 And flame-shot tongues around him played, And near him many a fiendish eye Glared with a fell malignity, And yells of rage, and shrieks of fear, Came screaming on his startled ear.  The Culprit Fay, and Other Poems - Page 31by Joseph Rodman Drake - 1847 - 92 pagesFull view - About this book
 | John Keese - 1840 - 304 pages
...hisibreasv The plume hangs dripping from his cres% — ^ His eyes are blurred with the lightning's And his ears are stunned with the thunder's blare>...bodies through, And gashed their shadowy limbs of wind ; 40 THE CULPRIT FAY. Howling the misty spectres flew, They rend the air with frightful cries, For... | |
 | John Keese - 1840 - 302 pages
...wings are wet around his breast, \J{ The plume hangs dripping from his crest, His eyes are blurred with the lightning's glare, And his ears are stunned...behind, Till he pierced their cloudy bodies through, Howling the misty spectres flew, They rend the air with frightful cries, For he has gained the welkin... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1842 - 638 pages
...crest, His eyes are blurr'd with the lightning's glare. And his ears are stunn'd with the thunders blare. But he gave a shout, and his blade he drew, He thrust before and he struck behind. Till he piereed their cloudy bodies through. And gash'd their shadowy limbs of wind; Howling the misty spectres... | |
 | 1845 - 614 pages
...His wings are wet around his breast, The plume hangs dripping from his crest, His eyes are blurred , As e'er was fill'd, as e'er was quaff'd; But let shadow}1 limbs of wind; Howling the misty spectres flew, They rend the air with frightful cries, For... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1845 - 538 pages
...dripping from his crest. His eyes are blurr'd with the lightning's glare, And his ears are stunn'd with the thunder's blare, But he gave a shout, and...struck behind, Till he pierced their cloudy bodies throneh, And gash'd their shadowy limbs of wind ; Howling the misty spectres flew, They rend the air... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1855 - 690 pages
...eyes are blurr'd with the lightning's glare, And his ears arc stunn'd with the thunder's Ыагс. But he gave a shout, and his blade he drew, He thrust...behind, Till he pierced their cloudy bodies through, And gash'd their shadowy limbs of wind ; Howling the misty spectres flew, They rend the air with frightful... | |
 | 1864 - 428 pages
...His wings are wet around his breast, The plume hangs dripping from his crest, His eyes are blurred with the lightning's glare, And his ears are stunned...shadowy limbs of wind. Howling the misty spectres flew ; For he has gained the welkin blue, And the land of clouds beneath him lies. XXIX. Up to the cope... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1871 - 968 pages
...His wings are wet around his breast, The plume hangs dripping from lus crest, His eyes are blurred with the lightning's glare, And his ears are stunned...wind : Howling the misty spectres flew. They rend the «ir with frightful cries ; For he has gained the welkin blue, And the laud of clouds beneath him lies.... | |
 | 1872 - 900 pages
...His wings are wet around his breast, The plume hangs dripping from his crest, His eyes are blurred r JR lilare. But he gave a shout, and his blade he drew, He thrust before and he struck behind, Till he... | |
 | Cassell, ltd - 1875 - 452 pages
...eyes are blurred with the lightning's glare, And his cars are stunned with the thunder's blare; But ho gave a shout, and his blade he drew, He thrust before and ho struck behind, Till he pierced their cloudy bodies through, And gashed their shadowy limbs of wind.... | |
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