 | Nicolas Wanostrocht - 1867 - 350 pages
...had expired in fight, — the brands Still rusted in their bony hands ; In plague and famine some ! Earth's cities had no sound nor tread ; And ships were drifting with their dead To shores where all was dumb ! Yet, prophet-like, that lone one stood, With dauntless words... | |
 | Book - English literature - 1868 - 168 pages
...had expired in fight, — the brands Still rusted in their bony hands; In plague and famine some ! Earth's cities had no sound nor tread ; And ships...drifting with the dead To shores where all was dumb ! Yet, prophet-like, that lone one stood, With dauntless words and high, That shook the sere leaves... | |
 | Richard Chenevix Trench (abp. of Dublin) - 1868 - 458 pages
...expired in fight, — the brands 15 Still rusted in their bony hands ; In plague and famine some ! Earth's cities had no sound nor tread ; And ships...drifting with the dead To shores where all was dumb ! 20 Yet, prophet-like, that lone one stood, With dauntless words and high, That shook the sere leaves... | |
 | Cosmography - 1868 - 104 pages
...Some had expired in fight — the brands Still rusted in their bony hands, In plague and famine some ! Earth's cities had no sound nor tread ; And ships...drifting with the dead To shores where all was dumb !" There are few propositions in natural philosophy more firmly and indubitably established than that... | |
 | Samuel Carter Hall - English poetry - 1868 - 328 pages
...the brands Still rnsted in their bony hands ; In plagne and famine some ! Earth's cities had no sonnd nor tread ; And ships were drifting with the dead To shores where all was dnmb ! Yet, prophet-like, that lone one stood, With danntless words and high, That shook the sere leaves... | |
 | Joseph Edwards Carpenter - 1869 - 596 pages
...expired in fight, — the brands Still rusted in their bony hands ; In rjlague and famine some ! Earth s cities had no sound nor tread; And ships were drifting with the dead To shores where all was dumb ! Yet, prophet-like, that lone one stood, With dauntless words and high, That shook the sere leaves... | |
 | Alexander Henley Grant - Church year - 1869 - 646 pages
...brands Still rested in their bony hands — In plague and famine some : Earth's cities had no sound or tread, And ships were drifting with the dead To shores where all was dumb ! Yet prophet-like that lone one stood, With dauntless words and high, That shook the sere leaves from... | |
 | Frederick W. MARTIN - 1869 - 308 pages
...Still rusted in their hony hands; In plague and famine some. Karth's cities had no sound or thread, And ships were drifting with the dead To shores where all was dumb." THOMAS CAMPBELL. I WAS prepared for the blow, and yet ft fell upon me with crushing force. My eyes... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - English poetry - 1870 - 456 pages
...had expired in fight, — the brands Still rusted in their bony hands ; In plague and famine some ! Earth's cities had no sound nor tread ; And ships...drifting with the dead To shores where all was dumb ! Yet, prophet-like, that lone one stood With dauntless words and high, That shook the sere leaves... | |
 | William Stewart Ross - English language - 1870 - 72 pages
...brands Still rusted in their bony hands ; In plague and famine some : Earth's cities had no sound or tread ; And ships were drifting with the dead, To shores where all was dumb. — Campbell. 0 sleep ! 0 gentle sleep ! Nature's soft nurse, how have I frightened thee, That thou... | |
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Some had expired in fight— the brands Still rusted in their bony hands ; In plague and famine some ! Earth's cities had no sound nor tread, And ships were drifting with the dead To shores where all was dumb... 
