 | Thomas Hood - 1881 - 330 páginas
...have his gold ! •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...nothing lying at my foot But lifeless flesh and bone l ' Nothing but lifeless flesh and bone, That could not do me ill ; And yet I feared him all the more.... | |
 | William Tait Ross - 1881 - 246 páginas
...flesh and bone." " Nothing but lifeless flesh and bone, That could not do me ill ; And yet I feared him all the more, For lying there so still ; There...a manhood in his look That murder could not kill." The piece entitled " Ode to Rae Wilson, Esq.," is, of its kind, excelled, perhaps, by none in the collection.... | |
 | William Tait Ross - 1881 - 274 páginas
...and the murderer, transfixed with horror, contemplates his bloody work, lying at his feet a mass of " lifeless flesh and bone." " Nothing but lifeless flesh and bone, That could not do me ill ; And yet I feared him all the more, For lying there so still ; There was a manhood in his look That murder could... | |
 | James Booth (head master of the Caledonian schools, Liverpool) - 1881 - 232 páginas
...have his gold ! " ' 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 my feet But lifeless flesh and bone. ' I took the dreary body up And cast it in a stream — A sluggish... | |
 | Thomas Hood - 1882 - 476 páginas
...have his gold ! " 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...flesh and bone, That could not do me ill ; And yet I feared him all the more, For lying there so still : There was a manhood in his look, "And, lo! the... | |
 | Thomas Hood - 1882 - 418 páginas
...have his gold I " 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...but lifeless flesh and bone, That could not do me fll ; And yet I fear'd him all the more, For lying there so still : There was a manhood in his look,... | |
 | Robert McLean Cumnock - 1882 - 420 páginas
...have his gold! " 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 my foot But lifeless Hush and bone! "Nothing but lifeless flesh and bone, That could not do me ill; And yet I feared him... | |
 | Gleanings - 1882 - 692 páginas
...have his gold ! " Two Rudden 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 my foot But lifeless fleeh and bone ! " Ко^в but lifeless fle«h and bone, I hat could not do mi- ill • And yet I feartHl... | |
 | Coventry Patmore - 1882 - 376 páginas
...have his gold ! ' 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 my feet, But lifeless flesh and bone ! ' Nothing but lifeless flesh and bone, That could not do me ill... | |
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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! 
