All night I lay in agony, From weary chime to chime; With one besetting horrid hint That racked me all the time — A mighty yearning, like the first Fierce impulse unto crime — "One stern tyrannic thought, that made All other thoughts its slave! Stronger... Prose and Verse - Page 26by Thomas Hood - 1849 - 401 pagesFull view - About this book
| 1829 - 696 pages
...body of his wretched victim into a pool, Aram is supposed to proceed in the following strain : — " Heavily I rose up, as soon As light was in the sky, And sought the black accursed pool With a wild misgiving-eye ; And I saw the dead in the river bed, For the faithless stream was dry ! Merrily rose... | |
| John Moore - 1792 - 584 pages
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| 1828 - 514 pages
...hint, That rack'd me all the time, — A mighty yearning, like the first Fierce impulse unto crime ! One stern, tyrannic thought, that made All other thoughts...that temptation crave. — Still urging me to go and sec The dead man iu his grave ! Heavily I rose up, — as soon As light was in the sky, — And sought... | |
| 1836 - 706 pages
...A mighty yearning, like the first Fierté impulse unto crimo ! 4 One etern, tyrannic thought, that All other thoughts its slave; Stronger and stronger...Heavily I rose up — as soon As light was in the sky — Aod sought the black, accnreed pool With a wild misgiving eye ; And 1 saw the dead in the river... | |
| 1836 - 676 pages
...hint, That racked me all the tinv, A mighty yearning, like the first Fierce impulse unto crime : ' One stern, tyrannic thought, that made All other thoughts its slave; Stronger and stronger every pulso Did that temptation crave — Still urging me to go and кее The dead man in his gravo ! '... | |
| 1846 - 608 pages
...hint, That rack'd ine all the time ; A mighty yearning, like the first Fierce impulse uuto crime ! " ' One stern, tyrannic thought, that made All other thoughts...his grave ! " ' Heavily I rose up, as soon As light wnsin the sky, And sought the black accursed pool With a wild misgiving eye ; And I saw the Dead in... | |
| Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1846 - 540 pages
...hint, That rack'd me all the time,— A mighty yearning, like the first Fierce impulse unto crime ! " One stern, tyrannic thought, that made All other thoughts...in the river bed, For the faithless stream was dry . But I never mark'd its morning flight, I never heard it sing : For I was stooping once again Under... | |
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