 By wintry famine rous'd, from all the tract Of horrid mountains which the shining Alps, And wavy Apennine, and Pyrenees, Branch out stupendous into distant lands; Cruel as death, and hungry as the grave; Burning for blood; bony, and gaunt, and grim. Assembling...  Poetry for children, selected by L. Aikin - Page 62by Poetry - 1804Full view - About this book
 | James Thomson, Patrick Murdoch - 1788 - 326 pages
...wintry famine rous'd, from all the traift Of horrid mountains which the fhining Alps, And wavy Appenine, and Pyrenees, Branch out ftupendous into diftant lands...hungry as the grave ! Burning for blood ! bony, and ghaunt, and grim ! Aflembling wolves in raging troops defcend ; And, pouring o'er the country, bear... | |
 | English poets - 1790 - 292 pages
...famine rous'd, from all the trail Of horrid mountains which the mining Alps, 390 And wavy Appenine', and Pyrenees, Branch out ftupendous into diftant lands...hungry as the grave ! Burning for blood ! bony, and ghaunt, and grim ! Aflembling wolves in raging troops defcend; 395 And, po'J-ing o'er the country,... | |
 | James Thomson, Patrick Murdoch - 1793 - 308 pages
...the reach of right. By wintry famine rous'd, from all the traft Of horrid mountains which the filming Alps, And wavy Apennine, and Pyrenees, Branch out...pouring o'er the country, bear along, Keen as the north-wind fweeps the glofly fnow. All is their prize. They fatten on the fteed, Prefs him to earth,... | |
 | James Thomson, Robert Heron - 1793 - 384 pages
...right. BY wint'ry famine rous'd, from all the trad: Of horrid mountains which the mining Alps, 390 And wavy Apennine, and Pyrenees, Branch out ftupendous...grave ! Burning for blood ! bony, and gaunt, and grim ! Aflemblirtg wolves in raging troops defcend ; 395 And, pouring o'er the country, bear along, Keen... | |
 | James Thomson - 1793 - 300 pages
...mountains which the shining Alps, 390 And wavy Appenine, and Pyrenees, Branch out stupendous into distant lands; Cruel as death, and hungry as the grave ! Burning for blood! bony, and gaunt, and grim! Assembling wolves in raging troops descend ; 395 And, pouring o'er the country, bear along, Keen as... | |
 | 1794 - 954 pages
...Of horrid mountains which the fhining Alps, And wavy Appenine, and Pyrenees, Branch out (tnpendous into diftant lands ; Cruel as death, and hungry as the grave ! Burning for blood ! bony, and ghaunt, and grim 1 Aiiembling wolves in raging troops defcend ; And, pouring o'er the country, bear... | |
 | Robert Anderson - 1795 - 972 pages
...mountains which the mining Alps, And wavy Appenine, and Pyrenees, Branch out ftupendous into diilant lands ; Cruel as death, and hungry as the grave ! Burning for blood ! bony, and ghaunt, and grim ! Aflembling wolves in raging troops defcend ; And, pouring o'er the country, bear... | |
 | Colin Macfarquhar, George Gleig - 1797 - 454 pages
...Thefe circumflances are finely defcribed, in the following lines : By wintry famine rouj'd, Crut 1 as death, and hungry as the grave ! Burning for blood ! bony, and ghaunt, and grim! AiTembling wolves in raging troops defcend ; And, pouring o'tr the country, bear... | |
 | Helen Maria Williams - 1798 - 372 pages
...had brought down from the Jura" into the plains, and impelled to attack the unguarded traveller. " Cruel as death, and hungry as the grave,, " Burning for blood ! bony, and gaunt, and grim !"' A general thaw which took place the night we reached Befancon, and rendered the roads for fome... | |
 | Helen Maria Williams - 1798 - 368 pages
...from the Jura into the plains, and impelled to attack the unguarded traveller. .•••... • * " Cruel as death, and hungry as the grave, *' Burning for blood ! bony, and gaunt, and grim P* ".-./. •! • . ' ; A general thaw which took place the night we reached Befa^on, and rendered... | |
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