By wintry famine roused, from all the tract Of horrid mountains which the shining Alps, And wavy Apennine, and Pyrenees, Branch out stupendous into distant lands ; Cruel as Death, and hungry as the grave, Burning for blood, bony, and gaunt, and grim,... Poetry for Children: Consisting of Short Pieces to be Committed to Memory - Стр. 621820 - Страниц: 168Полный просмотр - Подробнее о книге
| English poets - 1790 - Страниц: 292
...mountains which the mining Alps, 390 And wavy Appenine', and Pyrenees, Branch out ftupendous into diftant lands ; Cruel as death, and hungry as the grave ! Burning for blood ! bony, and ghaunt, and grim ! Aflembling wolves in raging troops defcend; 395 And, po'J-ing o'er the country,... | |
| Ralph Beilby - 1792 - Страниц: 506
..." Burning for bloodl bony, and ghaunt, and grim! " Aflembling Wolves, in raging troops, defccnd; " And, pouring o.er the country, bear along, " Keen as the north wind fweeps the glofly fnow : " All is their prize." The Wolf has great ftrength, efpecially in the mufcles... | |
| James Thomson - 1793 - Страниц: 300
...famine rous'd, from all the tract Of horrid mountains which the shining Alps, 390 And wavy Appenine, and Pyrenees, Branch out stupendous into distant lands;...and grim! Assembling wolves in raging troops descend ; 395 And, pouring o'er the country, bear along, Keen as the north-wind sweeps the glossy snow. All... | |
| James Thomson, Robert Heron - 1793 - Страниц: 384
...mountains which the mining Alps, 390 And wavy Apennine, and Pyrenees, Branch out ftupendous into diftant lands ; Cruel as death, and hungry as the grave ! Burning for blood ! bony, and gaunt, and grim ! Aflemblirtg wolves in raging troops defcend ; 395 And, pouring o'er the country, bear along, Keen... | |
| 1794 - Страниц: 954
...mountains which the fhining Alps, And wavy Appenine, and Pyrenees, Branch out (tnpendous into diftant lands ; Cruel as death, and hungry as the grave ! Burning for blood ! bony, and ghaunt, and grim 1 Aiiembling wolves in raging troops defcend ; And, pouring o'er the country, bear... | |
| Robert Anderson - 1795 - Страниц: 972
...mountains which the mining Alps, And wavy Appenine, and Pyrenees, Branch out ftupendous into diilant lands ; Cruel as death, and hungry as the grave ! Burning for blood ! bony, and ghaunt, and grim ! Aflembling wolves in raging troops defcend ; And, pouring o'er the country, bear... | |
| Colin Macfarquhar, George Gleig - 1797 - Страниц: 454
...Thefe circumflances are finely defcribed, in the following lines : By wintry famine rouj'd, Crut 1 as death, and hungry as the grave ! Burning for blood ! bony, and ghaunt, and grim! AiTembling wolves in raging troops defcend ; And, pouring o'tr the country, bear... | |
| Helen Maria Williams - 1798 - Страниц: 368
...from the Jura into the plains, and impelled to attack the unguarded traveller. .•••... • * " Cruel as death, and hungry as the grave, *' Burning for blood ! bony, and gaunt, and grim P* ".-./. •! • . ' ; A general thaw which took place the night we reached Befa^on, and rendered... | |
| Helen Maria Williams - 1798 - Страниц: 372
...had brought down from the Jura" into the plains, and impelled to attack the unguarded traveller. " Cruel as death, and hungry as the grave,, " Burning for blood ! bony, and gaunt, and grim !"' A general thaw which took place the night we reached Befancon, and rendered the roads for fome... | |
| James Thomson - 1800 - Страниц: 302
...famine rous'd, from all the tract Of horrid mountains which the shining Alps , And wavy Appenine , and Pyrenees , Branch out stupendous into distant...hungry as the grave ! Burning for blood! bony, and ghaunt, and grim ! Assembling wolves in raging troops descend ; And, pouring o'er the country, bear... | |
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