 | Charles Anderson Dana - 1878 - 882 pages
...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...a manhood in his look, That murder could not kill! 1 And, lo ! the universal air Seemed lit with ghastly flame ; — len thousand thousand dreadful eyes... | |
 | John Andrew Jennings - 1878 - 488 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 : There was nothing lying at my feet But lifeless flesh and bone ! " Nothing but lifeless flesh and bone, That could not do me ill... | |
 | Textbooks - 1878 - 254 pages
...shall die, 15. "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 ! There was nothing lying at my feet But lifeless flesh and bone ! 16. "Nothing but lifeless flesh and bone, That could not do me ill;... | |
 | David Charles Bell - Elocution - 1879 - 556 pages
...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 ! There was nothing lying at my feet but lifeless flesh and bone ! Nothing but lifeless flesh and bone, that could not do me ill ;... | |
 | Coventry Kersey Dighton Patmore - Children's poetry, English - 1879 - 376 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 : There was nothing lying at my feet, But lifeless flesh and bone ! ' Nothing but lifeless flesh and bone, That could not do me ill... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1876 - 288 pages
...have his gold! " Two sndden blows with a ragged stick, And one with a heavy stone, One hurried 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;... | |
 | Thomas Hood - 1880 - 480 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...a manhood in his look, That murder could not kill I "And, lo ! the universal air Seem'd lit with ghastly flame ; — • Ten thousand thousand dreadful... | |
 | James Hingston - Australia - 1880 - 572 pages
...this one of their temples. Eugene Aram is made to speak of the fear he had of a dead man's looks— " Nothing but lifeless flesh and bone that could not...a manhood in his look that murder could not kill.' i These Hindoo sculptors have put great expression into the stony eyes and features of their figures.... | |
 | Laura Valentine - 1880 - 634 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 : There...But lifeless flesh and bone ! " Nothing but lifeless flpsh and bone, That could not do me ill ; And yet I feared him all the more, For lying there so still... | |
 | Anthony William Twyford - 1880 - 344 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...nothing lying at my foot But lifeless flesh and bone ! 4 " Nothing but lifeless flesh and bone, That could not do me ill ; And yet I feared him all the... | |
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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! 
