 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
 | Thomas Hood - English literature - 1889 - 952 pages
...rack'd me all the time,— A mighty yearning, like the first Fierce impulse unto crime I • " One stem tyrannic thought, that made All other thoughts its...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 s 11 _-ht the black accursed pool With a... | |
 | James Wells - Bible stories, English - 1877 - 356 pages
...into " a sluggish water, black as ink, the depth was so extreme." Next morning he visited the spot, " 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." He next covered the corpse with... | |
 | Textbooks - 1878 - 254 pages
...hint, That racked me all the time — A mighty yearning, like the first Fierce impulse unto crime! 8. "One stern tyrannic thought, that made All other thoughts...temptation crave, — Still urging me to go and see 9. Heavily I rose up, as soon As light was iu the sky, And sought the black accursed pool With a wild... | |
 | Charles Anderson Dana - 1878 - 882 pages
...Fierce impulse unto crime— " One stern tyrannic thought, that mad'1 All other thoughts its slave 1 Stronger and stronger every pulse Did that temptation...Still urging me to go and see The dead man in his crave I YOUNG AIRLY. 48» " Heavily I rose up, as soon As light was in the sky, And sought the black... | |
 | Eugene Aram - Trials (Murder) - 1878 - 56 pages
...Stronger and stronger every pulse One stern, tyrannic thought that mado Did that temptation craveStill urging me to go and see The dead man in his grave. Heavily I rose up—OB soon As light was in the sky, And sought the black accursed pool With a wild misgiving eye;... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1876 - 288 pages
...the time, — A mighty yearning, like the first Fierce impulse unto crime, — I 204 POEMS OF PLACES, Stronger and stronger every pulse Did that temptation..."With 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... | |
 | David Charles Bell - Elocution - 1879 - 556 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...to go and see the Dead Man in his grave ! Heavily 1 rose up, as soon as light was in the sky, And sought the black, accursed pool with a wild, misgiving... | |
 | Thomas Hood - 1880 - 480 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 his gravel " Heavily I rose up, as soon As light was in the sky, And sought the black accursed pool With... | |
 | William Brisbane Dick - Readers - 1881 - 220 pages
...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...accursed pool "With a wild misgiving eye ; And I saw tho Dead in the river-bed, " Merrily rose the lark, and shook The dewdrop from its wing; But I never... | |
 | David Munro - 1881 - 160 pages
...chime, 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...Dead Man in his grave! " Heavily I rose up, as soon With a wild misgiving eye; And I saw the Dead in the river bed, As light was in the sky, And sought... | |
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