 For all behind was dark and drear, And all before was night and fear. How many hours of night or day In those suspended pangs I lay, I could not tell ; I scarcely knew If this were human breath I drew.  to 5 - Page 109by Francis William Newman - 1869 - 356 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Svenska akademien - Swedish literature - 1912 - 528 pages
...förespegla. Men i originalet finns dock mycket mer af syn, af plastisk kraft och rytmisk uttrycksfullhet: With glossy skin and dripping mane, And reeling limbs,...and reeking flank, The wild steed's sinewy nerves did strain Up the repelling bank. We gain the top; a boundless plain Spreads through the shadow of... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - Bookbinders - 1815 - 324 pages
...suspended pangs I lay, " I could not tell ; I scarcely knew " If this were human breath I drew. 600 XV. " With glossy skin, and dripping mane, " And reeling...sinewy nerves still strain " Up the repelling bank. " We gain the top: a boundless plain " Spreads through the shadow of the night, " And onward, onward,... | |
 | Decoration and ornament - 1819 - 490 pages
...the river, Mazeppa's horse is not the least tired, but " \Vith glossy skin, and dripping mane, ADC! reeling limbs, and reeking flank, The wild steed's...sinewy nerves still strain Up the repelling bank." Here Lord Byron strictly follows the original : " But yet his horse was not a whit Inclin'd to tarry... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - English poetry - 1819 - 104 pages
...suspended pangs I lay, " I could not tell ; I scarcely knew " If this were human breath I drew. 600 XV. " With glossy skin, and dripping mane, " And reeling...sinewy nerves still strain " Up the repelling bank. " We gain the top : a boundless plain " Spreads through the shadow of the night, • . " And onward,... | |
 | England - 1819 - 792 pages
...provinces of poetry. After swimming the river, Mazeppa's horse is not in the least degree tired, but " With glossy skin, and dripping mane, And reeling limbs...and reeking flank. The wild steed's sinewy nerves slill strain Up the repelling bank." Here Lord Byron strictly follows the original. " But yet lib horse... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1820 - 260 pages
...those suspended pangs I lay, I could not tell; I scarcely knew If this were human breath I drew. XV. " With glossy skin, and dripping mane, And reeling limbs,...sinewy nerves still strain Up the repelling bank. We gain-the top: a boundless plain Spreads through the shadow of the night, And onward, onward, onward,... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1821 - 294 pages
...suspended pangs I lay, " I could not tell ; I scarcely knew " If this were human breath I drew. 600 XV. " With glossy skin, and dripping mane, " And reeling...sinewy nerves still strain " Up the repelling bank. " We gain the top : a boundless plain 605 " Spreads through the shadow of the night, " And onward,... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - English poetry - 1821 - 478 pages
...• I could not tell ; I scarcely knew « If this were hunan breath I drew. XYH. « With glossy fkin, and dripping mane, « And reeling limbs, and reeking flank, •• The wild steed's sinew; nerves still strain M Up the repelling bank. .1 We gain the top : a boundless plain 11 Spreads... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1824 - 322 pages
...this were human hreath I drew. <•' XV. " Witli glossy skin, and dripping mane, And reeling limhs, and reeking flank, The wild steed's sinewy nerves still strain Up the repelling hank. We gain the top : a houndless plain Spreads through the shadow of the night, And onward, onward,... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1825 - 1016 pages
...those suspended pangs I lay, I could not tell; I scarcely knew If this were human breath I drew. XV. « With glossy skin, and dripping mane, And reeling limbs,...sinewy nerves still strain Up the repelling bank. We gain the top: a bouudless plain Spreads through the shadow of the nig1it, And onward, onward, onward,... | |
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