 | George Croly - 1850 - 442 oldal
...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 The dying embers of an altar-place, For an unholy usage ; they raked up, And shivering, scraped with their cold skeleton hand* The feeble... | |
 | John Celivergos Zachos - 1851 - 570 oldal
...And they were enemies ; they met beside Ti;e dying embers of an altar-place, Where had been heaped a mass of holy things, For an unholy usage : they raked...feeble breath Blew for a little life, and made a flame, Which was a mockery : then they lifted Their eyes, as it grew lighter, and beheld Each other's aspects... | |
 | Victor von Arentsschild - 1851 - 588 oldal
...with a caress — he died. The crowd was famish'd by degrees; but two Of an enormous city did survive, And they were enemies: they met beside The dying embers...they raked up And shivering scraped with their cold sceleton hands The feeble ashe», and their feeble breath Blew for a little life, and made a flame... | |
 | Henry Bartlett Maglathlin - 1851 - 328 oldal
...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 The dying embers of an altar-place, Where had been heaped a mass of holy things For an unholy usage ; they raked up, And shivering scraped, with their... | |
 | William Holmes McGuffey - 1853 - 492 oldal
...caress, he died. |». The crowd was famish'd by degrees ; but two Of an enormous city did survive, And they were enemies ; they met beside The dying...their cold, skeleton hands, The feeble ashes, and they made a flame Which was a mockery; then, they lifted up Their eyes as it grew lighter, and beheld... | |
 | Andrew Comstock - 1853 - 456 oldal
...was famish'd by degreesv ; | but two Of an enormous city, I did survive, ; | And they were enemies. I They met beside The dying embers of an altar-place,...mass of holy things ] For an unholy u'sage : | they rak'd up, \ And, shivering, scrap'd with their cold skeleton hands, | The feeble aslves, I and their... | |
 | J H. Aitken - 1853 - 378 oldal
...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 The dying embers of an altar-place, Where had been heaped a mass of holy things For an unholy usage ; they raked up, And shivering scraped with their... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1854 - 320 oldal
...— he died. The crowd was famish'd by degrees ; but two Of an enormous city did survive, DARKNESS. ; And they were enemies : they met beside The dying...feeble breath Blew for a little life, and made a flame Which was a mockery ; then they lifted up Their eyes as it grew lighter, and beheld Each other's aspects... | |
 | Gerald Griffin - 1854 - 288 oldal
...with the surrounding misery, reminded hirn of the lines in the magnificent poem of " Darkness:"— " They raked up And shivering scraped with their cold...feeble ashes, and their feeble breath Blew for a little life—and made a flame Which was a mockery; then they lifted up Their eyes as it grew lighter, and... | |
 | Jesse Olney - 1854 - 352 oldal
...a caress—he died. 7. The crowd was famish'd by degrees; but two Of an enormous city did survive, And they were enemies; they met beside The dying embers of an altar-place, Where had been hcap'da mass of holy things For an unholy usage; they raked up, The feeble ashes, and their feeble... | |
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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... 
