 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...  Monthly Review; Or New Literary Journal - Page 4371816Full view - About this book
 | 1817 - 608 pages
...perpetual moan And a quick desolate cry, licking the hand Which answered not with a caress — he died. The crowd was famish'd by degrees; but two Of an enormous...up, And shivering scraped with their cold skeleton hands The feeble ashes, and their feeble breath Blew for a little life, and made a flame Which was... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - Bookbinders - 1815 - 324 pages
...perpetual moan And a quick desolate cry, licking the hand Which answered not with a caress — he died. The, crowd was famish'd by degrees ; but two Of an...The dying embers of an altar-place Where had been heapM a mass of holy things For an unholy usage ; they raked up, And shivering scraped with their cold... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1816 - 88 pages
...perpetual moan And a quick desolate cry, licking the hand Which answered not with a caress — he died. The crowd was famish'd by degrees ; but two Of an...up, And shivering scraped with their cold skeleton hands The feeble ashes, and their feeble breath Blew for a little life, and made a flame Which was... | |
 | Tobias Smollett - Books - 1816 - 674 pages
...among Mr. Wordsworth's Lyrical Ballads before referred to. The following lines conclude this piece. " But two Of an enormous city did survive, And they...up, And shivering scraped with their cold skeleton hands The feeble ashes, and their feeble breath Blew for a little life, and made a flame Which was... | |
 | English literature - 1816 - 692 pages
...before referred to. The following lines conclude this piece. Of an enormous city did survive, -But two And they were enemies; they met beside The dying embers...up, And shivering scraped with their cold skeleton hands The feeble ashes, and their feeble breath Blew for a little life, and made a flame Their eyes... | |
 | 1817 - 506 pages
...licking the hand Which answered not with a CJUT« — be died. The crowd was famish' d by degrees ; hot two Of an enormous city did survive, And they were enemies ; they met Deride The dying embers of an altar-place, Where had been heap'da mass uf bolv thinp For an unholy... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1818 - 210 pages
...perpetual moan And a quick desolate cry, licking the hand Which answered not with a caress — he died. The crowd was famish'd by degrees ; but two Of an...up, And shivering scraped with their cold skeleton hands The feeble ashes, and their feeble breath Blew for a little life, and made a flame Which was... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1818 - 216 pages
...perpetual moan And a quick desolate cry, licking the hand Which answered not with a caress — he died. The crowd was famish'd by degrees ; but two Of an...up, And shivering scraped with their cold skeleton hands The feeble ashes, and their feeble breath Blew for a little life, and made a flame Which was... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1820 - 306 pages
...perpetual moan And a quick desolate cry, licking the hand Which answer'd not with a caress — he died. The crowd was famish'd by degrees ; but two Of an...up, And shivering scraped with their cold skeleton hands The feeble ashes, and their feeble breath Blew for a little life, and make a flame Which was... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - English poetry - 1821 - 478 pages
...perpetual moan And a quick desolate cry, licking the hand Which answered, not with a caress — he died. The crowd was famish'd by degrees ; but two Of an...city did survive, And they were enemies ; they met bwide The dying embers of an altar-place Where had been heap'da mass of holy things For an unholy usage... | |
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