 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
 | Penny readings - 1866 - 264 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 Byron Baron Byron - 1866 - 452 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... | |
 | Richard Green Parker, James Madison Watson - Elocution - 1866 - 618 pages
...black. The brows of men, by their despairing light, Wore an unearthly aspect, as, by fits, The flashes fell upon them. Some lay down, And hid their eyes,...upon their clenched hands, and smiled ; And others hiirried to and fro, and fed Their funeral piles with fuel, and looked up, With mad disquietude, oil... | |
 | Hippolyte Taine - English literature - 1866 - 500 pages
...Matthew .... The brdws 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 wept . and some did rest Their chins upon their clencned hands, and smiled ; And others hurried to and fro, and fed Their funeral piles with fuel,... | |
 | John Epy Lovell - Readers (Secondary) - 1866 - 568 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 wept ; and some did rest Their chins upon their clinched hands and smiled ; And others hurried to and fro, and fed Their funeral piles with fuel, and... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1866 - 802 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 itid rest Their chins upon their clenched hands, and smiled . And others hurried to and fre, and fed... | |
 | Warren P. Edgarton - 1868 - 522 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,... | |
 | Andrew Comstock, Philip Lawrence - Elocution - 1808 - 596 pages
...The brows of men, | by the despairing light, | Wore an unearthly as'pect, | as by fits The flashes fell upon them. | Some lay down, | And hid their eyes,...wept' ; and some did rest Their chins | upon their clinched hands, I and smil'd. ; | And others hurried to and fro, and fed Their funeral piles with fuel,... | |
 | M. S. Mitchell - Elocution - 1869 - 416 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 wept ; and some did rest Their chins upon their clinched hands, and smiled ; And others hurried to and fro, and fed Their funeral piles with fuel,... | |
 | Charles A. Wiley - Elocution - 1869 - 456 pages
...black. The brows of men, by their despairing light, Wore an unearthly aspect, as, by fits, The flashes fell upon them. Some lay down, And hid their eyes, and wept ; and sonic did rest Their chins upon their clenched hands, and smiled ; And others hurried to and fro, and... | |
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