 By wintry famine roused, from all the tract Of horrid mountains which the shining Alps, And wavy Apennine, and Pyrenees, Branch out stupendous into distant lands ; Cruel as Death, and hungry as the grave, Burning for blood, bony, and gaunt, and grim,...  A General History of Quadrupeds - Page 310by Ralph Beilby - 1807 - 525 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Thomas F. Walker - English poetry - 1830 - 256 pages
...all the tract Of horrid mountains which the shining Alps, And wavy Apennine, and Pyrenees, Branch oat stupendous into distant lands ; Cruel as death, and hungry as the grave; Earning for blood ; bony, and gaunt, and grim, Assembled wolves in raging troops descend ; And, pouring... | |
 | Llewelyn Lloyd - Hunting - 1831 - 468 pages
...wintry famine roused, from all the tract Of horrid mountains, which the shining Alps, And wavy Apennine, and Pyrenees, Branch out, stupendous, into distant...hungry as the grave, Burning for blood, bony, and gaunt, and grim, Assembling wolves in raging troops descend, Keen as the north wind sweeps the glossy... | |
 | William Cowper - 1832 - 602 pages
...wintry famine roused, from all the tract Of horrid mountains where the shining Alps, Aod wavy Appeninc, g gaunt, and grim ! Assembling wolves in raging troops descend ; And, pouring o'er the country, bear... | |
 | Scotland - 1831 - 1070 pages
...presumption in any man, though beautiful as Moore thought Byron, to attempt it. If so, then him The " Cruel as death, and hungry as the grave, • Burning for blood, bony and gaunt and grim." The first fifteen lines are equal to any thing in the whole range of Eng.lish descriptive... | |
 | Horse racing - 1833 - 776 pages
...wintry famine roused, from all the tract Of horrid mountains, which the shining Alps, And wavy Apennine, and Pyrenees, Branch out stupendous into distant lands,...hungry as the grave! Burning for blood! bony, and gaunt, and grim! Assembling wolves in raging troops descend; And, pouring o'er the country, bear along,... | |
 | William Gilpin - Forests and forestry - 1834 - 432 pages
...wintry famine roused, from all the tract Of horrid mountains, which the shining Alps, And wavy Apennine, and Pyrenees, Branch out stupendous into distant lands, Cruel as death, and hungry as the grave I ' Burning for blood ! bony, and gaunt, and grim ! Assembling wolves in raging troops descend, And,... | |
 | James Thomson - 1836 - 164 pages
...wintry famine rous'd, from all the tract Of horrid mountains which the shining Alps, And wavy Apennine, and Pyrenees, Branch out stupendous into distant lands...Cruel as death, and hungry as the grave ; Burning for hlood; hony, and gaunt, and grim, Assemhling wolves in raging troops descend ; And, pouring o'er the... | |
 | James Thomson - 1838 - 236 pages
...Apennine, and Pyrenees, Branch out stupendous into distant lands ; * The Gaol Committee, in the year 1729. Cruel as death, and hungry as the grave ! Burning for blood, bony, and gaunt, and grim! Assembling wolves in raging troops descend ; And, pouring o'er the country, bear along,... | |
 | Natural history - 1840 - 180 pages
...wintry famine roused from all the tract Of horrid mountains, which the shining Alps, And wavy Apennine, and Pyrenees Branch out stupendous into distant lands...hungry as the grave, Burning for blood, bony, and gaunt, and grim, Assembling wolves in raging troops descend ; And pouring o'er the country, bear along,... | |
 | James Hamilton Fennell - Animal behavior - 1841 - 610 pages
...season : — " By wintry famine rous'd from all the tract Of horrid mountains which the shining Alps, And wavy Appenine, and Pyrenees, Branch out stupendous...hungry as the grave ! Burning for blood ! bony, and gaunt, and grim ! Assembling wolves in raging troops descend, And, pouring o'er the country, hear along,... | |
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