 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
 | Ephraim Hunt - American literature - 1872 - 658 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...and looked up With mad disquietude on the dull sky, With curses cast them down upon the dust, And gnashed their teeth, and howled. The wild birds shrieked,... | |
 | Charles Mackay - English poetry - 1896 - 680 pages
...down And hid their eyes and wept ; and some did rest Their chins upon their clenched tmi, and smiled ; And others hurried to and fro, and fed Their funeral...disquietude on the dull sky, The pall of a past world ; and tba again With curses cast them down npoa the dust, And gnashed their teeth and howled; the wild birds... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1896 - 692 pages
...eyes and wept; and some did rest Their chins upon their clenched hands, and smiled; And others huvried to and fro, and fed Their funeral piles with fuel. and looked up With mad disquietnde on the dull sky, 30 The pall of a past world: and then again With curses cast them down... | |
 | Charles Mackay - 1897 - 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...howled ; the wild birds shrieked, And, terrified, did flutter on the ground, And flap their useless wings ; the wildest brutes Came tame and tremulous; and... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1898 - 112 pages
...aspect, as by fits The flashes fell upon them ; some lay down With mad disquietude on the dull sky, 30 The pall of a past world; and then 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,... | |
 | George Lansing Raymond - Aesthetics - 1899 - 392 pages
...And the cursing and shrieking, fluttering, crawling, and generally appalling character of this : — and then again With curses cast them down upon the...And gnashed their teeth and howled ; the wild birds shriek'd And terrified did flutter on the ground, And flap their useless wings ; the wildest brutes... | |
 | Guy Carleton Lee - Elocution - 1899 - 492 pages
...eyes, and wept; and some did rest Their chins upon their clinched hands, r ' Illustrations. and smiled; The pall of a past world; and then again With curses, cast them down upon the dust, And gnash'd their teeth, and howl'd." " ' Oh, I have passed a miserable night, So full of ugly sights,... | |
 | Guy Carleton Lee - 1899 - 490 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, Illustrations. The pall of a past world; and then... | |
 | Guy Carleton Lee - Elocution - 1900 - 488 pages
...eyes, and wept; and some did rest Their chins upon their clinched hands, r ' Illustrations. 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,... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1901 - 632 pages
...And hid their eyes and wept ; and some did rest Their chins upon their clenche"d hands, and smiled ; And others hurried to and fro, and fed Their funeral...dull sky, The pall of a past World ; and then again 30 With curses cast them down upon the dust, And gnashed their teeth and howled: the wild birds shrieked,... | |
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