 And they were enemies; they met beside The dying embers of an altar-place Where had been heap'da mass of holy things For an unholy usage; they raked up, And shivering scraped with their cold skeleton hands The feeble ashes, and their feeble breath Blew...  The Critical Review: Or, Annals of Literature - Side 578redigeret af - 1816Fuld visning - Om denne bog
 | Timothy Stone Pinneo - 1847 - 502 sider
...cry, licking the hand Which answered not with a caress, he died. The crowd was famished by degrees ; but two Of an enormous city did survive, And they...The dying embers of an altar-place, Where had been heaped a mass of holy things For an unholy usage : they raked up, And, shivering, scraped, with their... | |
 | George Croly - 1849 - 416 sider
...licking the hand Which answered not with a caress — he died. The crowd was famished by degrees ; but two • Of an enormous city did survive, And they...The dying embers of an altar-place, Where had been heaped a mass of holy things For nn unholy usage ; they raked up, And shivering, scraped with their... | |
 | George Croly - 1850 - 442 sider
...licking the hand Which answered not with a caress — he died. The crowd was famished by degrees ; but two Of an enormous city did survive, And they...they met beside The dying embers of an altar-place, For an unholy usage ; they raked up, And shivering, scraped with their cold skeleton hand* The feeble... | |
 | Victor von Arentsschild - 1851 - 588 sider
...cry, licking the hand Which answer'd not with a caress — he died. The crowd was famish'd by degrees; but two Of an enormous city did survive, And they...they raked up And shivering scraped with their cold sceleton hands The feeble ashe», and their feeble breath Blew for a little life, and made a flame... | |
 | Henry Bartlett Maglathlin - 1851 - 328 sider
...cry, licking the hand Which answered not with a caress, he died. The crowd was famished by degrees ; but two Of an enormous city did survive, And they...The dying embers of an altar-place, Where had been heaped a mass of holy things For an unholy usage ; they raked up, And shivering scraped, with their... | |
 | John Celivergos Zachos - 1851 - 570 sider
...licking the hand Which answered not with a caress — he died. Tfc* trowd was famished by degrees ; but two Of an enormous city did survive, And they were enemies ; they met beside Ti;e dying embers of an altar-place, Where had been heaped a mass of holy things, For an unholy usage... | |
 | J H. Aitken - 1853 - 378 sider
...licking the hand, Which answered not with a caress — he died. The crowd was famished by degrees ; but two Of an enormous city did survive, And they...The dying embers of an altar-place, Where had been heaped a mass of holy things For an unholy usage ; they raked up, And shivering scraped with their... | |
 | Andrew Comstock - 1853 - 456 sider
...was famish'd by degreesv ; | but two Of an enormous city, I did survive, ; | And they were enemies. I They met beside The dying embers of an altar-place,...mass of holy things ] For an unholy u'sage : | they rak'd up, \ And, shivering, scrap'd with their cold skeleton hands, | The feeble aslves, I and their... | |
 | George Croly - 1854 - 426 sider
...licking the hand Which answered not with a caress — he died. The crowd was famished by degrees ; but two Of an enormous city did survive, And they...The dying embers of an altar-place, Where had been heaped a mass of holy tllings >•• I 348 BYRON For an unholy usage ; they rake'd up, And shivering,... | |
 | Jesse Olney - 1854 - 352 sider
...licking the hand Which answer'd not with a caress—he died. 7. The crowd was famish'd by degrees; but two Of an enormous city did survive, And they...The dying embers of an altar-place, Where had been hcap'da mass of holy things For an unholy usage; they raked up, The feeble ashes, and their feeble... | |
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