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! George Riddle's Readings - Sivu 155tekijä(t) George Riddle - 1888 - 197 sivuaKoko teos - Tietoja tästä kirjasta
| Thomas Hood - 1870 - 692 sivua
...dreadful eyes Were looking down in blame : I took the dead man by Ids hand, And call'd nnon M<= mmo ! Two sudden blows with a ragged stick, And one with a heavy stone. " Oh, God ! it made me quake to see Such sense within the slain ! But when I touch'd the lifeless clay,... | |
| William Cullen Bryant - 1871 - 968 sivua
...wrong, — A feeble man and old ; I led him to a lonely field, — The moon shone clear and cold : ow That lovely messenger of death. Flag of the seas...frighted waves rush wildly back Before the broadside's ! " Nothing but lifeless flesh and bone, That could not do me ill ; And yet 1 feared him all the more... | |
| Thomas Hood - 1871 - 492 sivua
...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...the deed was done : There was nothing lying at my foot But lifeless flesh and bone ! " Nothing but lifeless flesh and bone, That could not do me ill... | |
| Thomas Hood - 1871 - 508 sivua
...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...gold ! " Two sudden blows with a ragged stick, And oue with a heavy stone, One hurried gash with a hasty knife, — And then the deed was done : There... | |
| Thomas Hood - 1871 - 466 sivua
...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 ! " Two sudden blows witli a ragged stick, And one with a heavy stone, One hurried gash with a hasty knife, — And then... | |
| M. S. Mitchell - 1871 - 422 sivua
...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 '. ' SELECTIONS. — QUALITIES OF TONE. 141 " Two sudden blows with ragged stick, And one with a heavy... | |
| Thomas Hood - 1871 - 486 sivua
...dreadful eyes Were looking down in blame : I took the dead man by his hand, And call'd upon his name ! Two sudden blows with a ragged stick, And one with a heavy stone. " Oh, God ! it made me quake to see Such sense within the slain ! But when I touch'd the lifeless clay,... | |
| Henry Llewellyn Williams - 1872 - 218 sivua
...clone 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...the deed was done :, There was nothing lying at my foot, But lifeless flesh and bone ! Nothing but lifeless flesh and bone, That could not dp me ill ;... | |
| Charles Hartley - 1872 - 372 sivua
...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...the deed was done : There was nothing lying at my foot, But lifeless flesh and bone ! " Nothing but lifeless flesh and bone, That could not do me ill... | |
| Thomas Hood - 1872 - 300 sivua
...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...the deed was done : There was nothing lying at my foot But lifeless flesh and bone ! " Nothing but lifeless flesh and bone, That could not do me ill... | |
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