 | 1824 - 494 pages
...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... | |
 | Thomas Campbell, Samuel Carter Hall, Edward Bulwer Lytton Baron Lytton, Theodore Edward Hook, Thomas Hood, William Harrison Ainsworth, William Ainsworth - 1823 - 590 pages
...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 cities...with the dead To shores where all was dumb ! Yet, prophet like, that lone one stood, Wrfh dauntless words and high, That shook the sere leaves from the... | |
 | Thomas Campbell, Samuel Carter Hall, Edward Bulwer Lytton Baron Lytton, Theodore Edward Hook, Thomas Hood, William Harrison Ainsworth, William Ainsworth - 1823 - 590 pages
...nor tread ; And ships were drifting with the dead To shores where all was dumb ! Yet, prophet like, that lone one stood, With dauntless words and high,...from the wood As if a storm pass'd by, Saying, we are iu ¡us in death, proud Sun, Thv face is cold, thy race is run, Tis Mercy bids thee go. For thou ten... | |
 | 1823 - 592 pages
...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 cities had no sound nor tread ; And ships were dritling with the dead To shores where all was dumb ! Yet, prophet like, that lone one stood, With... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - 1824 - 176 pages
...nations were Around that lonely man ! Some had expired in fight, — the brands Still rusted in their bony hands ; In plague and famine some ! Earth's cities...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 - English poetry - 1824 - 176 pages
...nations were Around that lonely man ! Some had expired in fight, — the brands Still rusted in their bony hands ; In plague and famine some ! Earth's cities...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 - English literature - 1824 - 602 pages
...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 cities...drifting with the dead To shores where all was dumb 1 Yet prophet like, that lone one stood, With dauntless words and high, That shook the sere leaves... | |
 | 1825 - 588 pages
...nations were Around that lonely man ! Some had expired in fight, — the brands Still rusted in their bony hands ; In plague and famine some ! Earth's cities...storm pass'd by, Saying, We are twins in death, proud Sun, Thy face is cold, thy race is run, ' &c. 1 Go, let oblivion's curtain fall Upon the stage of men,... | |
 | Amédée Pichot - England - 1825 - 510 pages
...nations were Around that lonely man ! Some had expired in fight, — the brands Still rusted in their bony hands; In plague and famine some ! Earth's cities...storm pass'd by, Saying, We are twins in death, proud Sun, Thy face is cold, thy race is run, "Tis Mercy bids thee go. For thou ten thousand thousand years... | |
 | Almanacs, English - 1826 - 488 pages
...nations were Around that lonely Man ! Some had expired in fight — the brands Still rusted in their bony hands; In plague and famine some. Earth's cities...shook the sere leaves from the wood, As if a storm passed by, Saying ' We are twins in death, proud Sun, Thy face is cold, thy race is run, Tis mercy... | |
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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 ! Earth's cities had no sound nor... 
