 I took the dreary body up, And cast it in a stream — A sluggish water black as ink, The depth was so extreme. — My gentle boy, remember this Is nothing but a dream ! " Down went the corse with a hollow plunge, And...  Prose and Verse - Page 25by Thomas Hood - 1849 - 401 pagesFull view - About this book
 | David Munro - 1881 - 160 pages
...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!' And cast it in a stream,— A sluggish water, black as ink, " I took the dreary body up, The depth... | |
 | Gleanings - 1882 - 692 pages
...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...in a stream — A sluggish water, black as ink, The depth was so extreme : — My gentle boy, remember this Is nothing but a dream ! — " And peace went... | |
 | Thomas Hood - 1882 - 476 pages
...Of the blood-avenging sprite: — , Thou guilty man ! take up thy And hide it from my sight ! ' " 1 took the dreary body up, And cast it in a stream, — A sluggish water, black as ink, The depth was so extreme :— My gentle Boy, remember this Is nothing but a dream ! I Look the (Ireary... | |
 | Charles Anderson Dana - 1882 - 906 pages
...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 ! ' " And I took the dreary body up, And cast it in a stream — The sluggish water black as ink, The... | |
 | Coventry Patmore - 1882 - 376 pages
...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 ! " II took the dreary body up And cast it in a stream — A sluggish water, black as ink, The depth... | |
 | Robert McLean Cumnock - 1882 - 420 pages
...never groaned but twice. " And now, from forth the frowning sky, From the heaven's topmost height, 'Thou guilty man!, take up thy dead, And hide it from my sight! ' " And I took the dreary body up, And cast it in a stream, — The sluggish water black as ink, The... | |
 | William James Linton, Richard Henry Stoddard - 1883 - 386 pages
...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 !...a stream, — A sluggish water, black as ink, The depth was so extreme : — My gentle boy ! remember, this Is nothing but a dream ! " Down went the... | |
 | George Walter Baynham - 1883 - 416 pages
...frowning sky, from the heaven's topmost height, I heard a voice — the awful voice of the blood-aveugiug sprite — 'Thou guilty man ! take up thy dead and...a stream, — a sluggish water, black as ink, the depth was so extreme : my gentle boy, remember this is nothing but a dream. Down went the corse with... | |
 | James Sheridan Knowles - 1883 - 454 pages
...from forth the frowning sky. From the heaven's topmost height, I heard a voice — the awful voice " I took the dreary body up, And cast it in a stream, — A sluggish water, black as ink, The depth was so extreme. — My gentle boy, remember this Is nothing but a dream! — " Down went the... | |
 | Thomas Hood - 1883 - 648 pages
...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 !' A sluggish water, black as ink, The depth was so extreme : My gentle Boy, remember this Is nothing... | |
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