 | Baron Rowland Edmund Prothero Ernle - 1836
...skeletons of nations were Around that lonely man ! Some had expired in fight, — the brands Still rested in their bony hands ; In plague and famine some !...drifting with the dead To shores where all was dumb !' But the demeanour and language attributed to this extraordinary speaker are scarcely intelligible,... | |
 | Technology & Engineering - 1824
...wan, The skeletons of nations were Around the lonely man ! Some had ezpir'd in fight, — the brands In plague and famine some ' Earth's cities had no sound nor tread Ami ships were drifting with the dead To shores where all was dumb ! Yet, prophet like, that lone one... | |
 | Language Arts & Disciplines - 1823
...shall Creation's death behold, As Adam saw her prime ! The Sun's eye had a sickly glare, The Earth with age was wan, The skeletons of nations were Around that lonely man ! Some had expir'd in fight, — the brands Still rusted in their bony hands ; In plague and famine some ! Earth's... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - 1824
...last of human mould, That shall Creation's death behold, The Sun's eye had a sickly glare, The Earth with age was wan, The skeletons of nations were Around...that lone one stood, With dauntless words and high, Saying, We are twins in death, proud Sun, Thy face is cold, thy race is run, 'Tis Mercy bids thee go.... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - 1824 - 149 pages
...last of human mould, That shall Creation's death behold, The Sun's eye had a sickly glare, The Earth with age was wan, The skeletons of nations were Around...that lone one stood, With dauntless words and high, Saying, We are twins in death, proud Sun, Thy face is cold, thy race is run, 'Tis Mercy bids thee go.... | |
 | Martin MacDermot - Literary Criticism - 1824 - 484 pages
...That shall Creation's death behold As Adam saw her prime ! The Sun's eye had a sickly glare, The Earth with age was wan, The skeletons of nations were Around that lonely man ! Some had expir'd in fight — the brands Still rusted in their bony hands ; In plague and famine some! Earth's... | |
 | Literary Criticism - 1827
...That shall Creation's death behold, As Adam saw her prime! The Sun's eye had a sickly glare, The earth with age was wan, The skeletons of nations were Around...lonely man ! Some had expired in fight, — the brands Slill rusted in their bony hands ; In plague and famine some ! Earth s cities had no sound nor tread... | |
 | Poetry - 1828
...shall creation's death behold, As Adam saw her prime ! The sun's eye had a sickly glare, The earth with age was wan, The skeletons of nations were Around...hands ; In plague and famine some ! Earth's cities bad no sound nor tread ; And ships were drifting with the dead To shores where all was dumb ! Yet,... | |
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The sun's eye had a sickly glare ; The earth with age was wan ; The skeletons of nations were Around that lonely man. Some had expired in fight, — the brands Still rusted in their bony hands ; In plague and famine some. 
