 The brows of men, by the despairing light, Wore an unearthly aspect, as, by fits, The flashes fell upon them. Some lay down, And hid their eyes, and wept; and some did rest Their chins upon their clenched hands, and smiled; And others hurried to and fro,...  Elocution: Or, Mental and Vocal Philosophy - Page 258by C. P. Bronson - 1845 - 323 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Ebenezer Porter - Elocution - 1828 - 414 pages
...And hid their eyes and wept ; and some did rest Their chins upon their clenched hands, and smiled ; And others hurried to and fro, and fed Their funeral piles with fuel, and look'd up With mad disquietude on the dull sky, 30 The pall of a past world ; and then again With curses... | |
 | Thomas Curtis (of Grove house sch, Islington) - 432 pages
...before the autumnal blast. Together clung, it rolls around the field. Pope. And others hurried to and/ro and fed Their funeral piles with fuel, and looked up With mad disquietude on the dull sky. Byron. Darknas. FROBENIUS (John), an eminent printer of the sixteenth century, born at Hammelburg in... | |
 | Samuel Phillips Newman - English language - 1829 - 270 pages
...illustrate this remark. I shall therefore state but few instances here, and these without comment. " Men looked up With mad disquietude on the dull sky, The pall of a past world. " " Thoughts rush in stormy darkness through the soul." " It broke the Sabbath stillness round." "... | |
 | Joseph Emerson - Elocution - 1832 - 122 pages
...hands, and smil'd ; And others burned to and fro, and fed Their funeral piles with fuel, and look'dup With mad disquietude on the dull sky. The pall of a past world ; and then again 30 With curses cast them down upon the dust, And gnash'd their teeth and howl'd ; the wile birds shriek... | |
 | James Hedderwick - Oratory - 1833 - 232 pages
...And hid their eyes and wept; and some did rest Their chins upon their clenched hands, and smiled ! And others hurried to and fro, and fed Their funeral piles with fuel, and look'd up With mad disquietude on the dull sky, The pall of a past world; and then again With curses... | |
 | Samuel Kirkham - Elocution - 1834 - 360 pages
...hid their eyes', and wept'; and some did rest Their chins upon their clenched hands', and smiled'; And others hurried to and fro', and fed Their funeral...howled'. The wild birds shrieked', And', terrified', did flutter on the ground', And flap their useless wings'; the wildest brutes Came tame and tremulous';... | |
 | William Leete Stone - American fiction - 1834 - 266 pages
...And hid their eyes, and wept; and some did rest Their chins upon their clenched hands, and smiled; And others hurried to and fro, and fed Their funeral...and looked up With mad disquietude on the dull sky ; , and then again With curses cast them down upon the dust." Indeed, so long had these wretched men... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1835 - 348 pages
...And hid their eyes and wept; and some did rest Their chins upon their clenched hands, and smiled ; And others hurried to and fro, and fed Their funeral piles with fuel, and look'd up With mad disquietude on the dull sky, The pall of a past world ; and then again With curses... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1837 - 308 pages
...And hid their eyes and wept ; and some did rest Their chins upon their clenched hands, and smiled ; And others hurried to and fro, and fed Their funeral piles with fuel, and look'd up With mad disquietude on the dull sky, The pall of a past world ; and then again With curses... | |
 | William Graham (teacher of elocution.) - 1837 - 370 pages
...And hid their eyes and wept ; and some did rest Their chins upon their clenched hands, and smiled ; And others hurried to and fro, and fed Their funeral...With curses cast them down upon the dust, And gnashed then- teeth and howled; the wild birds shrieked, And, terrified, did flutter on the ground, And flap... | |
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