 | Thomas Hood - 1857 - 420 pages
...hasty knife, — And then the deed was done : There was nothing lying at my foot But lifeless flesh and bone ! " Nothing but lifeless flesh and bone,...a manhood in his look, That murder could not kill ! "' And, lo ! the universal air Seem'd lit with ghastly flame ; — Ten thousand thousand dreadful... | |
 | Charles William Smith (professor of elocution.) - 1857 - 338 pages
...hasty knife, — And then the deed was done : There was nothing lying at my foot But 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... | |
 | Presbyterianism - 1858 - 664 pages
...their eyes, And flames about their brain; For blood had left upon their souls Its everlasting stain. 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... | |
 | Yorkshire (England) - 1858 - 344 pages
...knife, And then the deed was done : There was nothing lying at my foot Bnt lifeless flesh and bone 1 " ' 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... | |
 | Louise Chandler Moulton - American literature - 1859 - 440 pages
...rest crowned with the blessings of those ready to perish. " Her works they shall follow her." Wtgjjt 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. HOOD. Oh ! thou dead And everlasting witness ! whose... | |
 | Peter Burke - Law - 1859 - 332 pages
...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 ill ; And yet I feared him all the more, For lying there so still ; There was a manhood in his look, That murder could... | |
 | Louise Chandler Moulton - American literature - 1859 - 450 pages
...last rest crowned with the blessings of those ready to perish. " Her works they shall follow her." 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. HOOD. Oh ! thou dead And everlasting witness ! whose... | |
 | Thomas Hood - English poetry - 1861 - 394 pages
...hasty knife,-— And then the deed was done : There was nothing lying at rny foot But lifeless flesh and bone ! " Nothing but lifeless flesh and bone....a manhood in his look, That murder could not kill ! "And, lo ! the universal air Seem'd lit with ghastly flame ; — Ten thousand thousand dreadful eyes... | |
 | Thomas Hood - 1861 - 482 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 ! " And, lo, the universal air Ten thousand thousand dreadful eyes Were looking- down in blame ; I... | |
 | John Williamson Palmer - Folk songs - 1861 - 540 pages
...flesh and bone ! " Nothing but lifeless flesh and bone, O 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. " And lo, the universal air Seemed lit with ghastly flame ! Ten thousand thousand dreadful eyes Were... | |
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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 foot But lifeless flesh and bone! 
