 The brows of men, by the despairing light, Wore an unearthly aspect, as, by fits, The flashes fell upon them. Some lay down, And hid their eyes, and wept; and some did rest Their chins upon their clenched hands, and smiled; And others hurried to and fro,...  Elocution: Or, Mental and Vocal Philosophy - Page 258by C. P. Bronson - 1845 - 323 pagesFull view - About this book
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1868 - 666 pages
...And hid their eyes and wept ; and some did rest Their chins upon their clenched hands, and smiled ; And others hurried to and fro, and fed Their funeral piles with fuel, and look'd up With mad disquietude on the dull sky. The pall of a past world ; and then again With curses... | |
 | Andrew Comstock, Philip Lawrence - Elocution - 1808 - 596 pages
...their eyes, and wept' ; and some did rest Their chins | upon their clinched hands, I and smil'd. ; | And others hurried to and fro, and fed Their funeral piles with fuel, and look'd up With mad disquietude on the dull sky, | The pall of a past world, ; ' and then again With... | |
 | Charles A. Wiley - Elocution - 1869 - 456 pages
...Ar.d hid their eyes, and wept ; and some did rest Their chins upon their clenched hands, and smil'd ; And others hurried to and fro, and fed Their funeral...upon the dust, And gnashed their teeth, and howled. 16. "SORROW." [Expulsive Orotund, Middle and High Key.] Seems, madam ! nay, it is : I know not seems,... | |
 | M. S. Mitchell - Elocution - 1869 - 416 pages
...And hid their eyes, and wept ; and some did rest Their chins upon their clinched hands, and smiled ; And others hurried to and fro, and fed Their funeral piles with fuel, and look'd up, With mad disquietude, on the dull sky, The pall of a past world ; and then again With curses,... | |
 | Amédée Guillemin - Sun - 1870 - 328 pages
...And hid their eyes and wept ; and sonic did rest Their chins upon their clenched hands, and smiled; And others hurried to and fro, and fed Their funeral...again, With curses, cast them down upon the dust, And gnash'd their teeth and howl'd : the wild birds shriek'd, And, terrified, did flutter on the ground,... | |
 | Hippolyte Taine - English literature - 1871 - 568 pages
...hands, and smiled ; And others hurried to and fro, and fed Their funeral piles with fuel, and look'd up With mad disquietude on the dull sky, The pall...again With curses cast them down upon the dust, And gnash 'd their teeth and howl'd : the wild birds shriek'd, And, terrified, did flutter on the ground,... | |
 | Hippolyte Adolphe Taine - 1871 - 570 pages
...And hid their eyes and wept ; and some did rest Their chins upon their clenched hands, and smiled ; And others hurried to and fro, and fed Their funeral piles with fuel, and look'd np With mad disquietude on the dull sky, The pall of a past world ; and then again With curses... | |
 | Hippolyte Taine - English literature - 1871 - 564 pages
...And hid their eyes and wept ; and some did rest Their chins upon their clenched hands, and smiled ; And others hurried to and fro, and fed Their funeral piles with fuel, and look'd up With mad disquietude on the dull sky, The pall of a past world ; and then again With curses... | |
 | Charles Hartley - 1872 - 372 pages
...And hid their eyes and wept ; and some did rest Their chins upon their clenched hands, and smiled ; And others hurried to and fro, and fed Their funeral...howled : the wild birds shrieked, And, terrified, did flutter on the ground, And flap their useless wings ; the wildest brutes Came tame and tremulous ;... | |
 | Readers - 1872 - 514 pages
...And hid their eyes, and wept ; and some did rest Their chins upon their clenched hands, and smiled ; And others hurried to and fro, and fed Their funeral...howled. The wild birds shrieked, And, terrified, did flutter on the ground, And flap their useless wings : the wildest brutes Came tame and tremulous ;... | |
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