 | Code poetical reader - 1877
...Death ? That phantom * of grisly bone, Phantom, ghost, ap35 I hardly fear his terrible shape, parition. It seems so like my own — It seems so like my own, Because of the fasts I keep ; O God ! that bread should be so dear, 40 And flesh and blood so cheap... | |
 | Thomas Hood - 1877 - 96 pages
...shirt. " But why do I talk of death ? That phantom of grisly bone, I hardly fear his terrible shape, It seems so like my own, — It seems so like my own, Because of the fasts I keep ; 0 God ! that bread should be so dear, " Work — work — work ! My labor... | |
 | John Cunningham Geikie - 1878
...Shirt. " But why do I talk of Death ? That phantom of grisly bone, • I hardly fear his terrible shape, It seems so like my own — It seems so like my own, Because of the fasts I keep, Oh, God ! that bread should be so dear, And flesh and blood so cheap !... | |
 | W. and R. Chambers (ltd.) - 1878
...shirt. ' But why do I talk of Death — that phantom of grisly bone 1 I hardly fear his terrible shape, it seems so like my own — It seems so like my own, because of the fasts I keep : Alas ! that bread should be so dear, and flesh and: blood so cheap !... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - American poetry - 1880 - 1065 pages
...! " But why do I talk of death, — That phantom of grisly bone ? I hardly fear his terrible shape, best friend, That inun acquainted with himself dost m Because of the lasts I keep ; О God ! that bread should be so dear, And flesh and blood so cheap !... | |
 | Horace Hills Morgan - English literature - 1880 - 440 pages
..." But why do I talk of death, — That phantom of grisly bone? I hardly fear his terrible shape, so It seems so like my own — It seems so like my own, Because of the fasts I keep ; O God ! that bread should be so dear, THOMAS HOOD. '• Work — work... | |
 | mrs. William Thomas Greenup - 1880
...shirt. 'But why do I talk of death, That phantom of grisly bone ? I hardly fear his terrible shape, It seems so like my own— It seems so like my own, Because of the fasts I keep ;— O God ! that bread should be so dear, And flesh and blood so cheap!... | |
 | Laura Valentine - 1880
...! " But why do I talk of Death? That phantom of grisly bone, — I hardly fear his terrible shape, It seems so like my own — It seems so like my own, Because of the fasts I keep ; O God ! that bread should be so dear, And flesh nnd blood so cheap! "... | |
 | American poetry - 1881 - 494 pages
...! " But why do I talk of Death, — That phantom of grisly bone ? I hardly fear his terrible shape, It seems so like my own, — It seems so like my own, Because of the fasts I keep ; O God ! that bread should be so dear, And flesh and blood so cheap !... | |
 | Henry Troth Coates - American poetry - 1881 - 1002 pages
...! • " But why do I talk of Death, That Phantom of grisly bone ? I hardly fear his terrible shape, It seems so like my own — It seems so like my own, Because of the fast I keep : 0 God ! that bread should be so dear, And flesh and blood so cheap ! "... | |
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But why do I talk of Death ? That phantom of grisly bone ? I hardly fear his terrible shape, It seems so like my own — It seems so like my own, Because of the fasts I keep ; Oh, God! 
