothy Stone Pinneo - 1847 - 502 pages
...The birds, and beasts, and famished men at bay? Till hunger clung them, or the dropping dead laired their lank jaws ; himself sought out no food, But,...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... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1848 - 428 pages
...corse, and kept The birds and beasts and famished men at bay, Till hunger clung them, or the dropping dead Lured their lank jaws ; himself sought out no...perpetual moan, And a quick desolate cry, licking Uie hand Which answered not with a caress — he died. The crowd was famished by degrees ; but two... | |
 | Thomas King Greenbank - 1849 - 446 pages
...corse, and kept The birds and beasts and famished men at bay, Till hunger clung them, or the drooping dead Lured their lank jaws ! himself sought out no...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... | |
 | George Croly - 1850 - 442 pages
...corse, and kept The birds and beasts and famished men at bay, Till hunger clung them, or the dropping dead Lured their lank jaws; himself sought out no...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... | |
 | Henry Bartlett Maglathlin - 1851 - 328 pages
...famished men at bay, Till hunger clung them, or the dropping dead Lured their lank jaws ; himself sought no food, But with a piteous and perpetual moan, And...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... | |
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The birds, and beasts, and famished men at bay, Till hunger clung them, or the dropping dead Lured their lank jaws ; himself sought out no food, But, with a piteous and perpetual moan And a quick desolate cry, licking the hand, Which answered not with... 
