 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
 | Samuel Phillips Newman - English language - 1837 - 334 pages
...this remark. I shall there-fore state but few instances here, and these without comment:— • " Men looked up With mad disquietude on the dull sky, The pall of a past world." " Thoughts rush in stormy darkncst through the soul." " It broke the Sabbath stillness round." " The... | |
 | Samuel Phillips Newman - English language - 1837 - 334 pages
...this remark. I shall therefore state but few instances here, and these without comment : — s " Men looked up With mad disquietude on the dull sky, The pall of a past world." " Thoughts rush in stormy darknets through the soul." " It broke the Sabbath stillness round." " The... | |
 | Jesse Olney - Readers - 1838 - 346 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... | |
 | Benjamin Dudley Emerson - Readers (Elementary) - 1841 - 286 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... | |
 | Andrew Comstock - Elocution - 1841 - 410 pages
...their eyes, | and wept ; | and some did rest Their chins | upon their clinched hands, | 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... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1843 - 576 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... | |
 | John Goldsbury, William Russell - American literature - 1844 - 444 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...again, With curses, cast them down upon the dust, 5 And gnashed their teeth and howled. The wild birds shrieked, And, terrified, did flutter on the ground,... | |
 | John Goldsbury, William Russell - Elocution - 1844 - 444 pages
...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...; and then again, With curses, cast them down upon tlie dust, 6 And gnashed their teeth and howled. The wild birds shrieked, And, terrified, did flutter... | |
 | John Goldsbury, William Russell - Elocution - 1844 - 444 pages
...hid their eyes, and wept ; and some did rest Their chins upon their clenched hands, and smiled • Their funeral piles with fuel, and looked up With...again, With curses, cast them down upon the dust, 5 And gnashed their teeth and howled. The wild birds shrieked, And, terrified, did flutter on the ground,... | |
 | C. P. Bronson - Elocution - 1845 - 390 pages
...down. And hid their eyes, and wept ; and some did rest Their chins upon their clenched handa.andsmil'd; And others hurried to and fro, and fed Their funeral...howled. The wild birds shrieked, And, terrified, did flutteron the ground, And flap their useless wings : the wildest brutes Came tame, and tremulous ;... | |
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