My father held his hand upon his face ; I, blinded with my tears, " Still strove to speak : my voice was thick with sighs As in a dream. Dimly I could descry The stern black-bearded kings with wolfish eyes, Waiting to see me die. " The high masts flicker'd... Calendar - Page 464by University of Cambridge - 1864Full view - About this book
| 1862 - 818 pages
...blinded with my tears, 28. Still strove to speak : my voice was thick with sighs As in a dream. Dimly I could descry The stern black-bearded kings, with wolfish eyes, Waiting to see me die. 29. The tall masts quivered as they lay afloat, The temples, and the people, and the shore; One drew... | |
| Henry Alford - 1841 - 272 pages
...hand upon his face; " ' Still strove to speak—my voice was thick with sighs As in a dream. Dimly T could descry The stern blackbearded kings with wolfish eyes, Waiting to see me die. "' The tall masts quivered as they lay afloat, The temples and the people and the shore: One drew a sharp... | |
| Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1842 - 252 pages
...loathes and fears : XXVIII. " Still strove to speak: my voice was thick with sighs As in a dream. Dimly I could descry The stern black-bearded kings with wolfish eyes, Waiting to see me die. XXIX. " The tall masts quiver'd as they lay afloat, The temples and the people and the shore ; One... | |
| Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1843 - 260 pages
...with my tears, XXTIII. " Still strove to speak : my voice was thick with sighs As in a dream. Dimly I could descry The stern black-bearded kings with wolfish eyes, Waiting to see me die. XXIX. " The tall masts quiver'd as they lay afloat, The temples and the people and the shore ; One... | |
| Alfred Tennyson (1st baron.) - 1845 - 510 pages
...with my tears, XXVIII. " Still strove to speak: my voice was thick with sighs As in a dream. Dimly I could descry The stern black-bearded kings with wolfish eyes, Waiting to see me die. XXIX. " The tall masts quiver 'd as they lay afloat, The temples and the people and the shore ; One... | |
| 1892 - 688 pages
...copy of Tennyson's ' Poems,' fifteenth ed., 1863, the stanza reads: — The high masts flicker'd ai they lay afloat; The crowds, the temples, waver'd,...; The bright death quiver'd at the victim's throat ; Touch' d ; and I knew no more. . The use of ilalk for a death-dealing weapon may be illustrated by... | |
| Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1851 - 276 pages
...and fears : XXVIII. " Still strove to speak : my voice was thick with sighs As in a dream. Dimly I could descry The stern black-bearded kings with wolfish eyes, Waiting to see me die. XXIX. " The tall masts quivered as they lay afloat, The temples and the people and the shore; One drew... | |
| Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1853 - 404 pages
...tears, " Still strove to speak : my voice was thick with sighs As in a dream. Dimly I could descry " The high masts flicker'd as they lay afloat ; The crowds, the temples, waver' d, and the shore ; The bright death quiver'd at the victim's throat ; Touch' d ; and I knew... | |
| Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1854 - 286 pages
...and fears : XXVIII. " Still strove to speak : my voice was thick with, sighs As in a dream. Dimly I could descry The stern black-bearded kings with wolfish eyes, Waiting: to see me die. XXIX. " The tall masts quivered as they lay afloat, The temples and the people and the shore ; One... | |
| Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1855 - 404 pages
...blinded with my tears, " Still strove to speak : my voice was thick with sighs As in a dream. Dimly I could descry The stern black-bearded kings with wolfish...flicker'd as they lay afloat ; The crowds, the temples, waver' d, and the shore ; The bright death quiver'd at the victim's throat ; Touch'd ; and I knew no... | |
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