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... The Cheltonian - Page 63by Cheltenham College - 1868Full view - About this book
| Oliver Bell Bunce - 1883 - 332 lehte
...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...the victim's throat ; Touched ; and I knew no more." Whereto the other with a downward brow : " I would the white cold heavy-plunging foam, Whirled by the... | |
| Henry James Jennings - 1884 - 326 lehte
...poet, without sacrificing any of its force, added greatly to its form by the following changes : — " The high masts flickered as they lay afloat ; The...the victim's throat ; Touched ; and I knew no more." A careful comparison of the first edition of most of these poems with their present shape, will show... | |
| Henry James Jennings - 1884 - 326 lehte
...poet, without sacrificing any of its force, added greatly to its form by the following changes :— " The high masts flickered as they lay afloat ; The...the victim's throat ; Touched ; and I knew no more." A careful comparison of the first edition of most of these poems with their present shape, will show... | |
| Alfred Tennyson (1st baron.) - 1884 - 340 lehte
...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...wolfish eyes, Waiting to see me die. ' The high masts flicker'd as they lay afloat ; The crowds, the temples, waver'd, and the shore ; The bright death quiver'd... | |
| Alfred Tennyson (1st baron.) - 1884 - 136 lehte
...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. ' Thehigh masts flicker'd as they lay afloat ; The crowds, the temples, waver'd, and the shore ; The... | |
| Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1885 - 302 lehte
...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...wolfish eyes, Waiting to see me die. ' The high masts flicker'd as they lay afloat ; The crowds, the temples, waver'd, and the shore ; The bright death quiver'd... | |
| Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1885 - 526 lehte
...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...wolfish eyes, Waiting to see me die. "The high masts flieker'd as they lay afloat ; The crowds, the temples, waver'd, and the shore; The bright death quiver'd... | |
| Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1885 - 302 lehte
...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 as they lay afloat ; The crowds, the temples, waver'd, and the shore ; The bright death quiver'd... | |
| 1886 - 344 lehte
...already been moved by the quiet, measured cadence of Aspasia's voice, as she ended with the words : "The high masts flickered as they lay afloat; The...the victim's throat; Touched ; and I knew no more." Aspasia followed with the last words of Helen, in th; same sad tone : — " I would the white, cold,... | |
| Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1886 - 694 lehte
...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 wolf ish eyes, Waiting to see me die. ' The high masts flicker'd as they lay afloat ; The crowds, the... | |
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