 For them the Ceylon diver held his breath, And went all naked to the hungry shark ; For them his ears gushed blood ; for them in death The seal on the cold ice with piteous bark Lay full of darts ; for them alone did seethe A thousand men in troubles...  The Poetry of John Dryden - Page 332by Mark Van Doren - 1920 - 361 pagesFull view - About this book
 | England - 1848 - 802 pages
...boys." " For them alone did seethe A thousand men in troubles wide and darkHalf-ignorant, they tura'd an easy wheel, That set sharp racks at work to pinch and peel." Many years had passed over the guilty traffic, ere an accident having disturbed the placid surface... | |
 | William Howitt - Atrocities - 1838 - 552 pages
...Ferdinand to those who were going out to take part in the nefarious deeds — / They sate at home, and turned an easy wheel. That set sharp racks at work to pinch and peel. The small and almost nominal sum which had been allowed to the natives for their labour was now denied... | |
 | Mary Botham Howitt - English poetry - 1840 - 552 pages
...; for them alone did seethe A thousand men in troubles wide and dark • Half-ignorant, they turn'd an easy wheel, That set sharp racks at work, to pinch and peel. XVI. Why were they proud ? Because their marble founts Gush'd with more pride than do a wretch's tears... | |
 | John Keats - English poetry - 1846 - 340 pages
...darts ; for them alone did seethe A thousand men in troubles wide and dark : Half-ignorant, they turn'd an easy wheel, That set sharp racks at work, to pinch and peel. XVI. Why were they proud ? Because their marble founts Gush'd with more pride than do a wretch's tears... | |
 | John Keats - 1846 - 348 pages
...darts ; for them alone did seethe A thousand men in troubles wide and dark : Half-ignorant, they turn'd an easy wheel, That set sharp racks at work, to pinch and peel. XVI. Why were they proud ? Because their marble founts Gush'd with more pride than do a wretch's tears... | |
 | John Keats - 1847 - 280 pages
...darts; for them alone did seethe A thousand men in troubles wide and dark : Half-ignorant, they turn'd an easy wheel, That set sharp racks at work, to pinch and peel. Why were they proud 1 Because their marble fonnta Gush'd with more pride than do a wretch's tears ?... | |
 | Literature - 1848 - 690 pages
...meekly acknowledged that they freighted vessels " in the servant trade," with " cargoes of boys." " For them alone did seethe A thousand men in troubles...That set sharp racks at work to pinch and peel."' Many years had passed over the guilty traffic,, ere an accident having disturbed the placid surface... | |
 | Scotland - 1848 - 816 pages
...boys." "For them alone did seethe A thousand men in troubles wide and dark'Half-ignorant, they turn'd an easy wheel, That set sharp racks at work to pinch and peel." Many years had passed over the guilty traffic, ere au accident having disturbed the placid surface... | |
 | George Croly - English poetry - 1849 - 416 pages
...with hollow eyes ; Many all day in dazzling river stood, To take the rich-ored driftings of the flood. For them the Ceylon diver held his breath, And went...That set sharp racks at work,- to pinch and peel. III the mid-days of Autumn, on their eves The breath of Winter comes from far away, And the sick west... | |
 | University magazine - 1849 - 836 pages
...full of darts : for them alone did seethe A thousand men in troubles, wide and dark — Half ignorant, they turned an easy wheel, That set sharp racks at work, to pinch and peel." Burns, in his twin poems of matchless But were there ever any beauty, on the " Daisy" and " Field Writhed... | |
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