Of lonely folk cut off unseen, And hid in sudden graves; Of horrid stabs in groves forlorn, And murders done in caves; And how the sprites of injured men Shriek upward from the sod... George Riddle's Readings - Sivu 154tekijä(t) George Riddle - 1888 - 197 sivuaKoko teos - Tietoja tästä kirjasta
| Thomas Hood - 1881 - 482 sivua
...And unknown facts of guilty acts Are seen in dreams from God I He told how murderers walk the earth I Beneath the curse of Cain — With crimson clouds...blood has left upon their souls Its everlasting stain I "And well," quoth he, "I know, for truth, Their pangs must be extreme, — Woe, woe, unutterable... | |
| Thomas Hood - 1881 - 330 sivua
...glance, — 'It is "The Death of Abel.'" The Usher took six hasty strides, As smit with sudden pain, — Six hasty strides beyond the place, Then slowly back...he sat beside the lad, And talked with him of Cain ; And, long since then, of bloody men, Whose deeds tradition saves; Of lonely folk cut off unseen,... | |
| James Booth (head master of the Caledonian schools, Liverpool) - 1881 - 232 sivua
...— ' It is " The Death of Abel." ' The Usher to;>k six hasty strides, As s1nit with sadden pain — Six hasty strides beyond the place, Then slowly back again ; And down he sat beside the lad, And talk'd with him of Cain ; And, long since then, of bloody men, Whose deeds tradition saves; Of lonely... | |
| David Munro - 1881 - 160 sivua
...fable ? Or is it some historic page, The Usher took six hasty strides, As smit with sudden pain,— Six hasty strides beyond the place, Then slowly back again; And down he sat beside the lad, And talk'd with him of Cain; And, long since then, of bloody men, Whose deeds tradition saves; Of lonely... | |
| Henry Troth Coates - 1881 - 1138 sivua
...— " It is ' The Death of Abel.1 " The Usher took six hasty strides, As emit with sudden pain, — ig talk'd with him of Caiii; And, long since then, of bloody men, Whose deeds tradition saves, Of lonely... | |
| William Brisbane Dick - 1881 - 220 sivua
...glance,— " It is ' The Death of Abel.'" The Usher took six hasty strides, As smit with sudden pain,— Six hasty strides beyond the place, Then slowly back again; And down ho sat beside the lad, And talked with him of Cain; And, long since then, of bloody men, Whose deeds... | |
| Charles Anderson Dana - 1882 - 906 sivua
...burial clod ; And unknown facts of guilty acts Are seen in dreams from God 1 He told how murderers walk the earth Beneath the curse of Cain, With crimson...blood has left upon their souls Its everlasting stain I '" And well," quoth he, " I know for truth, Their pangs must be extreme — Woe, woe, unutterable... | |
| Coventry Patmore - 1882 - 376 sivua
...glance— ' It is the death of Abel.' The usher took six hasty strides, As smit with sudden pain ; Six hasty strides beyond the place, Then slowly back...he sat beside the lad, And talked with him of Cain ; And long since then, of bloody men, Whose deeds tradition saves ; Of lonely folk cut off unseen,... | |
| Robert McLean Cumnock - 1882 - 420 sivua
...glance, — " It is * The Death of Abel.' " usher took six hasty strides, As smit with sudden pain, — Six hasty strides beyond the place, Then slowly back...again; And down he sat beside the lad, And talked to him of Cain; And, long since .then, of bloody men, Whose deeds tradition saves; Of lonely folk cut... | |
| Thomas Hood - 1882 - 476 sivua
...voung boy gave an upward glance, — The Usher took six hasty strides, As srait with sudden pam, — Six hasty strides beyond the place, Then slowly back again ; And down he sitt beside the lad, And talk'd with him of Cain ; And, long since then, of bloody men, Whose deeds... | |
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