 A fearful hope was all the world contained ; Forests were set on fire — but hour by hour They fell and faded — and the crackling trunks Extinguished with a crash — and all was black. The brows of men by the despairing light Wore an unearthly aspect,...  The Works of Lord Byron - Page 145by George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1843Full view - About this book
 | Henry Van Dyke, Hardin Craig, Asa Don Dickinson - American literature - 1922 - 1920 pages
...was black. The brows of men by the despairing light Wore an unearthly aspect, as by fits The flashes fell upon them ; some lay down And hid their eyes and wept ; and some did rest 'heir chins upon their clenched hands, and smiled ; And others hurried to and fro, and fed I heir funeral... | |
 | George Roy Elliott, Norman Foerster - English poetry - 1923 - 864 pages
...was black. The brows of men by the despairing light Wore an unearthly aspect, as by fits The flashes fell upon them: some lay down And hid their eyes and wept ; and some did rest 25 Their chins upon their clenched hands, and smiled ; And others hurried to and fro, and fed Their... | |
 | Curtis Hidden Page - English poetry - 1924 - 486 pages
...was black. The brows of men by the despairing light Wore nri unearthly aspect, as by fits The flushes fell upon them ; some lay down And hid their eyes...again With curses cast them down upon the dust, And gnash 'd their teeth and liowl'd : the wild birds shriek'd And, terrified, did flutter on the ground,... | |
 | Edwin Markham - American poetry - 1927 - 402 pages
...black. The brows of men, by the despairing light, Wore an unearthly aspect, as, by fits, The flashes fell upon them. Some lay down, And hid their eyes,...and fro, and fed Their funeral piles with fuel, and looked up, With mad disquietude, on the dull sky, The pall of a past world; and then again With curses,... | |
 | John Dover Wilson - English literature - 1927 - 310 pages
...was black. The brows of men by the despairing light Wore an unearthly aspect, as by fits The flashes fell upon them; some lay down And hid their eyes and...and fro, and fed Their funeral piles with fuel, and looked up With mad disquietude on the dull sky, The pall of a past world; and then again 30 With curses... | |
 | George Gordon Byron - Poetry - 1994 - 884 pages
...wag black. The brows of men by the despairing light Wore an unearthly aspect, as by fits The flashes smile: And eoon the night-glass through the narrow...Pacha's galley« lay. Count they each sail, and m And others hurried to and fro, and fed | Their funeral piles with fuel, and look'd up With road disquietude... | |
 | Carl R. Woodring, James Shapiro - Literary Criticism - 1995 - 936 pages
...was black. The brows of men by the despairing light Wore an unearthly aspect, as by fits The fiashes fell upon them; some lay down And hid their eyes and...dull sky, The pall of a past world; and then again 30 With curses cast them down upon the dust, And gnash'd their teeth and howl'd: the wild birds shriek'd... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - Poetry - 1996 - 868 pages
...despairing light Wore an unearthly aspect, as by fits The flashes fell upon them; some lay down 25 And hid their eyes and wept; and some did rest Their...and look'd up With mad disquietude on the dull sky, 30 The pall of a past world; and then again With curses cast them down upon the dust, And gnash 'd... | |
 | Mary Shelley - Fiction - 1996 - 476 pages
...was black. The brows of men by the despairing light Wore an unearthly aspect, as by fits The flashes fell upon them; some lay down And hid their eyes and wept; and some did rest 25 Their chins upon their clenched hands, and smiled; And others hurried to and fro, and fed Their... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Byron (baron).) - 2000 - 134 pages
...was black. The brows of men by the despairing light Wore an unearthly aspect, as by fits The flashes fell upon them; some lay down And hid their eyes and...and smiled; And others hurried to and fro, and fed 80 TENEBRES J'eus un rêve ; il ne fut pas pleinement un rêve. L'éclatant soleil s'était éteint,... | |
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