 By wintry famine rous'd, from all the tract Of horrid mountains which the shining Alps, And wavy Apennine, and Pyrenees, Branch out stupendous into distant lands; Cruel as death, and hungry as the grave; Burning for blood; bony, and gaunt, and grim. Assembling...  Poetry for children, selected by L. Aikin - Pàgina 62per Poetry - 1804Visualització completa - Sobre aquest llibre
 | James Thomson - 1866 - 376 pàgines
...mountains which the shining Alps, 390 And wavy Apgennines, and Pyrenees, Branch out stupendous into distant lands, /, Cruel as death, and hungry as the grave ! ,•*•. Burning for blood, bony, and gaunt, ^nd grim ! Assembling wolves in raging troops descend ; And, pouring o'er the country, bear along,... | |
 | William Howard Van Doren - 1867 - 606 pàgines
...fierceness. — Natives of all parts of the earth, they have great strength, and associate in packs. — " Cruel as death, and hungry as the grave : burning for blood, bony, gaunt and grim." Milton. — Cowardly, a characteristic of all cruel men, mistrustful, suspicious.... | |
 | James Thomson - 1868 - 416 pàgines
...mountains "which the shining Alps, 390 And wavy Apennines, and Pyrenees, Branch out stupendous into distant lands, — Cruel as death, and hungry as the grave ! Burning for blood ! bony, and gaunt, and grim ! — Assembling wolves in ranging troops descend, And, pouring o'er the country, bear along, Keen... | |
 | James Thomson - 1869 - 178 pàgines
...mountains which the shining Alps, 390 And wavy Apennir.e, and Pyrennees, Branch out stupendous into distant lands; Cruel as death, and hungry as the grave! Burning for blood ! bony, and gaunt, and grim! Assembling wolves in raging troops descend ; 3^5 And, pouring o'er the country, bear along, Keen as... | |
 | Thomas Brown - 1869 - 346 pàgines
...shining Alps, And wavy Apennine, and Pyrenees, Branch out stupendous into distant lands, Cruel as death I and hungry as the grave '. Burning for blood ! bony, and gaunt, and grim ! Assembling wolves in raging troops descend ; And pouring o'er the country, bear along, Keen as the... | |
 | John Wilson - 1870 - 722 pàgines
...much at school, know Thomson's description of the wolves among the Alps, Apennines, and Pyrenees, 41 Cruel as death, and hungry as the grave ! Burning for blood, bony and gaunt and grim !" &c. The first fifteen lines are equal to any thing in the whole range of English descriptive poetry;... | |
 | Cassell, ltd - 1871 - 838 pàgines
...mountains, which the shining Alps And wavy Appenine, and Pyrenees Branch out, stupendous into distant lands Cruel as death, and hungry as the grave, Burning for blood, bony, and gaunt, and grim, Assembling wolves in raging troops descend ; Keen as the north wind sweeps the glossy snov. .• All... | |
 | William Bingley - 1871 - 1056 pàgines
...mountains which the shining Alps, And wavy Apennine and Pyrennees Branch out stupendous into distant lands, Cruel as death ! and hungry as the grave Burning for blood ! bony, gaunt, and grim Assembling Wolves, in raging troops, descend ; And. pouring o'er the country bear along,... | |
 | John Alexander McClung - 1872 - 450 pàgines
...the attempt. At the hour of midnight, when naught was heard but the long, dismal howl of the wolf, " Cruel as death, and hungry as the grave, Burning for blood, bony, gaunt, and grim," he moved cautiously from his covert, and, gliding through the darkness, stealthily... | |
 | Adonijah Strong Welch - 1873 - 296 pàgines
...mountains, which the shining Alps, And wavy Apennine, and Pyrenees, Branch out stupendous into distant lands; Cruel as death, and hungry as the grave ! Burning for blood ! bony, and gaunt, and grim I 395 Assembling wolves in raging troops descend ; And, pouring o'er the country, bear along Keen as... | |
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