 | Half hours - 1847 - 616 pages
...have his gold ! " Two sudden blows with a ragged stick, And one with a heavy stone, One hurried gash with a hasty knife — And then the deed was done...flesh and bone, That could not do me ill ; And yet I feared him all the more, For lying there so still : There was a manhood in his look, That murder could... | |
 | 1847 - 522 pages
...and the murderer, transfixed with horror, contemplates his bloody work, lying at his feet a mass of " lifeless flesh and bone." " Nothing but lifeless flesh and bone, That could not do me ill ; And yet I feared him all the more, For lying there so still ; There was a manhood in his look That murder could... | |
 | Thomas Hood - 1849 - 430 pages
...man shall die, " Two sudden blows with a ragged stick, And one with a heavy stone, One horrid gash with a hasty knife — And then the deed was done ; There was nothing lying at my feet, But lifeless flesh and bone ! " Nothing but lifeless flesh and bone, That could not do me ill... | |
 | 430 pages
...man shall die, " Two sudden blow« with a ragged stick, And one with a heavy stone, One horrid gash with a hasty knife — And then the deed was done ; There was nothing lying at my feet, But lifeless flesh and bone ! " Nothing but lifeless flesh and boue, That could not do me ill... | |
 | Daniel Scrymgeour - English poetry - 1850 - 596 pages
...have his gold I " Two sudden blows with a rugged stick, And one with a heavy stone, One hurried gosh with a hasty knife, — And then the deed was done...nothing lying at my foot But lifeless flesh and bone 1 " Nothing bat lifeless flesh and bone, That could not do me ill ! And yet I feared him all the more,... | |
 | Society for promoting Christian knowledge - 1852 - 652 pages
...with a ragged stick, And one with a heavy stone, One hurried gash with a hasty knife — And there the deed was done : There was nothing lying at my..." Nothing but lifeless flesh and bone, That could do me no ill ; And yet I feared all the more, For lying there so still : There was a manhood in his... | |
 | English poetry - 1853 - 552 pages
...have his gold ! " Two sudden blows with a rugged stick, And one with a heavy stone, One hurried gash with a hasty knife, — And then the deed was done...was nothing lying at my foot But lifeless flesh and boiio ! " Nothing but lifeless flesh and bone, That could not do me ill ! And yet I feared him all... | |
 | Peter Burke - Law - 1853 - 324 pages
...have his gold! XT. " Two sudden blows with a ragged stick, And one with a heavy stone, One horrid gash with a hasty knife— And then the deed was done ; There was nothing lying at my feet, But lifeless flesh and bone! XVI. " Nothing but lifeless flesh and bone, That could not do me... | |
 | Thomas Hood - English poetry - 1854 - 424 pages
...! " Two sudden blows with a ragged stick. And one with a heavy stone, One hurried gash with a nasty knife, — And then the deed was done : There was...not do me ill ; And yet I fear'd him all the more, Por lying there so still : There was a manhood in his look, That murder could not kill ! " And, lo... | |
 | Thomas Hood - 1854 - 536 pages
...man shall die, " Two sudden blows with a ragged stick, And one with a heavy stone, One hurried gash with a hasty knife, — And then the deed was done...flesh and bone, That could not do me ill ; And yet I feared him all the more, For lying there so still : There was a manhood in his look, That murder could... | |
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One that had never done me wrong, A feeble man and old: I led him to a lonely field; The moon shone clear and cold: Now here, said I, this man shall die, And I will have his gold! 
