 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
 | Hippolyte Taine - English literature - 1863 - 712 pages
...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, 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 thence again With curses... | |
 | Richard Green Parker, James Madison Watson - Readers (Elementary) - 1863 - 614 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 Epy Lovell - Readers (Secondary) - 1866 - 568 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...howled. The wild birds shrieked, And, terrified, did flutter on the ground, And flap their useless wings ; the wildest brutes Came tame and tremulous ;... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1866 - 452 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 ;... | |
 | Penny readings - 1866 - 264 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, And gnash'd their teeth and howl'd : the wild birds shriek'd, And, terrified, did flutter on the ground,... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1866 - 802 pages
...and fed Their funeral piles with fuel, and look'd up With mad disquietude on the dull sky, 2 u Tho pall of a past world ; and then again With curses cast them down upon the dust, And gnash'd their teeth and ho\. I'd : the mid hirds shriek'd, And, terrified, did flutter on the ground,... | |
 | Richard Green Parker, James Madison Watson - Elocution - 1866 - 618 pages
...and wept ; and some did rest Their chins upon their clenched hands, and smiled ; And others hiirried to and fro, and fed Their funeral piles with fuel, and looked up, With mad disquietude, oil the dull sky, The pall of a past world ; and then again With curses, cast them down upon the dust,... | |
 | James Stuart Laurie - 1866 - 236 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... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1867 - 740 pages
...down And hid their eyes and wept; and some did rest Their chins upon their clenched hands, and smiled; ' Smug coterie, and literary lady. LXX VII. The poor dearMussulwomen whom look'd up With mad disquietude on the dull sky, The pall of a past world ; and then again With curses... | |
 | Warren P. Edgarton - 1868 - 522 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 nutter on the ground, And flap their useless wings : the wildest birds Came tame and tremulous ; and... | |
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