... ragged stick, And one with a heavy stone, One hurried gash with a hasty knife, — And then the deed was done : There was nothing lying at my foot But lifeless flesh and bone! Poems - Page 4by Thomas Hood - 1854 - 388 pagesFull view - About this book
| John Moore - 1792 - 584 pages
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| 1828 - 602 pages
...Nothing but lifeless flesh and bone, That could not do me ill ; And yet I fear'd him all the more, For lying there so still : There was a manhood in his...ghastly flame, — Ten thousand thousand dreadful eyes ' Oh God, it made me quake to see Such tense within the slain ! But when I touch'd the lifeless clay,... | |
| 1829 - 372 pages
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| Thomas Hood - 1831 - 80 pages
...Nothing but lifeless flesh and bone, That could not do me ill; And yet I fear'd him all the more, For lying there so still : There was a manhood in his...murder could not kill ! " And, lo! the universal air SeenVd lit with ghastly flame ; — Ten .thousand thousand dreadful eyes Were looking down in blame... | |
| 1836 - 676 pages
...Nothing but lifeless flesh and bone, That could not do me ill ; And yet I fear'd him all the more. For lying there so still; There was a manhood in his. look, That murder could not kill: 70 Editors' Table. [May ' And, lo ! the universal air Seem'd lit with ghastly flame — Tea thousand... | |
| 1836 - 706 pages
...lifeleng flesh and bone, That could not do me ill ; And yet I fear'd him all the more, For lying there ?o still; There was a manhood in his look, That murder could not kill: 546 [May ' And, lo ! the universal air Seem'd lit with ghastly flame — Ten thousand thousand dreadful... | |
| Jewel - 1839 - 352 pages
...Nothing but lifeless flesh and bone, That could not do me ill ; And yet I fear'd him all the more, For lying there so still : There was a manhood in his...murder could not kill ! " And lo ! the universal air Secm'd lit with ghastly flame, — Ten thousand thousand dreadful eyes Were looking down in blame :... | |
| 1846 - 608 pages
...That could not do me ill : And yet I fear'd him all the more, For lying there so still : There wa* a manhood in his look That murder could not kill ! " ' And, lo ! the universal air See'tied lit with ghastly flame ! Ten thousand thousand dreadful eyes Were looking down in blame :... | |
| Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1845 - 558 pages
...Nothing but lifeless flesh and bone, That could not do me ill ; And yet I fear'd him all the more, For lying there so still : There was a manhood in his...Were looking down in blame: I took the dead man by the hand, And call'd upon his name ! " О God, it made me quake to see Such sense within the slain... | |
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