 | Ebenezer Porter - Elocution - 1828 - 418 pages
...entrails—men The birds and beasts and famish'd men at bay, 50 Till hunger clung them, or the dropping dead Lured their lank jaws ; himself sought out no...moan And a quick desolate cry, licking the hand Which answer'd not with a caress—he died. 55 The crowd was famish'd by degrees ; but two Of an enormous... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1828 - 406 pages
...corse, and kept The birds and beasts and famish'd men at bay, Till hunger clung them, or the dropping dead Lured their lank jaws ; himself sought out no...moan, And a quick desolate cry, licking the hand Which answer'd not with a caress — he died. The crowd was famish'd by degrees ; but two Of an enormous... | |
 | English poetry - 1828 - 814 pages
...corse, and kept The birds and beasts and famished men at bay, Till hunger clung them, or the drooping dead Lured their lank jaws ! himself sought out no food-. But with a piteous and perpetual moan Which answered not with a caress — he died. The crowd was famished by degrees ; but two Of an enormous... | |
 | John Barber - Elocution - 1828 - 310 pages
...and kept The birds and beasts and famish'd men at bay, Till hunger clung them, or the dropping dead But with a piteous and perpetual moan And a quick desolate cry, licking the hand Which answer'd not with a caress—he flied. The crowd was famish'd by degrees; but two Of an enormous city... | |
 | George Gordon Noël Byron Byron - 1830 - 406 pages
...corse, and kept The birds and beasts and famish'd men at bay, Till hunger clung them, or the dropping dead Lured their lank jaws; himself sought out no...But with a piteous and perpetual moan, And a quick desokte cry, licking the hand Which answer'd not with a caress—he died. The crowd was famish'd by... | |
 | Joseph Emerson - Elocution - 1832 - 122 pages
...а1ЪауTill hunger clung them, or the dropping dead Lur'd their lank jaws ; himself sought out no food, 50 But with a piteous and perpetual moan And a quick desolate cry, licking the hand Which answer'd not with a caress — he died. The crowd was famish'd by degrees ; but two Of an enormous... | |
 | Benjamin Dudley Emerson - Readers - 1833 - 288 pages
...save one, Till hunger clung them, or the dropping dead The birds and beasts and famished men at bay, Lured their lank jaws! himself sought out no food,...desolate cry, licking the hand Which answered not with a caress—he died. The crowd was famished by degrees; but two Of an enormous city did survive, And they... | |
 | James Hedderwick - Oratory - 1833 - 232 pages
...corse, and kept The birds and beasts and famish'd men at bay, Till hunger clung them, or the dropping dead Lured their lank jaws; himself sought out no...moan, And a quick desolate cry, licking the hand Which answer'd not with a caress — he died ! The crowd was famish'd by degrees; but two Of an enormous... | |
 | Samuel Kirkham - Elocution - 1834 - 360 pages
...and kept The birds and beasts', and famished men', at bay', Till hunger clung them', or the dropping dead Lured their lank jaws'. Himself sought out no...answered not with a caress' ... he died'. The crowd was famished by degrees'; but two Of an enormous city did survive', And they were enemies'. They met beside... | |
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The birds, and beasts, and famished men at bay, Till hunger clung them, or the dropping dead Lured their lank jaws ; himself sought out no food, But, with a piteous and perpetual moan And a quick desolate cry, licking the hand, Which answered not with... 
