 And, long since then, of bloody men Whose deeds tradition saves; Of lonely folk cut off unseen, And hid in sudden graves ; Of horrid stabs, in groves forlorn, And murders done in caves ; And how the sprites of injured men Shriek upward from the sod...  Prose and Verse - Page 23by Thomas Hood - 1845Full view - About this book
 | George Walter Baynham - 1883 - 416 pages
...beyond the place, then slowly back again ; and down he sat beside the lad, aud talked with him of Cain. He told how murderers walked the earth beneath the...their eyes, and flames about their brain : for blood has left upon their souls its everlasting stain ! " And well," quoth he, " I know for truth, their... | |
 | David Charles Bell - 1885 - 344 pages
...and murders done in caves ; And how the Sprites of injured men shriek upward from the sod, — Ay, how the Ghostly Hand will point to show the burial...are seen in dreams from God ! He told how murderers walk the earth beneath the curse of Cain, — With crimson clouds before their eyes, and flames about... | |
 | Recitations - 1885 - 180 pages
...beyond the place, Then slowly back again; And down he sat beside the lad, And talked with him of Cain. He told how murderers walked the earth., Beneath the...their eyes, And flames about their brain : For blood has left upon their souls Its everlasting stain ! Woe, woe, unutterable woe— Who spill life's sacred... | |
 | Joseph Samuel Exell - 1885 - 786 pages
...case of Eugene Aram, whose very conscience at hist unfolded the tale :— " He told how murderers walk the earth Beneath the curse of Cain, With crimson...before their eyes, And flames about their brain."' — Hood. Conscience! Ver. 8. Away in the wilds of New Zealand, a noble champion of the Cross, once... | |
 | Jeanie M. Laing - Folklore - 1885 - 120 pages
...conscience by a full confession. Till he did so peace was a stranger to his breast, for— " Murderers walk the earth Beneath the curse of Cain, With crimson clouds before their eyes, And flames upon their brain : For blood has left upon their souls Its everlasting stain." STTPERSTITION8 CONCEBNINa... | |
 | George Boyle - American poetry - 1886 - 318 pages
...forlorn. And murders done in caves. And how the sprites of injured men Shriek upward from the sod. — Ay, how the ghostly hand will point To show the burial...Are seen in dreams from God! He told how murderers walk the earth Beneath the curse of Cain, — With crimson clouds before their eyes, And flames about... | |
 | Henry Fitz Randolph - Ballads, English - 1887 - 332 pages
...And murders done in caves ; And how the sprites of injured men Shriek upward from the sod, — Ay, how the ghostly hand will point To show the burial...Are seen in dreams from God! He told how murderers walk the earth Beneath the curse of Cain, — With crimson clouds before their eyes, And flames about... | |
 | Henry Fitz Randolph - Ballads, English - 1887 - 336 pages
...burial clod; And unknown facts of guilty acts Are seen in dreams from God! He told how murderers walk the earth Beneath the curse of Cain, — With crimson...clouds before their eyes, And flames about their brain: ' And well,' quoth he, ' I know, for truth, Their pangs must be extreme, — Woe, woe, unutterable... | |
 | George Riddle - Readers - 1888 - 212 pages
...beyond the place, Then slowly back again ; And down he sat beside the lad, And talked with him of Cain. He told how murderers walked the earth Beneath the...their eyes, And flames about their brain ; For blood has left upon their souls Its everlasting stain! " And well," quoth he, " I know for truth Their pangs... | |
 | 1888 - 210 pages
...beyond the place, Then slowly back again ; And down he sat beside the lad, And talked with him of Cain. He told how murderers walked the earth Beneath the...their eyes, And flames about their brain ; For blood has left upon their souls Its everlasting stain ! " And well," quoth he, " I know for truth Their pangs... | |
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