 The Sun's eye had a sickly glare, The Earth with age was wan, The skeletons of nations were Around that lonely man ! Some had expired in fight, — the brands Still rusted in their bony hands; In plague and famine some...  Anthologia oxoniensis - Page 70edited by - 1846 - 306 pagesFull view - About this book
 | John Holmes Agnew, Nathaniel Parker Willis - Gift books - 1846 - 120 pages
...of Time ! I saw the last of human mould, That shall Creation's death behold, As Adam saw her prime ! Sun's eye had a sickly glare, The Earth with age was...drifting with the dead To shores where all was dumb ! Yet, prophet-like, that lone one stood, With dauntless words and high, That shook the sere leaves... | |
 | John Hanbury Dwyer - Elocution - 1846 - 312 pages
...Adown the gulf of time ! I saw the last of human mould, That shall Creation's death behold, As Adam saw her prime ! The Sun's eye had a sickly glare, The...their bony hands; In plague and famine some ! Earth's citie^had no sound nor tread, And ships were drifting with the dead To shores where all was dumb !... | |
 | John Hanbury Dwyer - Elocution - 1846 - 310 pages
...Adown the gulf of time ! I saw the last of human mould, That shall Creation's death behold, As Adam saw her prime ! The Sun's eye had a sickly glare, The...The skeletons of nations were Around that lonely man I Some had expired in fight — the brands Still rusted in their bony hands; In plague and famine some... | |
 | Charles Walton Sanders, Joshua Chase Sanders - Readers - 1848 - 468 pages
...time ! I saw the last of human mold, That shall creation's death behold, As Adam saw her prime ! 2. The sun's eye had a sickly glare, — The earth with...plague and famine some. Earth's cities had no so"und or tread, And 'ships were drifting with the dead — • To shores where all was dumb ! P. Yet, prophet-like,... | |
 | Samuel G. Drake - Indians of North America - 1848 - 708 pages
...it had destroyed " multitudes of the barbarous heathen to make way for the chosen people of God." " Some had expired in fight, — the brands Still rusted...their bony hands, — In plague and famine some." — CAMPBELL. All wars and disasters, in those days, were thought to be preceded by some strange natural... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - 1849 - 276 pages
...Adown the gulf of Time ! I saw the last of human mould That shall Creation's death behold, As Adam saw her prime ! The Sun's eye had a sickly glare, The...nor tread ; And ships were drifting with the dead Yet, prophet-like, that lone one stood With dauntless words and high, That shook the sere leaves from... | |
 | A. Cunningham - 1850 - 200 pages
...Adown the gulf of Time ! I saw the last of human mould, That shall Creation's death behold, As Adam saw her prime. The sun's eye had a sickly glare, The earth...of nations were Around that lonely man ! Some had expir'd in fight — the brands Still rusted in their bony hands, In plague and famine some : Earth's... | |
 | John Hanbury Dwyer - Elocution - 1850 - 318 pages
...Adown the gulf of time ! I saw the last of human mould, That shall Creation's death behold, As Adam saw her prime ! The Sun's eye had a sickly glare, The...wan The skeletons of nations were Around that lonely mant Some had expired in fight — the brands Still rusted in their bony hands; In plague and famine... | |
 | William Draper Swan - Readers - 1851 - 442 pages
...Adown the gulf of Time : I saw the last of human mould, That shall creation's death behold, As Adam saw her prime. The sun's eye had a sickly glare ; The...drifting with the dead To shores where all was dumb. Yet, prophet-like, that lone one stood, With dauntless words and high, That shook the sere leaves from... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - English literature - 1851 - 780 pages
...Adown the gulf of Time! I saw the last of human mould, That shall Creation's death behold, As Adam saw her prime ! The Sun's eye had a sickly glare, The...drifting with the dead To shores where all was dumb! Yet, prophet-like, that lone one stood, With dauntless words and high, That shook the sere leaves from... | |
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