 | 1872 - 772 sivua
...account of the murder is told with extraordinary condensation, and ballad simplicity of language : — Two sudden blows with a ragged stick, And one with a heavy stone ; One hurried gash with a hasty knife, And then the deed was done : There was nothing lying at... | |
 | Henry Major - 1873 - 136 sivua
...life's sacred stream ! For why ? methought last night I wrought A murder in a dream ! " "One that had never done me wrong — A feeble man, and old ; I...sudden blows with a ragged stick, And one with a heavy stone, One hurried gash with a hasty knife, And then the deed was done : There was nothing lying at... | |
 | Samuel Orchart Beeton - 1873 - 782 sivua
...sacred stream ! For why ? Methought, last night I wrought A murder, in a dream ! One that had never dono rced me from my cot ; My cattle died, and blighted...the world's wild stage, And doomed in scanty pover stone, One hurried gash with a hasty knife — And then the deed was done : There was nothing lying... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1873 - 906 sivua
...Methought, last night I wrought A murder, in a dream ! " One that had never done me wrong, — A feeble 7nan lains that we are slow, And Scipio's ghost walks unrevenged among us. JOSEPH ADDISON. stone, One hurried gash with a hasty knife, — And then the deed was done : There was nothing lying... | |
 | James Sheridan Knowles - 1874 - 458 sivua
...life's sacred stream! For why ? Methought, last night, I wrought A murder in a dream! x " One that had never done me wrong — A feeble man, and old: I led...sudden blows with a ragged stick, And one with a heavy stone, One hurried gash with a hasty knife, — And then the deed was done: There was nothing lying... | |
 | John Daniel Morell - 1874 - 336 sivua
...life's sacred stream ! for why? Methought last night I wrought a murder in a dream ! " One that had never done me wrong— a feeble man, and old; I led...sudden blows with a ragged stick, and one with a heavy stone, one hurried gash with a hasty knife, and then the deed was done: there was nothing lying at... | |
 | Andrew Comstock - 1874 - 286 sivua
...life's sacred stream ! For why 1 Methought, last night, I wrought A murder in a dream ! " One that had never done me wrong — A feeble man and old ; I led...sudden blows with a ragged stick, And one with a heavy stone, One hurried gash with a hasty knife, — And then the deed was done : There was nothing lying... | |
 | Thomas Hood - 1874 - 452 sivua
...life's sacred stream ! For why ? Methought, last night, I wrought A murder, in a dream ! " One that had never done me wrong — A feeble man and old ; I led him to a lonely field, The moon shown clear and cold : Now here, said I, this man shall die, And I will have his gold ! ~>ne hurried... | |
 | Henry Major - 1875 - 272 sivua
...life's sacred stream ! For why ? methought last night I wrought A murder in a dream ! " " One that had never done me wrong — A feeble man, and old ; I...sudden blows with a ragged stick. And one with a heavy stone, One hurried gash with a hasty knife, And then the deed was done : There was nothing lying at... | |
 | 1875 - 448 sivua
...life's sacred stream! For why ? methought, last night, I wrought A murder, in a dream! "One that had never done me wrong — A feeble man and old; I led...sudden blows with a ragged stick, And one with a heavy stone, One hurried gash with a hasty knife, — And then the deed was done : There was nothing lying... | |
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One that had never done me wrong, A feeble man and old: I led him to a lonely field; The moon shone clear and cold: Now here, said I, this man shall die, And I will have his gold! 
