And now, from forth the frowning sky, From the heaven's topmost height, I heard a voice — the awful voice Of the blood-avenging sprite: 'Thou guilty man! take up thy dead, And hide it from my sight... Prose and Verse - Page 24by Thomas Hood - 1845Full view - About this book
| John Swett - 1884 - 412 pages
...lifeless clay, The blood gushed out amain! For every clot, a burning spot Was scorching in my brain! And now, from forth the frowning sky, From the heaven's topmost height, I heard a voice—the awful voice Of the blood-avenging sprite:— " Thou guilty man ! take up thy dead And hide... | |
| John Swett - 1884 - 404 pages
...lifeless clay, The blood gushed out amain! For every clot, a burning spot Was scorching in my brain ! And now, from forth the frowning sky, From the heaven's topmost height, 1 heard a voice — the awful voice Of the blood-avenging sprite: — " Thou guilty man ! take up thy... | |
| 1885 - 180 pages
...! For when I touched the lifeless c,ay, For every clot, a burning spot, Was scorching in my br.iin. "And now from forth the frowning sky, From the heaven's topmost height, I heard a voice—the awful voice Of the blood-avenging sprite :— 'Thou guilty man ! take up thy dead And hide... | |
| David Charles Bell - 1885 - 344 pages
...every clot, a burning spot was scorching in my brain ! My head was like an ardent coal, my heart as solid ice ; My wretched, wretched soul, I knew was at the Devil's price : And now, from forth the frowning sky, from the Heaven's topmost height, I heard a Voice — the awful... | |
| George Boyle - 1886 - 318 pages
...every clot, a burning spot Was scorching in my brain! My head was like an ardent coal, My heart as solid ice; My wretched, wretched soul, I knew, Was at the Devil's price: A dozen times I groaned: the dead Had never groaned but twice. And now, from forth the frowning sky From the Heaven's... | |
| Henry Fitz Randolph - 1887 - 336 pages
...every clot, a burning spot Was scorching in my brain! ' My head was like an ardent coal, My heart as solid ice; My wretched, wretched soul, I knew, Was at the devil's price : A dozen times I groaned ; the dead Had never groaned but twice ! ' And now, from forth the frowning sky, From the heaven's... | |
| Robert Ford - 1892 - 144 pages
...every clot, a burning spot Was scorching in my brain ! " My head was like an ardent coal, My heart as solid ice ; My wretched, wretched soul, I knew, Was at the devil's price : A dozen times I groaned, the dead " And now from forth the frowning sky, From the heaven's topmost height; I heard... | |
| Ainsworth Rand Spofford, Charles Gibbon - 1893 - 462 pages
...wretched soul, I knew, Was at the devil's price : A dozen times I groaned ; the dead Had never groaned but twice ! " And now, from forth the frowning sky...topmost height, I heard a voice - the awful voice Of the Blood- Avenging Sprite : — "Thou guilty man ! take up thy dead, And hide it from my sight !' " I... | |
| Reginald Brimley Johnson - 1894 - 338 pages
...every clot, a burning spot Was scorching in my brain ! " My head was like an ardent coal, My heart as solid ice ; . My wretched, wretched soul, I knew, Was at the Devil's price : A dozen times I groaned ; the dead Had never groaned but twice ! " And now, from forth the frowning sky, From the Heaven's... | |
| Joseph Edwards Carpenter - 1894 - 586 pages
...every clot, a burning spot Was scorching in my brain ! " My head was like an ardent coal, My heart as solid ice ; My wretched, wretched soul, I knew Was at the devil's price : A dozen times I groaned, the dead "And now from forth the frowning sfcy, From the heaven's topmost height, I heard... | |
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