 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 - 1873 - 758 pàgines
...mountains which the shining Alps, sso 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 1 — Assembling wolves in ranging troops descend. And, pouring o'er the country, bear along, Keen... | |
 | 1875 - 806 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... | |
 | National Sunday school union - 1879 - 598 pàgines
...mountains which the shining Alps, 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 raging troops descend." ; Among those hilly regions, where, embraced In peaceful... | |
 | 1879 - 530 pàgines
...Existence" (639) — a remarkable picture. " By wintry famine rous'd, from all the tract Of horrid mountains Cruel as death, 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... | |
 | James Thomson - 1880 - 548 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 ! All human passions. Following him, I see, As at Thermopylae he glorious fell, The firm devoted chief,... | |
 | William Andrews - 1880 - 342 pàgines
...the forest. It was then the shelter and the residence of wild.) and ferocious animals, from whence ' Cruel as death and hungry as the grave — Burning for blood— bony, and gaunt, and grimAssembling wolves in raging troops descend, And pouring o'er the country, bear along Keen as the... | |
 | John Crosthwaite Bellett - 1884 - 384 pàgines
...which are sanctified." come down from the Alps and the Apennines in pursuit of prey, he says,— " Cruel as death, and hungry as the grave ! Burning for blood ! bony, and gaunt, and grim I Assembling wolves in raging troops descend ; And pouring o'er the country, bear along, Keen as the... | |
 | 1884 - 478 pàgines
...mountains, which the shining Alps, And wavy Apennines, and Pyrenees, Branch out, stupendous, into distant lands, Cruel as death and hungry as the grave ! Burning for blood ! Buny, and gaunt, and grim ! Assembling wolves in raging troops descend ; And, pouring o'er the country,... | |
 | Llewelyn Lloyd - 1885 - 428 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 griin, Assembling wolves in raging troops descend, Keen as the north wind sweeps the glossy snow :—... | |
 | Ludwig Herrig - 1885 - 752 pàgines
...mountains which the shining Alps, And wavy Appenine, and Pyrenees, Branch out stupendous into distant ! chains and slaverie! Wha will be a. traitor-knave? Wha can fill a coward's grave? Wha Assembling wolves in raging troops descend; And, pouring o'er the country, bear along, Keen as the... | |
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