 | Horace Hills Morgan - 1880 - 476 pages
...in each pillar there is a ring, And in each ring there is a chain ; That iron is a cankering thing, With marks that will not wear away, *« Till I have...count them o'er, I lost their long and heavy score 45 When my last brother droop'd and died, And I lay living by his side. They chain'd us each to a column... | |
 | William Swinton - 1880 - 694 pages
...That Iron. What is the peculiar force of " that " as here used ? With marks that will not wear away 40 Till I have done with this new day, Which now is painful...count them o'er: I lost their long and heavy score 45 When my last brother drooped and died, And I lay living by his side. III. They chained us each to... | |
 | Horace Hills Morgan - 1880 - 474 pages
...wreck is Thererison'dray, c And through «•«"" and left ; With marks that will not wear away, 40 Till I have done with this new day, Which now is painful...count them o'er, I lost their long and heavy score 46 When my last brother droop' d and died, And I lay living by his side. They chain' d us each to a... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1880 - 1124 pages
...each pillar there is a ring, And in each ring there is a chain ; That iron is a cankering thing, For ng at each other's heels. Con I but relive in sadness...0 thou wondrous mother-age ! Make me feel the wild to rise For years, — I cannot count them o'er, I lost their long and heavy score When my last brother... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1881 - 800 pages
...each pillar there is a ring, And in each ring there is a chain ; That iron is a cankering thing, For in these limbs its teeth remain, With marks that will...brother droop'd and died, And I lay living by his side. They chain'd us each to a column stone, And we were three — yet each alone ; We could not move a... | |
 | Henry Troth Coates - 1881 - 1138 pages
...a ring, And in each ring there is a chain ; That iron is a cankering thing, For in these limbs it« he sound, when oft at evening's close Up yonder hill...responsive as the milkmaid sung. The sober herd that low'd ill. They chain'd us each to a column stone And we were three — yet each alone. We could not move... | |
 | Old favourites, Matilda Sharpe - 1881 - 438 pages
...pillar there is a ring, And in each ring there is a chain ; — That iron is a cankering thing, For in these limbs its teeth remain, With marks that will...lost their long and heavy score When my last brother drooped and died, And I lay living by his side. They chained us each to a column stone, And we were... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1881 - 680 pages
...ring, And in each ring there is a chain ; That iron is a cankering thing, For in these limbs its teclh W hen my last brother droop'd and died, And I lay living by his side. in. They chain'd us each to a... | |
 | Passages, John Allen Giles - 1881 - 744 pages
...each -pillar there is a ring, And in each ring there is a chain ; That iron is a cankering thing, For in these limbs its teeth remain, With marks that will...painful to these eyes, Which have not seen the sun to rise For years — I cannot count them o'er, I lost their long and heavy score When my last brother... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1905 - 632 pages
...iron is a cankering thing, For in these limbs its teeth remain, With marks that will not wear away, 4o Till I have done with this new day, Which now is painful...these eyes, Which have not seen the sun so rise For years—I cannot count them o'er, I lost their long and heavy score When my last brother droopedand... | |
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And through the crevice and the cleft Of the thick wall is fallen and left: Creeping o'er the floor so damp, Like a marsh's meteor lamp: And in each pillar there is a ring, And in each ring there is a chain; That iron is a cankering thing! For in these... 
