 Merrily rose the lark, and shook The dewdrop from its wing ; But I never mark'd its morning flight, I never heard it sing : For I was stooping once again Under the horrid thing. " With breathless speed, like a soul in chase, I took him up and ran, —...  American Monthly Knickerbocker - Page 5361836Full view - About this book
 | Great Britain - 1829 - 696 pages
...With a wild misgiving-eye ; And I saw the dead in the river bed, For the faithless stream was dry ! Merrily rose the lark, and shook The dewdrop from...horrid thing. With breathless speed, like a soul in chase, I took him up and ran ; — There was no time to dig a grave Before the day began : In a lonesome... | |
 | 1828 - 602 pages
...With a wild misgiving eye ; And I saw the dead in the river bed, For the faithless stream was dry ! ' Merrily rose the lark, and shook The dewdrop from its wing ; But I never inark'd its morning flight, I never heard it sing: For I was stooping once again Under the horrid thing.... | |
 | Thomas Hood - English poetry - 1831 - 80 pages
...With a wild misgiving eye ; And I saw the Dead in the river bed, For the faithless stream was dry ! " Merrily rose the lark, and shook The dew-drop from...I was stooping once again Under the horrid thing. And a mighty wind had •.-. -.1 the l And still the corse was bare. 29 " With breathless speed, like... | |
 | Jewel - 1839 - 352 pages
...With a wild misgiving eye ; And I saw the dead in the river bed, For the faithless stream was dry ! " Merrily rose the lark, and shook The dew-drop from...horrid thing. " With breathless speed, like a soul in chase, I took him up and ran, There was no time to dig a grave Before the day began : In a lonesome... | |
 | American literature - 1846 - 608 pages
...misgiving eye ; And I saw the Dead in the river bed, For the faithless stream was dry ! ",' Marrily rose the lark, and shook The dew-drop from its wing...never heard it sing: For I was stooping once again Undei the horrid thing ! •' • With breathless speed, like a soul in chase, I took him up and ran... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - Authors, English - 1845 - 558 pages
...river bed, For the faithless stream was dry ! "Merrily rose the lark, and shook The dew-drop from ite wing : But I never mark'd its morning flight, I never...horrid thing. " With breathless speed, like a soul in chase, I took him up and ran, — There was no time to dig a grave Before the day began : In a lonesome... | |
 | Thomas Hood - 1845 - 442 pages
...With a wild misgiving eye, And I saw the dead in the river bed, For the faithless stream was dry ! " Merrily rose the lark, and shook The dew-drop from its wing ; But I never marked its morning flight, I never heard it sing : For I was stooping once again Under the horrid thing.... | |
 | Thomas Hood - English literature - 1845 - 434 pages
...With a wild misgiving eye, And I saw the dead in the river bed, For the faithless stream was dry ! " Merrily rose the lark, and shook The dew-drop from its wing ; But I never marked its morning flight, I never heard it sing : For I was stooping once again Under the horrid thing.... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - Authors, English - 1846 - 540 pages
...With a wild misgiving eye ; And I saw the dead in the river bed, For the faithless stream was dry . But I never mark'd its morning flight, I never heard...horrid thing. " With breathless speed, like a soul in chase, I took him up and ran, — There was no time to dig a grave Before the day began : In a lonesome... | |
 | University magazine - 1846 - 780 pages
...stream was dry ! " ' Merrily rose the lark, and shook Tho dew-drop from its wing ; But I never inark'd its morning flight, I never heard it sing : For I...thing ! " ' With breathless speed, like a soul in chase, I took him up and ran ; There was no time to dig a grave Before the day began : In a lonesome... | |
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