 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
 | Lucius Osgood - Elocution - 1858 - 494 pages
...Wore an unearthly aspect, as by fits 4. And others hurried to and fro, and fed Their funeral-piles with fuel, and look'd up With mad disquietude on the...again, With curses, cast them down upon the dust, And gnash' d their teeth and howl'd. The wild birdi shriek'd, And, terrified, did flutter on the ground... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1859 - 614 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 look'd up With mad disquietude on the dull sky, 2 B The pall of a past world ; and then again With curses cast them down upon the dust, And gnash'd... | |
 | Beautiful poetry - 1859 - 420 pages
...crackling trunks Wore an unearthly aspect, as by fits The brows of men by the despairing light The flashes fell upon them; some lay down And hid their eyes and...and smiled ; And others hurried to and fro, and fed The pall of a past world ; and then again With mad disquietude on the dull sky And gnash'd their teeth... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1859 - 586 pages
...was hlack. The brows of men by the despairing light Wore an unearthly aspeet, 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 elenched hands, and smiled . And others hurried to and fro, and fed Their funeral piles with fuel,... | |
 | Warren P. Edgarton - Recitations - 1860 - 530 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,...hands, and smiled ; And others hurried to and fro, and ted Their funeral piles with fuel, and looked up With mad disquietude on the dull sky, The pall of... | |
 | John Connery - Elocution - 1861 - 416 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 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... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1861 - 734 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 Their chins upon their cleuched hands, and smiled ; And others hurried to and fro, and fed Their funeral piles with fuel,... | |
 | Hippolyte Taine - English literature - 1863 - 698 pages
...face ; ....The brows of men by the despalring light Wore an unearthly aspect, as by fits The flashes fell upon them ; some lay down And hid their eyes...disquietude on the dull sky, The pall of a past world; and thence agaln With curses cast them down upon the dust, And gnash'd their teeth and howl'd : the wild... | |
 | Hippolyte Taine - English literature - 1863 - 712 pages
...by the despairing light Wore an unearthly aspect, as by fits The flashes fell upon them ; some 1ay down And hid their eyes and wept; and some did rest...disquietude on the dull sky, The pall of a past world; and thence again With curses cast them down upon the dust, And gnash'd their teeth and howl'd : the wild... | |
 | Hippolyte Taine - English literature - 1863 - 696 pages
...despairing light Wore an unearthly aspect, as by fits The flashes fell upon them ; some lay down And bid their eyes and wept; and some did rest Their chins upon their clenched hands, and smiled; And others Mimed to and fro, and fed Their funeral piles with fuel, and look'd up With mad disquietude on the... | |
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