 All night I lay in agony, From weary chime to chime; With one besetting horrid hint That racked me all the time — A mighty yearning, like the first Fierce impulse unto crime — "One stern tyrannic thought, that made All other thoughts its slave! Stronger...  Prose and Verse - Page 26by Thomas Hood - 1845Full view - About this book
 | John William Stanhope Hows - English poetry - 1866 - 574 pages
...hint, That racked me all the time — A mighty yearning, like the first Fierce impulse unto crime ! " One stern, tyrannic thought, that made All other thoughts...a wild, misgiving eye ; And I saw the dead in the river-bed, For the faithless stream was dry. " Merrily rose the lark, and shook The dew-drop from its... | |
 | Thomas Hood - 1867 - 464 pages
...chime, With one besetting horrid hint, A mighty yearning, like the first Fierce impulse unto crime ! " One stern tyrannic thought, that made All other thoughts...grave ! " Heavily I rose up, as soon As light was m the sky, And sought the black accursed pool With a wild misgiving eye ; And I saw the Dead in the... | |
 | M. S. Mitchell - Elocution - 1869 - 416 pages
...hint, That rack'd me all the time ; A mighty yearning, like the first Fierce impulse unto crime ! " One stern tyrannic thought, that made All other thoughts...— \ Still urging me to go and see The Dead Man in hia grave ! "Heavily I rose up, as soon As light was in the sky, And sought the black accursed pool... | |
 | Philip Lawrence - English language - 1870 - 422 pages
...horrid hint, That rack'd me all the time: A mighty yearning, like the first Fierce impulse unto crime! "One stern tyrannic thought, that made All other thoughts...the black, accursed pool With a wild misgiving eye; x And I saw the Dead in the river bed. For the faithless .stream was dry. " Merrily rose the lark,... | |
 | Thomas Hood - 1870 - 692 pages
...hint, That rack'd me all the time ; A mighty yearning, like the first Fierce impulse unto crime ! " One stern tyrannic thought, that made All other thoughts...urging me to go and see The dead man in his grave 1 " Heavily I rose up as soon As light was in the sky, And sought the black accursed pool With a wild... | |
 | Congregational churches - 1870 - 716 pages
...water, black as ink, the depth was so extreme." The next morning he visited the scene of his guilt, — "And sought the black accursed pool, With a wild misgiving eye ; And he saw the dead in the river bed, For the faithless stream was dry." Next he covered the corpse with... | |
 | Thomas Hood - 1871 - 466 pages
...hint, x That rack'd me all the time ; A mighty yearning, like the first Fierce impulse unto crime ! " One stern tyrannic thought, that made All other thoughts...in the river bed, For the faithless stream was dry. I " Merrily rose the lark, and shook The dew-drop from its wing ; But I never mark'd its morning flight;... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - American poetry - 1871 - 968 pages
...hint That racked me all the time, — A mighty yeanling, like the first Fierce impulse unto crime, — in thy single might : If thy heart be pure and thy...the warlock fight. " If the spray-bead gem he won, AB light was in the sky, And sought the black accursed pool With a wild, misgiving eye ; And I saw... | |
 | Children's poetry - 1871 - 378 pages
...With one besetting horrid hint, That rack'd me all the time— A mighty yearning, like the first ' One stern tyrannic thought that made All other thoughts...and see The dead man in his grave ! ' Heavily I rose up—as soon As light was in the sky— And sought the black accursed pool With a wild misgiving eye... | |
 | Thomas Hood - 1871 - 492 pages
...hiut, That rack'd me all the time ; A mighty yearning, like the first Fierce impulse unto crime ! " One stern tyrannic thought, that made All other thoughts...urging me to go and see The dead man in his grave I " Heavily I rose up as soon As light was in the sky, And sought the black accursed pool With a wild... | |
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