...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 bowlings of the wintry winds, were...

...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...

...mountains, which the shining Alps, And wavy Apennine, and Pyrenees, Branch out stupendous into distant these truths to tell, Which folks perceive who cannot spell ? And must we spectacles apply. To ! Assembling wolves in raging troops descend ; And, pouring o'er the country, bear along, Keen as the...

...feared. The only part about it of any use and value is its skin. One of our poets says it is — " Cruel as death, and hungry as the grave ; Burning for blood ; bony, and gaunt, and grim !" In countries where wolves are numerous, whole droves flock down from the mountains, or out of the...

...been much at school, know Thomson's description of the wolves among the Alps, Apennines, and Pyrenees, "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;...

...mountains which the shining Alps, SQO 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...

...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 wolves in raging troops descend ; And, pouring o'er the country, bear along, Keen as the...

...melancholy howls of the gathering marauders, and how grateful the shelter of the forrester's grange. " 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...

...daily life, and give its lustre to the fire on the hearth of every Christian household." — WILSOX. " Cruel as death, and hungry as the grave ; Burning for blood, bony and gaunt and grim." THOMSON. " Upon our word, we begin to believe that we ourselves deserve the name of Poietes much better...

...the shining Alps, And wavy Apennine, and Pyrenees, Branch out stupendous into distant lands , Criiel 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...