 Who, when the dreary calms prevailed, And water-butt and bread-cask failed, And cruel, hungry eyes pursued His portly presence mad for food, With dark hints muttered under breath Of casting lots for life or death, Offered, if Heaven withheld supplies,...  Quaker Biographies: A Series of Sketches, Chiefly Biographical, Concerning ... - Page 51by Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of Friends (Orthodox : 1827-1955) Book Committee - 1909Full view - About this book
 | John Greenleaf Whittier - 1871 - 506 pages
...for life or death, Offered, if Heaven withheld snpplies, To he himself the sacrifice. Then, snddenly, as if to save The good man from his living grave,...porpoise flashed in view. "Take, eat/' he said, "and he content ; These fishes in my stead are sent By Him who gave the tangled ram To spare the child of... | |
 | John Greenleaf Whittier - 1873 - 424 pages
...Who, when the dreary calms prevailed, And water-butt and bread-cask failed, And cruel, hungry eyes pursued His portly presence mad for food, With dark...breath Of casting lots for life or death, Offered, 8 Heaven withheld supplies, To be himself the sacrifice. Then, suddenly, as if to save The good man... | |
 | John Greenleaf Whittier - 1876 - 316 pages
...Who, when the dreary calms prevailed, And water-butt and bread-cask failed, And cruel, hungry eyes pursued His portly presence mad for food. With dark hints muttered under breat'i Of casting lots for life or death, Offered, if Heaven withheld supplies, To be himself the... | |
 | John Greenleaf Whittier - 1878 - 556 pages
...Who, when the dreary calms prevailed, And water-butt and bread-cask failed, And cruel, hungry eyes pursued His portly presence mad for food, With dark...view. "Take, eat," he said, "and be content; These fi.-hes in my stead are sent By Him who gave the tangled nun To spare the child of Abraham," Our uncle,... | |
 | John Greenleaf Whittier - 1878 - 580 pages
...presence mad for food, With dark hints multi-red under breath Of casting lots for life or death, Ottered, if Heaven withheld supplies, To be himself the sacrifice....grave, A ripple on the water grew, A school of porpoise Hashed in view. "Take, eat," he said, "and lie content; These iislies in my stead are sent Ну Him... | |
 | John Greenleaf Whittier - 1879 - 536 pages
...Who, when the dreary calms prevailed, And water-butt and bread-cask failed, And cruel, hungry eyes pursued His portly presence mad for food, With dark...himself the sacrifice. Then, suddenly, as if to save The pood man from his living grave, A ripple on the water prew, A school of porpoise flashed in view. "Take,... | |
 | Horace Elisha Scudder - 1879 - 480 pages
...Offered, if Heaven withheld supplies, To be himself the sacrifice. Then, suddenly, as if to save 300 The good man from his living grave, A ripple on the...and be content ; These fishes in my stead are sent 305 By Him who gave the tangled ram To spare the child of Abraham." Our uncle, innocent of books, Was... | |
 | Horace Elisha Scudder - 1879 - 596 pages
...water-butt and bread-cask failed, And cruel, hungry eyes pursued His portly presence mad for food, 295 With dark hints muttered under breath Of casting lots...himself the sacrifice. Then, suddenly, as if to save 300 The good man from his living grave, A ripple on the water grew, A school of porpoise flashed in... | |
 | Horace Elisha Scudder - 1879 - 474 pages
...water-butt and bread-cask failed, And cruel, hungry eyes pursued His portly presence mad for food, 295 With dark hints muttered under breath Of casting lots...himself the sacrifice. Then, suddenly, as if to save 3oo The good man from his living grave, A ripple on the water grew, A school of porpoise flashed in... | |
 | Horace Elisha Scudder - 1879 - 474 pages
...water-butt and bread-cask failed, And cruel, hungry eyes pursued His portly presence mad for food, 295 With dark hints muttered under breath Of casting lots...be himself the sacrifice. Then, suddenly, as if to ?ave 300 The good man from his living grave, A ripple on the water grew, A school of porpoise flashed... | |
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