| George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1872 - 776 pages
...famish'd men at bay, And he was faithful to a corse, and kept Till hunger clung them, or the dropping dead Lured their lank jaws ; himself sought out no food, But with a piteous and perpetual moan, Which answor'd not with a caress—he died. And a quick desolate cry, licking the hand Of an enormous... | |
| Richard Green Parker, James Madison Watson - 1873 - 614 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...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 were enemies.... | |
| George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1873 - 378 pages
...corse, and kept The birds and beasts and famish'd men at bay, Till hunger clung them,'s or the dropping dead Lured their lank jaws ; himself sought out no...moan, And a quick desolate cry, licking the hand Which auswer'd not with a caress — he died. The crowd was famish'd by degrees ; but two Of an enormous... | |
| George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1873 - 380 pages
...beasts and famish'd ineii at bay, Till hunger clung them,'3 or the dropping dead Lured their lank jawa ; himself sought out no food, But with a piteous and...moan, And a quick desolate cry, licking the hand Which auswer'd not with a caress — he died. The crowd was famish'd by degrees ; but two Of an e.normous... | |
| Russell Thacher Trall - 1875 - 132 pages
...corpse, 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...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 were enemies.... | |
| Hippolyte Taine - 1876 - 462 pages
...corse, and kept The birds and beasts and famish'd men at bay, Till hunger clung them, or the drooping dead Lured their lank jaws ; himself sought out no...piteous and perpetual moan, And a quick desolate cry, lickingi the hand Which answer'd not with a caress — he died. The crowd was famish'd by degrees ;... | |
| 1877 - 604 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... | |
| William Holmes McGuffey - 1867 - 498 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...desolate cry, 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... | |
| 1877 - 600 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...quick desolate 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,... | |
| William Torrey Harris, Andrew Jackson Rickoff, Mark Bailey - 1878 - 508 pages
...corpse, 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...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 were enemies... | |
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