 The brows of men, by the despairing light, Wore an unearthly aspect, as, by fits, The flashes fell upon them. Some lay down, And hid their eyes, and wept; and some did rest Their chins upon their clenched hands, and smiled; And others hurried to and fro,...  Elocution: Or, Mental and Vocal Philosophy - Seite 258von C. P. Bronson - 1845 - 323 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | John Celivergos Zachos - 1851 - 570 Seiten
...And hid their eyes, and wept ; and some did rest Their chins upon their clenched hands, and smiled ; And others hurried to and fro, and fed Their funeral...dull sky, The pall of a past world ; and then again, vVith curses, cast them down upon the dust, And gnashed their teeth, and howled. The wild birds shrieked,... | |
 | Henry Meredith Parker - 1851 - 352 Seiten
...once proceed to follow the example set in that " Dream, which was not all a dream," where mankind " With curses cast them down upon the dust, And gnashed their teeth and howled." In fact there is nothing to prevent one's gnashing one's teeth on the occasion except the intolerable... | |
 | Victor von Arentsschild - 1851 - 588 Seiten
...down And hid their eyes and wept; and some did rest Their chins upon their clenched hands, and smiled; And others hurried to and fro, and fed Their funeral piles with fuel, and look'd up With mad disquietude on the dull sky, The pall of a past world; and then again With curses... | |
 | J H. Aitken - 1853 - 378 Seiten
...And hid their eyes, and wept ; and some did rest Their chins upon then- clenched hands, and smiled ; And others hurried to and fro, and fed Their funeral...howled. The wild birds shrieked, And, terrified, did flutter on the ground, And flap their useless wings ; the wildest brutes Came tame and tremulous ;... | |
 | William Holmes McGuffey - 1853 - 492 Seiten
...And hid their eyes, and wept ; and some did rest Their china upon their clinched hands, and smiled ; And others hurried to and fro, and fed Their funeral piles with fuel, and look'd up With mad disquietude on the dull sky, The +pall of a past world ; and then again, With curses... | |
 | Jesse Olney - 1854 - 352 Seiten
...and fed Their funeral piles with fuel, and look'd up With mad disquietude on the dull sky, The.pall of a past world; and then a'gain With curses cast them down upon the dust, And gnash'd their teeth and howl'd. 4 The wild birds shriek'd, And, terrified, did flutter on the ground,... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1854 - 320 Seiten
...And hid their eyes and wept ; and some did rest Their chins upon their clenched hands, and smiled ; And others hurried to and fro, and fed Their funeral piles with fuel, and look'd up With mad disquietude on the dull sky, The pall of a past world ; and then again With curses... | |
 | George Croly - 1854 - 426 Seiten
...nd Olid their eyes and wept; and some did rest Their chins upon their clenched hands, and smiled ; And others hurried to and fro, and fed Their funeral piles with fuel, andjooked up With mad disquietude on the dull sky, The pall of a past world ; and then again With curses... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1855 - 434 Seiten
...And hid their eyes and wept ; and some did rest Their chins upon their clenched hands, and smiled ; And others hurried to and fro, and fed Their funeral piles with fuel, and look'd up With mad disquietude on the dull sky, The pall of a past world ; and then again With curses... | |
 | Andrew Comstock - 1855 - 444 Seiten
...and smil'di ; | And others hurried to and fro, I and fed Their funeral piles with fuel, and look'd up With mad disquietude on the dull sky, | The pall of a past worldv ; I and then again With curses, cast them down upon the dust', | And gnash'd their teeth1, |... | |
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