 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
 | Alan D. Gaff - 2004 - 458 pàgines
...the bare and leafless branches of the tall trees, while the dismal howling of a pack of wolves — "Cruel as death, and hungry as the grave; Burning for blood, bony, gaunt and grim," might be heard in the distance, mingled with the howlings of the wintry winds, were... | |
 | Samuel Prout Newcombe - 1850 - 426 pàgines
...disposition it is cruel, ferocious, cunning, and cowardly. One of the English poets says that it is "Cruel as death, and hungry as the grave : Burning for blood, bony, and gaunt, and grim." It is to be hoped that we may never again see any wolves in ' England. Another important animal of... | |
 | Henry Mills Alden, Frederick Lewis Allen, Lee Foster Hartman, Thomas Bucklin Wells - 1872 - 996 pàgines
...hungry wolves than at any other period. Of these Thomson says, " By wintry famine roused, Cruel aa death and hungry as the grave, Burning for blood, bony and gaunt and grim, Assembling wolves in raging troops descend." February was called the Sprout -Kale month, for then the... | |
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