 | Thomas Hood - 1881 - 330 pages
...knife,— And then the deed was done : There was nothing lying at my foot But lifeless flesh and bone l ' 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... | |
 | Coventry Patmore - Children's poetry, English - 1882 - 376 pages
...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,...was 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... | |
 | Gleanings - 1882 - 692 pages
...! " Ко^в but lifeless fle«h and bone, I hat could not do mi- ill • And yet I feartHl him ail the more. For lying there so still : There was a manhood in his look, That murder could not kill' " And lo ! the universal air Seera'd lit with ghastly flame, — Ten thousand, thousand dreadful eyes... | |
 | Thomas Hood - 1882 - 476 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, "And, lo! the... | |
 | Robert McLean Cumnock - Readers - 1882 - 420 pages
...a hasty knife, — And then the deed was done: There was nothing lying at my foot But lifeless Hush 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 - 1882 - 418 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 fll ; And yet I fear'd him all the more, For lying there so still : There was a manhood in his look,... | |
 | William James Linton, Richard Henry Stoddard - English poetry - 1883 - 386 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...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 Were... | |
 | David Thomas - 1883 - 470 pages
...represented Eugene Aram as saying of his victim : — "There was nothing lying at my feet, 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" Christ bade His disciples preach, and continue so... | |
 | George Walter Baynham - 1883 - 416 pages
...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; and yet I feared him all the more for lying there so still : there was a manhood in his look that murder could... | |
 | David Charles Bell - 1885 - 344 pages
...hasty knife, — and then the deed was done 1 There was nothing lying at my feet 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... | |
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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! 
