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" One that had never done me wrong, A feeble man and old: I led him to a lonely field; The moon shone clear and cold: Now here, said I, this man shall die, And I will have his gold! "
American Monthly Knickerbocker - Page 535
1836
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The Eclectic review. vol. 1-New [8th], Volume 30

1828 - 602 pages
...The moon shone clear and cold : Now here, said I, this man shall die, And I will have his gold ! ' Two sudden blows with a ragged stick, And one with...nothing lying at my foot, But lifeless flesh and bone ! 1 Nothing but lifeless flesh and bone, That could not do me ill ; And yet I fear'd him all the more,...
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Spirit of the English Magazines

1828 - 514 pages
...field, The moon shone clear and cold : Now here, said I, this man shall die, And I will have his gold ! Two sudden blows with a ragged stick, And one with a heavy stone, One hurried gu.sh with a hasty knife, — And then the deed was done ! There was nothing lying at my foot, But...
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The Dream of Eugene Aram: The Murderer

Thomas Hood - English poetry - 1831 - 80 pages
...dreadful eyes Were looking down in blame : I took the dead man by his hand, And caird upon his name ! Two sudden blows with a ragged stick, And one with a heavy stone. 25 " Oh, God ! it made me quake to see Such sense within the slain ! But when I touch'd the lifeless...
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Confessions, Trials, and Biographical Sketches of the Most Cold Blooded ...

Crime - 1837 - 436 pages
...fiol'l, The moon shono brilht and Cora ; Vw h'-rc /riwl I this man shall die, And I will have his gold. Two sudden blows with a ragged stick, And one with a heavy stone, Olio hurried sash with a hasty knife ; And then the deed was done ; Thiro w;ia nothing lying at my...
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The jewel, sacred, domestic, narrative and lyrical poems selected from ...

Jewel - 1839 - 352 pages
...The moon shone clear and cold : Now here, said I, this man shall die, And I will have his gold ! " Two sudden blows with a ragged stick, And one with...my foot But lifeless flesh and bone ! " Nothing but lifeless flesh and bone, That could not do me ill ; And yet I fear'd him all the more, For lying there...
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The Eclectic Magazine of Foreign Literature, Science, and Art, Volume 8

American literature - 1846 - 608 pages
...The moon shone clear and cold : Now here, said I, this mnn shall die, And I will ha,ve his gold ! ' 'Two sudden blows with a ragged stick, And one with a heavy *tone — One hurried gash with a haMty knife — And then the deed was done : There WHS nothing lying...
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The Poets and Poetry of England, in the Nineteenth Century

Rufus Wilmot Griswold - Authors, English - 1845 - 558 pages
...The moon shone clear and cold : Now here, said I, this man shall die, And I will have his gold ! " Two sudden blows with a ragged stick, And one with...foot, But lifeless flesh and bone ! " Nothing but lifeless flesh and bone, That could not do me ill ; And yet I fear'd him all the more, For lying there...
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The Prose and Poetry of Europe and America: Consisting of Literary Gems and ...

English literature - 1845 - 614 pages
...The moon shone clear and cold. 'Now here,' said I, 'this man shall die, And I will have his gold !' sembled, gazing world Will stand, upon that awful...own radiant sign ! Mighty MONT BLANC, thou wert to hope ; "Nothing but lifeless flesh and bone, That could not do me ill ; And yet I feared him all the...
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Prose and Verse, Volumes 1-2

Thomas Hood - 1845 - 442 pages
...The moon shone clear and cold ; Now here, said I, this man shall die, And 1 will have his gold ! " Two sudden blows with a ragged stick, And one with a heavy stone, One horrid gash with a hasty knife — And then the deed was done ; There was nothing lying at my feet,...
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Prose and Verse, Volume 1

Thomas Hood - English literature - 1845 - 434 pages
...The moon shone clear and cold ; Now here, said I, this man shall die, And 1 will have his gold ! " Two sudden blows with a ragged stick, And one with a heavy stone, One horrid gash with a hasty knife—- And then the deed was done ; There was nothing lying at my feet,...
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