| Edmund Spenser - 1758 - 574 pages
...deadly face. . . i XXXIII. Ere long they come, where that fame wicked wight His dwelling has, low in an hollow cave, Far underneath a craggy cliff ypight, Dark, doleful, dreary, like a greedy grave, That ftill for carrion carcafes doth crave : . On top whereof ay dwelt the gaftly Owl, Shrieking his baleful... | |
| John Leake - Pregnancy - 1787 - 470 pages
...prefented tQ the Reader. *' Erelong they come, where that fame wicked " His dwelling has, low in an hollow cave, " Far underneath a craggy cliff ypight,...Dark, doleful, dreary, like a greedy grave, " That fiill for carrion carcafes doth crave : *' On top whereof ay dwelt the gaftly owl *' Shrieking his... | |
| Alexander Chalmers - English poetry - 1810 - 610 pages
...abydc By you, я hen ye arrive in that same place ; For lever had I die then sec his deadly face." ¡be long they come, where that same wicked wight His dwelling has, low in an hollow cave, Tar underneath a craggy cliff ypight, Darke, doletull, dreary, like a greedy grave,... | |
| Benjamin West - Engraving - 1820 - 70 pages
...destroying the requisite breadth. RH Q Eoo Q ^> r < rIft ri — E4 t " 4 11 THE CAVE OF DESPAIRS. " Ere long they come, where that same wicked wight His dwelling has, low in an hollow cave, Far underneath a craggy clift ypight, Dark, doleful, dreary, like a greedy grave, That... | |
| Elegant extracts - 1816 - 490 pages
...rift ; Which havingended, after him she ftielh swift. § 120. Description of Despair, and her Speech. ERE long they come, where that same wicked wight His dwelling has, low in an hollow cave, Far underneath a craggy clift ypight, Dark, doleful, dreary, like a greedy grate, That... | |
| 1821 - 502 pages
...wight His dwelling has, low in an hollow cave, Far underneath a craggy cliff ypight, Darke, dolefull, dreary, like a greedy grave, That still for carrion carcasses doth crave ; On top whereof ay dwelt the ghastly owle, Shrieking his balefull note, which ever drave Far from that haunt all other... | |
| 1821 - 504 pages
...the cave of despair. Had Spenser written no more than this allegory, he would have been immortal. ' Ere long they come where that same wicked wight His dwelling has, low in an hollow cave, Far underneath a craggy cliff ypight, Darke, dolefull, dreary, like a greedy grave,... | |
| Monthly literary register - 1826 - 680 pages
...— •• Ere long they came where that same wicked wight Hie dwelling has, low In a hollow rave, Far underneath a craggy cliff ypight, Dark, doleful, dreary, like a greedy grave. On top whereof aye dwelt the ghastly owl. Shrieking his baleful note, which ever drave Far from thai... | |
| 1826 - 722 pages
...and an original composition, the subject from Spenser's " Cave of Despair" : — "Ere long they came where that same wicked wight His dwelling has, low in a hollow cave, Par underneath a craggy cliff ypight. Dark, doleful, dreary, like n greedy grave. On top whereof aye... | |
| Great Britain - 1827 - 540 pages
...likeness; and an original composition, the subject from Spenser's " Cave of Despair." " Ere long they came where that same wicked wight His dwelling has, low...ypight, Dark, doleful, dreary, like a greedy grave. On top whereof aye dwelt the ghastly owl, Shrieking his baleful note, which ever drave Far from that... | |
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