 | English poetry - 1806 - 540 pages
...magical spell, The sweet milk of the earth to an essence of Hell : Fermented our food, and corrupted our grain, To famish the stomach, and madden the brain....light, what pale spectres appear ! A Demon keeps time with his fiddle, Finance ; While the Passions spring forth in a horrible dance. Then, prone on the... | |
 | English poetry - 1806 - 560 pages
...Hell: Fermented our food, and corrupted our grain, To famish the stomach, and madden the brain. By bis Water of Life, what distraction and fear! By the gloom of its light, what pale spectres appear 1 A Demon keeps time with his fiddle, Finance; While the Passions spring forth in a horrible dance.... | |
 | William Drennan - 1815 - 254 pages
...magical spell, The sweet milk of the Earth to an essence of Hell, Fermented our food, and corrupted our grain, To famish the stomach, and madden the brain....appear! A Demon keeps time on his fiddle, finance, While the Passions spring up in a horrible dance! Then prone on the earth, they adore in the dust, A man's... | |
 | Music - 1821 - 566 pages
...magical spell, The sweet milk of the earth to an essence of Hell; Fermented our food, and corrupted our grain, To famish the stomach and madden the brain....light, what pale spectres appear ! A Demon keeps time v, ith his fiddle, finance, While the passions spring forth in a horrible dance. Then prone on the... | |
 | American periodicals - 1855 - 846 pages
...Fermented our food, and corrupted oar grain, To famish the stomach, and madden the brain. By his wnter of life, what distraction and fear ; By the gloom of its light, what pale spectres appear ! A dcmun keeps time on his fiddle finance, While his passions spring up in a horrible dance. Then prone... | |
 | James J. Gaskin - Dalkey (Ireland) - 1874 - 520 pages
...His head winding up from the tail of his plan, Till the worm stands erect o'er the prostrated man. By his water of life, what distraction and fear ;...appear! A Demon keeps time on his fiddle, finance, While the Passions spring up in a horrible dance ! Then prone on the earth, they adore in the dust, A man's... | |
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... he likes best : How the arrogant reptile here raises his crest ! His head winding up from the tail of his plan, Till the worm stands erect o'er the prostrated man. Here, he joys to transform, by his magical spell, The sweet milk of the Earth to an... 