 | Philology, Modern - 1879 - 798 pages
...good friend to me, said Scrooge (Dickens); For she is always near to me, Though far I am away (Song); Till I have done with this new day, which now is painful to these eyes (Byron); When day was beautiful to me As to young eagles, being free (id); It was not even the dungeon-light,... | |
 | Herbert Courthope Bowen - 1879 - 382 pages
...seen the sun to rise For years — I cannot count them o'er, I lost their long and heavy score, 45 When my last brother droop'd and died, And I lay living by his side. They chain'd us each to a column stone, And we were three — yet, each alone ; 50 We could not move... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1880 - 630 pages
...iron is a cankering thing, For in these limhs its teeth remain, With marks that will not wear away, e hrother drpop'd and died, And I lay living hy his side. in. They chain'd us each to a column stone,... | |
 | William Swinton - American literature - 1880 - 694 pages
...That Iron. What is the peculiar force of " that " as here used ? With marks that will not wear away 40 Till I have done with this new day, Which now is painful...count them o'er: I lost their long and heavy score 45 When my last brother drooped and died, And I lay living by his side. III. They chained us each to... | |
 | Horace Hills Morgan - English literature - 1880 - 476 pages
...each ring there is a chain ; That iron is a cankering thing, With marks that will not wear away, *« Till I have done with this new day, Which now is painful...count them o'er, I lost their long and heavy score 45 When my last brother droop'd and died, And I lay living by his side. They chain'd us each to a column... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - American poetry - 1880 - 1124 pages
...iron is a cankering thing, For in these limbs its teeth remain With marks that will not wear away, that earlier page. Hide me from my deep emotion, 0 thou wondrous mother-age ! Make me feel the wild to rise For years, — I cannot count them o'er, I lost their long and heavy score When my last brother... | |
 | Henry Troth Coates - American poetry - 1881 - 1138 pages
...iron is a cankering thing, For in these limbs it« teeth remain, With marks that will not wear away ill the village murmur rose ; There, as I pass'd with...responsive as the milkmaid sung. The sober herd that low'd ill. 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.) - 1881 - 800 pages
...iron is a cankering thing, For in these limbs its teeth remain, With marks that will not wear away, . . Ȥ . They chain'd us each to a column stone, And we were three — yet each alone ; We could not move a... | |
 | Old favourites, Matilda Sharpe - 1881 - 438 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. They chained us each to a column stone, And we were... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1911 - 252 pages
...iron is a cankering thing, For in these limbs its teeth remain, With marks that will not wear away, 40 Till I have done with this new day, Which now is painful...lost their long and heavy score When my last brother dropped and died, And I lay living by his side. Ill 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... 
