 | Andrew Comstock - 1853 - 456 pages
...: | they rak'd up, \ And, shivering, scrap'd with their cold skeleton hands, | The feeble aslves, I and their feeble breath | Blew for a little life,...lighter',) and beheld Each other's as'pects — | saw,| and shriek'd1, | and died* : | E'en of their mutual hid'eousness they died, | Unknowing who he was | upon... | |
 | George Croly - 1854 - 426 pages
...348 BYRON For an unholy usage ; they rake'd up, And shivering, scraped with their cold skeleton hand* The feeble ashes, and their feeble breath Blew for...lighter, and beheld Each other's aspects — saw, and shrieked, and died — Even of their mutual hideousness they died, Unknowing who he was upon whose... | |
 | Gerald Griffin - 1854 - 288 pages
...with their cold skeleton hands The feeble ashes, and their feeble breath Blew for a little life—and made a flame Which was a mockery; then they lifted...it grew lighter, and beheld Each other's aspects!" The man bade them to put down their supper, a small pot of potatoes which lay near, saying that he... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1855 - 434 pages
...holy things For an unholy usage ; they raked up, And shivering scraped with their cold skeleton hands The feeble ashes, and their feeble breath Blew for...lighter, and beheld Each other's aspects — saw, and shriek' d, and died^ Even of their mutual hideousness they died, Unknowing who he was upon whose brow... | |
 | Andrew Comstock - 1855 - 444 pages
...aslves, I and their feeble breath | Blew for a little life, I and made a flame | Which was a mockery. I Then they lifted up Their eyes as it grew lighter',] and beheld Each other's as'pec/s — | saw,| and shriek'd', | and died* : | E'en of their mutual hid'eousness they died, |... | |
 | 1856 - 518 pages
...things, For an unholy usage : they raked up, And, shivering, scraped, with their cold skeleton hands, The feeble ashes, and their feeble breath Blew for...made a flame, Which was a mockery : then they lifted Their eyes, as it grew lighter, and beheld Each other's aspects : saw, and shrieked, and died. Even... | |
 | Samuel Griswold Goodrich - 1856 - 592 pages
...raked up, And shivering, scraped with their cold, skeleton hands, The fecble ashes, and then- fecble breath Blew for a little life, and made a flame, Which...mockery : then they lifted up Their eyes, as it grew brighter, and beheld Each other's aspects — saw and shriek'd and died — E'en of their mutual hideonsness,... | |
 | William Holmes McGuffey - 1857 - 456 pages
...they rak'd up, And, shivering, scrap'd with their cold, skeleton hands, The feeble ashes, and they made a flame Which was a ^mockery ; then, they lifted...he was, upon whose brow Famine had written Fiend. 7. The world was void; The populous and the powerful was a lump, Seasonless, herbless, treeless, manless,... | |
 | Charles William Smith (professor of elocution.) - 1857 - 338 pages
...holy things For an unholy usage ; they raked up, And shivering scraped with their cold skeleton hands The feeble ashes, and their feeble breath Blew for...lighter, and beheld Each other's aspects — saw, and shrieked, and died — Even of their mutual hideousness they died, Unknowing who he was upon whose... | |
 | Samuel Griswold Goodrich - 1857 - 836 pages
...they raked up, And shivering, scraped with thcir cold, skeleton hands, The feeble ashes, and then- feeble breath Blew for a little life, and made a flame,...mockery : then they lifted up Their eyes, as it grew brighter, and beheld Each other's aspects — saw and shriek'd and died — E'en of thcir mutual hideousness,... | |
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Where had been heaped a mass of holy things For an unholy usage ; they raked up, And shivering scraped, with their cold skeleton hands, The feeble ashes, and their feeble breath Blew for a little life, and made a flame Which was a mockery ; then they... 
