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... Poems - Page 360by George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1859Full view - About this book
| Jesse Olney - 1845 - 348 pages
...did survive, 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...mutual hideousness they died, Unknowing who he was upon whose brow Famine had written Fiend. 8. The world was void, The populous and the powerful was a lump,... | |
| C. P. Bronson - 1845 - 334 pages
...their feeble lireath Blew for a little life, nnrl made a flame, Which was a mockery ; then they lifted Their eyes as it grew lighter, and beheld Each other's...hideousness they died. Unknowing who he was, upon whose brow— Famine had writtenjfend. The world was void; The populous, and the powerful was a lump—... | |
| C. P. Bronson - 1845 - 330 pages
...things, For an unholy usage ; they raked up, [hands, And, shivering, scraped, with their cold, skeleton The feeble ashes, and their feeble breath Blew for...made a flame, Which was a mockery; then they lifted Their eyes as it grew lighter, and beheld Each other's aspects; saw, and shrlek'd, and died, Even of... | |
| C. P. Bronson - 1845 - 390 pages
...things. For an unholy usage ; they raked up, [hands, And, shivering, scraped, with thetr cold, skeleton The feeble ashes, and their feeble breath Blew for...made a flame, Which was a mockery ; then they lifted Their eyes as it grew lighter, and beheld Eftcta other's aspects; paw, and shriek'd, and died, Even... | |
| C. P. Bronson - 1845 - 398 pages
...flame, Which was a mockery ; then they lifted Their eyes as ii grew lighter, and beheld Each other'* aspects; saw, and shriek'd, and died, Even of their...hideousness they died, Unknowing who he was, upon whose browFamine had written JienJ. The worldwas void j The populous, and the powertul was a lump —... | |
| Timothy Stone Pinneo - 1847 - 502 pages
...And they were enemies ; they met beside The dying embers of an altar-place, Where had been heaped a mass of holy things For an unholy usage : they raked...their feeble breath Blew for a little life, and made aflame, Which was a mockery ; then they lifted up Their eyes as it grew lighter, and beheld Each other's... | |
| George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1848 - 428 pages
...enemies ; they met beside The dying embers of an altar-place Where had been heaped n mass of holy tilings For an unholy usage ; they raked up, And shivering...skeleton hands The feeble ashes, and their feeble breath x Blew for a little life, and made a flame Which was a mockery ; then they lifted up Their eyes as... | |
| Thomas King Greenbank - 1849 - 446 pages
...enormous city did survive, The dying embers of an altar-place, Where had been heaped a mass of hoi} 1 things For an unholy usage; they raked up, And shivering...lighter, and beheld Each other's aspects — saw, and shrieked, and died — Even of their mutual hideousness they died, Unknowing who he was upon whose... | |
| George Croly - 1849 - 416 pages
...shivering, scraped with their cold skeleton hand* The feeble ashes, and their feeble breath Blew for n little life, and made a. flame Which was a mockery...lighter, and beheld Each other's aspects — saw, and shrieked, and died — Even of their mutual hideousness they died, Unknowing who he was upon whose... | |
| George Croly - 1850 - 442 pages
...altar-place, For an unholy usage ; they raked up, And shivering, scraped with their cold skeleton hand* The feeble ashes, and their feeble breath Blew for...Which was a mockery ; then they lifted up Their eyes ns it grew lighter, and beheld Each other's aspects — saw, and shrieked, and died — Even of their... | |
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