Through muddy impurity, As when with the daring Last look of despairing Fixed on futurity. Perishing gloomily, Spurred by contumely, Cold inhumanity, Burning insanity, Into her rest. Cross her hands humbly, As if praying dumbly, Over her breast ! Owning... Prose and Verse - Page 205by Thomas Hood - 1849 - 401 pagesFull view - About this book
| Plague Spot - 1859 - 632 pages
...impurity, As when with the daring Last look of despairing Fix'd on Futurity. " Perishing gloomily, Spurr'd by contumely, Cold inhumanity, Burning insanity, Into...Over her breast ! " Owning her weakness, Her evil behaviour, And leaving with meekness Her sins to her Saviour." And these the frail beings who were... | |
| 1859 - 424 pages
...compose them ; And her eyes, close them, Staring so blindly : Dreadfully staring Through muddy impurity, As when with the daring Last look of despairing, Fixed on futurity, Perishing gloomily, Spurned by contumely, Cold inhumanity, Burning insanity, Into her rest. Cross her hands humbly, As... | |
| 1859 - 406 pages
...impurity, As when with the daring Last look of despairing, Fixed on futurity, Perishing gloomily, Spurned by contumely, Cold inhumanity, Burning insanity, Into her rest. Cross her hands hnmbly, As if praying dumbly, Over her breast, Owning her weakness, Her evil behavior, And leaving... | |
| William Henry Milburn, Thomas Binney - 1860 - 384 pages
...them ; And her eyes, close them, Staring so blindly ! " Dreadfully staring Through muddy impurity, As when with the daring Last look of despairing, Fixed...Over her breast ! " Owning her weakness, Her evil behaviour, And leaving with meekness Her sins to her Saviour ! " When tragedies more terrible than... | |
| John William Stanhope Hows - 1860 - 450 pages
...with care ; Fashion'd so slenderly, Young, and so fair ! Dreadfully staring Through muddy impurity, As when with the daring Last look of despairing, Fixed...Spurred by contumely, Cold inhumanity, Burning insanity, 1nto her rest. — Cross her hands humbly, As if praying dumbly, Over her breast ! Owning her weakness,... | |
| John Williamson Palmer - 1861 - 540 pages
...compose them ; And her eyes, close them, Staring so blindly ! Dreadfully staring Through muddy impurity, As when with the daring Last look of despairing Fixed...And leaving, with meekness, Her sins to her Saviour ! THOMAS HOOD. THE HOLLY TREE. O READER ! hast thou ever stood to see The holly tree? The eye that... | |
| Francis Turner Palgrave - 1861 - 356 pages
...impurity, As when with the daring Last look of despairing Fix'd on futurity. Perishing gloomily, Spurr'd by contumely Cold inhumanity Burning insanity Into...dumbly, Over her breast ! Owning her weakness, Her evil behaviour, And leaving, with meekness, Her sins to her Saviour ! T. Hood CCXXX1I ELEGY O snatch'd away... | |
| Thomas Hood - 1861 - 394 pages
...Dreadfully staring Thro' muddy impurity, As when with the daring Last look of despairing Fix'd on futurity. Cold inhumanity, Burning insanity, Into her rest....dumbly, Over her breast ! Owning her weakness, Her evil behaviour, And leaving, with meekness, Her sins to her Saviour ! THE SONG OF THE SHIRT, WITH fingers... | |
| Thomas Hood - 1861 - 482 pages
...them $ And her eyes, close them,, Staring so blindly I Dreadfully staring Through muddy impurity,. As when with the daring; Last look of despairing....futurity. Perishing gloomily, Spurred by contumely^ Oold inhumanity, Burning insanity, Into her rest. — Gross her hands humbly?; As if praying dumbly.... | |
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