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 - Página 621820 - 168 páginasVista completa - Acerca de este libro
| Edward T W. Polehampton - 1815 - 546 páginas
...wintry famine rous'd, from all the tract Of horrid mountains which the shining Alps, And wavy Appennines 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, ponring o'er the country, bear... | |
| Edward Polehampton - 1815 - 540 páginas
...wintry famine rous'd, from all the tract Of horrid mountains which the shining Alps, And wavy Appeunines and Pyrenees, Branch out stupendous into distant lands; Cruel as death, and hungry as tlie grave! Burning for blood! bouy and ghaunt, and grim! Assembling wolves in raging troops dexcend... | |
| James Thomson, Dr. Johnson - 1818 - 316 páginas
...wintry famine rous'd, from all the tract Of horrid mountains which the shining Alps, And wavy Appenine, and Pyrenees, Branch out stupendous into distant lands...pouring o'er the country, bear along, Keen as the north-wind sweeps the glossy snow. All is their prize. They fasten on the steed, Press him to earth,... | |
| 1819 - 188 páginas
...wintry famine roused from all the tract Of horrid mountains, which the shining Alps, And wavy Appenine, and Pyrenees, Branch out stupendous into distant lands,...for blood, bony, and gaunt, and grim ! Assembling wofoti in raging troops descend ; And, pouring o'er the country, bear along. Keen as the north-wind... | |
| 1822 - 278 páginas
...wintry famine roused, from all the tract Of horrid mountains which the shining Alps, And wavy Appenine, and Pyrenees, Branch out stupendous into distant lands...pouring o'er the country, bear along, Keen as the north-wind sweeps the glossy snow. All is their prize. They fasten on the steed, Press him to earth,... | |
| 1822 - 194 páginas
...the tract Of horrid mountains, which the shining Alps, And wavy Appennines, and Pyrenees, Branch oat stupendous into distant lands, Cruel as death, and...pouring o'er the country, bear along: Keen as the north-wind sweeps the glossy snow, All is their prize. They fasten on the steed, Press him to earth,... | |
| James Thomson - 1822 - 174 páginas
...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...blood ! bony and gaunt and grim ! Assembling wolves ia raging troops descend ; And, pouring o'er the country, hear along Keen as the north-wind sweeps... | |
| 1822 - 440 páginas
...be reckoned among the rural depredators; but we are, happily, exempted from the ravages of the wolf, Cruel as death, and hungry as the grave; Burning for blood, bony, and ghaunt, and grim! s Sweet scented flower! who art wont to bloom On January's front severe, And o'er... | |
| Ebenezer Rhodes - 1824 - 422 páginas
...with trees : it was then the shelter and the residence of wild and ferocious animals, from whence " Cruel as death, and hungry as the grave — " Burning...wind sweeps the glossy snow — " All is their prize !" — Camden, in his brief notice of Derbyshire, says that " lands " were held here by the tenure... | |
| Ralph Beilby - 1824 - 548 páginas
...distant lands, " Cruel as death ! and hungry as the grave ! " Burning for blood ! bony, and ghaunt, and grim ! " Assembling Wolves, in raging troops,...wind sweeps the glossy snow, " All is their prize." The Wolf has great strength, especially in the muscles of his neck and jaws: he can carry a Sheep in... | |
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