 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
 | 1822 - 194 pages
...mountains, which the shining Alps, And wavy Appennines, and Pyrenees, Branch oat 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, And, pouring o'er the country, bear along: Keen as the... | |
 | British poets - 1822 - 272 pages
...mountains which the shining Alps, 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 ; And, pouring o'er the country, bear along, Keen as the... | |
 | 1822 - 440 pages
...be reckoned among the rural depredators; but we are, happily, exempted from the ravages of the wolf, Cruel as death, and hungry as the grave; Burning for blood, bony, and ghaunt, and grim! s Sweet scented flower! who art wont to bloom On January's front severe, And o'er... | |
 | Ebenezer Rhodes - 1824 - 422 pages
...with trees : it was then the shelter and the residence of wild and ferocious animals, from whence " Cruel as death, and hungry as the grave — " Burning for blood — bony, and gaunt, and grim — " Assembling wolves in raging troops descend, " And pouring o'er the country, bear along " Keen... | |
 | John Milton - 1824 - 510 pages
...mountains which the shining Alps, And wavy Apennine, and Pyrénéen, Branch out stupendous into distant lands; Cruel as death, and hungry as the grave ! Burning for blood ; bonv, and gaunt, and grim. Assembling wolves in raging troops descend ; And, pouring o'er the country,... | |
 | James Thomson - 1826 - 268 pages
...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 wolves in raging troops descend; And, pouring o'er the country, bear along, Keen as the... | |
 | William Bingley - 1829 - 382 pages
...mountains which the shining Alps, And wavy Apennine and Pyrennces 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 ; And, pouring o'er the country, bear along, Keen as the... | |
 | 1829 - 494 pages
...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 Wolves, in raging troops, descend ; And, pouring o'er the country, bear along, Keen as... | |
 | Llewelyn Lloyd - 1830 - 434 pages
...mountains, which the shining Alps, 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, Keen as the north wind sweeps the glossy snow : — All... | |
 | William Cowper - 1832 - 602 pages
...mountains where the shining Alps, Aod wavy Appeninc, 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 ; And, pouring o'er the country, bear along, Keen as the... | |
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