| John Mackintosh - 1896 - 532 lehte
...saw a vision in my sleep, That gave my spirit strength to sweep A down the gulf of time ! I saw the last of human mould That shall creation's death behold As Adam saw her prime ! The suu's eye had a sickly glare, The earth with age was worn ; The skeletons of nations were Around that... | |
| Charles Mackay - 1897 - 666 lehte
...I saw a vision in my sleep That gave my spirit strength to sweep Adown the gulf of Time ! I saw the last of human mould, That shall creation's death behold,...wan, The skeletons of nations were Around that lonely roan ! Some had expired in fight, — the brands Still rusted in their bony hands ; In plague and famine... | |
| 1898 - 524 lehte
...sleep, That gave my spirit strength to sweep Adown the gulf of Time ! I saw the last of human mold, That shall Creation's death behold, As Adam saw her...plague and famine some. Earth's cities had no sound or tread, And ships were drifting with the dead To shores where all was dumb. Yet, prophet-like, that... | |
| 1898 - 522 lehte
...mortal shall assume Its immortality! I saw a vision in my sleep, That gave my spirit strength to sweep The Sun's eye had a sickly glare; The Earth with age...plague and famine some. Earth's cities had no sound or tread, And ships were drifting with the dead To shores where all was dumb. Yet, prophet-like, that... | |
| John Clark Ridpath - 1898 - 578 lehte
...saw a vision in my sleep, That gave my spirit strength to sweep Adown the gulf of Time ! I saw the last of human mould, That shall Creation's death behold,...man ! Some had expired in fight — the brands Still rested in their bony hands ; In plague and famine some ! Earth's cities had no sound nor tread ; And... | |
| Mowbray Morris - 1898 - 394 lehte
...I saw a vision in my sleep That gave my spirit strength to sweep Adown the gulf of Time ! I saw the last of human mould That shall Creation's death behold...eye had a sickly glare, The Earth with age was wan, Some had expired in fight, — the brands Still rusted in their bony hands ; In plague and famine some... | |
| Henry St. John Digby Raikes - 1898 - 448 lehte
...the crumbling towers of Ravenna. Really, one could quite grasp Campbell's idea of the Last Man — ' The sun's eye had a sickly glare, The Earth with age was wan, The skeletons of ages were Around that lonely man.' We quite felt that if we had stopped there longer we should have... | |
| Martin Ferdinand Morris - 1898 - 276 lehte
...at an end. Far from it. The war yet rages, and will no doubt continue to rage until the day of " The last of human mould That shall Creation's death behold, As Adam saw her prime." It is true that everywhere throughout the civilized world the people have reconquered their heritage... | |
| Rudyard Kipling - 1899 - 272 lehte
...desolation, which had been strong enough in all conscience in the sunshine, began to grow and grow : — " The sun's eye had a sickly glare, The earth with age was wan, The skeletons of ages stood Around that lonely man." Near the Earn Pol there was some semblance of a town with living... | |
| Rudyard Kipling - 1899 - 266 lehte
...desolation, which had been strong enough in all conscience in the sunshine, began to grow and grow: — « The sun's eye had a sickly glare, The earth with age was wan, The skeletons of ages stood Around that lonely man." Near the Ram Pol there was some semblance of a town with living... | |
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