 As it slipp'd through their jaws, when their edge grew dull ; As they lazily mumbled the bones of the dead, When they scarce could rise from the spot where they fed, So well had they broken a lingering fast With those who had fallen for that night's repast.  The Siege of Corinth: A Poem ; Parisina : a Poem - Page 26by George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1816 - 89 pagesFull view - About this book
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...him ! From a Tartar's skull they had stripped the flesh, As ye peel the fig when its fruit is fresh ; And their white tusks crunched o'er the whiter skull,...With those who had fallen for that night's repast. And Alp knew by the turbans thai rolled on the sand The foremost of these were the best of his band... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1815 - 324 pages
...ye peel the fig when its fruit is fresh ; 414 And their white tusks crunched o'er the whiter skull4, As it slipped through their jaws, when their edge...well had they broken a lingering fast With those who haid fallen for .that night's repast. 420 And Alp knew, by the turbans that rolled on the sand, The... | |
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...the fig when its fruit is fresh ; And their white tusks crunched o'er the whiter skull, As itslipped through their jaws, when their edge grew dull, As...With those who had fallen for that night's repast. And Alp knew, by the turbans that rolled on the sand, The foremost of these were the best of his band... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1820 - 260 pages
...fig when its fruit is fresh ; And their white tusks crunch'd o'er the whiter skull,(4) As it slipp'd through their jaws, when their edge grew dull, As...With those who had fallen for that night's repast. And Alp knew, by the turbans that roll'd on the sand, The foremost'of these were the best of his band:... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1821 - 294 pages
...when its fruit is fresh; And their white tusks crunch'd o'er the whiter skull, <« 415 As it slipp'd through their jaws, when their edge grew dull, As...night's repast. 420 And Alp knew, by the turbans that roll'd on the sand, The foremost of these were the best of his band: Crimson and green were the shawls... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1821 - 478 pages
...they lazily mumbled the bones of the dead, When they scarce could rise from the spot where they feel ; So well had they broken a lingering fast With those who had fallen for that night's repast. And Alp knew, by the turbans that rolled on the sand, The foremost of these were the best of his band... | |
 | John Watkins - 1822 - 452 pages
...the fig when its fruit is fresb : And their white tusks cranch'd o'er the whiter skull, As it slipp'd through their jaws when their edge grew dull; As they...With those who had fallen for that night's repast. And Alp knew by the turbans that roll'd in the sand, The foremost of these were the best of his band... | |
 | John Watkins - 1822 - 476 pages
...the fig when its fruit is fresh : And their white tusks cranch'd o'er the whiter skull, As it slipp'd through their jaws when their edge grew dull; As they...With those who had fallen for that night's repast. And Alp knew by the turbans that roll'd in the sand, The foremost of these were the best of his band... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1823 - 370 pages
...fig when its fruit is fresh ; And their white tusks crunch'd o'er the whiter skull, (4) As it slipp'd through their jaws, when their edge grew dull, As...With those who had fallen for that night's repast. And Alp knew, by the turbans that rolTd on the sand, The foremost of these were the best of his band... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1823 - 368 pages
...when their edge grew dull, As they lazily mumbled the bones of the dead, When they scarce could rist from the spot where they fed ; So well had they broken...With those who had fallen for that night's repast. And Alp knew, by the turbans that roll'd on the sand, The foremost of these were the best of his band... | |
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