 | 1846 - 436 pages
...iron is a cankering thing, For in these limbs its teeth remain, With marks that will not wear away, Till I have done with this new day, Which now is painful...lost their long and heavy score When my last brother drooped and died, And I lay living by his side. m. They chained us each to a column stone, And we were... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1846 - 848 pages
...iron is a cankering thing, For in these limbs ils teeth remain, With marks that will not wear away, " And when should our bridal couch, be spread ? In the midst of t eyei, Which have not seen the sun so rise For yean — I cannut count them o'er, I lost their ¡un«... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1847 - 880 pages
...iron is a cankering thing, For in these limbs its teeth remain, %V th marks that will not wear away, Till I have done with this new day, Which now is painful...brother droop'd and died, And I lay living by his side. m. They chain'd us each to a column stone, And we were three — yet, each alone ; We could not move... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1848 - 320 pages
...iron is a cankering thing, For in these limbs its teeth remain, With marks that will not wear away, Till I have done with this new day, Which now is painful...Which have not seen the sun so rise For years — I caunot count them o'er, I lost their long and heavy score When my last brother droop'd and died, And... | |
 | Victor von Arentsschild - English poetry - 1851 - 588 pages
...remain, With marks that will not wear away, Till I have done with this new day, Which now is painfnl to these eyes, Which have not seen the sun so rise For year» — I cannot co'.int them o'er, I lust their long and heavy score When my last brother droop'd... | |
 | J H. Aitken - Elocution - 1853 - 378 pages
...iron is a cankering thing, For in these limbs its teeth remain, With marks that will not wear away, Till I have done with this new day, Which now is painful to these eyes, Which have not seen the sun to rise For years — I cannot count them o'er, 1 lost their long and heavy score When my last brother... | |
 | American poetry - 1854 - 456 pages
...iron is a cankering thing, For in these limbs its teeth remain, With marks that will not wear away, Till I have done with this new day, Which now is painful...lost their long and heavy score When my last brother drooped and died, And I lay living by his side. in. They chained us each to a column stone, And we... | |
 | Book - 1854 - 496 pages
...iron is a cankering thing, For in these limbs its teeth remain, With marks that will not wear away, Till I have done with this new day, Which now is painful...sun so rise For years — I cannot count them o'er, 1 lost their long and heavy score, When my last brother droop'd and died, And I lay living by his side.... | |
 | Anna Cabot Lowell - American poetry - 1855 - 452 pages
...iron is a cankering thing, For in these limbs its teeth remain, With marks that will not wear away, Till I have done with this new day, Which now is painful...lost their long and heavy score When my last brother drooped and died. And I lay living by his sidein. They chained us each to a column stone, And we were... | |
 | American poetry - 1855 - 458 pages
...iron is a cankering thing, For in these limbs its teeth remain, With marks that will not wear away, Till I have done with this new day, Which now is painful...lost their long and heavy score When my last brother drooped and died, And I lay living by his side. III. They chained us each to a column stone, And we... | |
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And in each pillar there is a ring, And in each ring there is a chain; That iron is a cankering thing, For in these limbs its teeth remain... 
