 Fashion'd so slenderly, Young, and so fair ! Ere her limbs frigidly Stiffen too rigidly, Decently, — kindly, — Smooth and compose them ; And her eyes, close them, Staring so blindly ! Dreadfully staring Through muddy impurity, As when with the daring...  The Works of Thomas Hood - Page 146by Thomas Hood - 1864Full view - About this book
 | 1857 - 686 pages
...rigidly, Decently — kindly — Smoothed and composed them, And her еуез closed them, Staring so blindly ! " Dreadfully staring Through muddy impurity,...daring, Last look of despairing, Fixed on futurity." Where was Farleigh ? Reported dead. Nearly two mouths before Lucy's first attempt to destroy herself... | |
 | American literature - 1857 - 694 pages
...composed them, And her eyes closed them, Staring so blindly! " Dreadfully staring Through muddy imparity, As when with the daring, Last look of despairing, Fixed on futurity." Where was Farleigh ? Reported dead. Nearly two months before Lucy's first attempt to destroy herself... | |
 | William Henry Milburn - Blind - 1858 - 314 pages
...Stiffen too rigidly, Decently — kindly — Smooth and compose them; And her eyes, close them, Staring so blindly ! "Dreadfully staring Through muddy impurity,...futurity. " Perishing gloomily Spurred by contumely, Gold inhumanity, Burning insanity, Into her rest. — Cross her hands humbly, As if praying dumbly... | |
 | Edgar Allan Poe - American poetry - 1858 - 332 pages
...too rigidly, Decently, — kindly, — Smooth, and compose them ; And her eyes, close them, Staring so blindly ! Dreadfully staring Through muddy impurity,...futurity. Perishing gloomily, Spurred by contumely, 241 II Cold inhumanity, Burning insanity, Into her rest, — Cross her hands humbly, As if praying... | |
 | Edgar Allan Poe - American poetry - 1858 - 388 pages
...kindly,— Smooth, and eompose them ; And her eyes, elose them, Staring so blindly ! Dreadfully etaring Through muddy impurity, As when with the daring Last...Fixed on futurity. Perishing gloomily, Spurred by eontumely, 341 1 I Cold inhumanity, Burning insanity, Cross her hunda humbly, As if praying dumbly,... | |
 | Frederick William Robertson - Literature - 1858 - 376 pages
...sinner; and bids you place her in the attitude in which alone you have a right to regard her now — " Cross her hands humbly, As if praying dumbly, Over her breast; Owning her weakness, Her evil behaviour, And leaving in meekness Her sins to her Saviour." I should not like to be the woman who... | |
 | American literature - 1859 - 528 pages
...Decently, — kindly, — Smooth, and compose them ; And her eyes, close them, Staring so'blindly ! Dreadfully staring Through muddy impurity, As when...behavior, And leaving, with meekness, Her sins to her Savior I The vigor of this poem is no less remarkable than its pathos. The versification, although... | |
 | Harvey Marriott - 1859 - 284 pages
...impurity, As when the daring Last look of despairing Fixed on futurity. Perishing gloomily, Spurned by contumely, Cold inhumanity, Burning insanity, Into...dumbly, Over her breast. Owning her weakness, Her evil behaviour, And leaving with meekness Her sins with her SAVIOCK. THOMAS HOOD. THE TWO SWORDS. ON the... | |
 | United States - 1859 - 424 pages
...Stiffen too rigidly, Decently, kindly, Smoothe and compose them ; And her eyes, close them, Staring so blindly : Dreadfully staring Through muddy impurity,...despairing, Fixed on futurity, Perishing gloomily, Spurned by contumely, Cold inhumanity, Burning insanity, Into her rest. Cross her hands humbly, As... | |
 | Plague Spot - Great Britain - 1859 - 632 pages
...Stiffen too rigidly, Decently — kindly, Smooth, and compose them : And her eyes, close them, Staring so blindly ! " Dreadfully staring Through muddy impurity, As when with the daring Last look of despairing Fix'd on Futurity. " Perishing gloomily, Spurr'd by contumely, Cold inhumanity, Burning insanity, Into... | |
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