 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
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1854
...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...again With curses cast them down upon the dust, And guash'd their teeth and howl'd : the wild birds shriek'd And, terrified, did flutter on the ground,... | |
 | Jesse Olney - Readers - 1854 - 324 pages
...black. 3. 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 look'd up With mad disquietude on the dull sky, The.pall of a past world; and then a'gain With curses cast them down upon the dust, And gnash'd their... | |
 | George Croly (Rev., ed) - 1854
...despairing light \V ore an unearthly aspect, as by fits The flashes fell upon them ; some lay down A nd Olid their eyes and wept; and some did rest Their chins...to and fro, and fed Their funeral piles with fuel, andjooked up With mad disquietude on the dull sky, The pall of a past world ; and then again With curses... | |
 | Andrew Comstock - Elocution - 1855 - 381 pages
...did rest Their chins I upon their clinched hands, and smil'di ; | And others hurried to and fro, I and fed Their funeral piles with fuel, and look'd...disquietude on the dull sky, | The pall of a past worldv ; I and then again With curses, cast them down upon the dust', | And gnash'd their teeth1, |... | |
 | Lord Francis Jeffrey Jeffrey - English essays - 1856 - 762 pages
...lay down I their eyes and wept ; and some did rest Of chins upon their clenched hands, andimtl'd ! And others hurried to and fro, and fed Their funeral...up With mad disquietude on the dull sky, The pall oi a post world ! and then again With curfes cast them down upon the dust, And gnash'd their teeth,... | |
 | William Cecil Duncan - Baptists - 1856 - 335 pages
...blackening in the moonless air." Morn will come, and go; and come, and bring no day. Man will look up ' ' with mad disquietude on the dull sky, the pall...of a past world ; and then again with curses cast him down upon the dust, and gnash his teeth, and howl." Rivers, lakes, and oceans, all shall stagnate... | |
 | Readers - 1856 - 500 pages
...this their desolation ; and all hearts Were chilled into a selfish prayer for light. Some lay down, And others hurried to 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,... | |
 | William Holmes McGuffey - Readers - 1857 - 448 pages
...black. The brows of men, by the f unearthly light, Wore an unearthly + aapect, as by fits The flashes fell upon them ; some lay down, And hid their eyes,...and wept; and some did rest Their chins upon their clinched hands, and smil'd; And others hurried to and fro, and fed Their funeral piles with +fuel,... | |
 | Charles William Smith (professor of elocution.) - 1857
...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 Fheir chins upon their clenched hands, and smiled ; And others hurried to and fro, and fed fheir funeral... | |
 | Worthy Putnam - Elocution - 1858 - 407 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,... | |
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