All night I lay in agony, From weary chime to chime; With one besetting horrid hint That racked me all the time — A mighty yearning, like the first Fierce impulse unto crime — "One stern tyrannic thought, that made All other thoughts its slave! Stronger... Poems - Seite xiiivon Thomas Hood - 1857 - 388 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
| 1829 - 696 Seiten
...body of his wretched victim into a pool, Aram is supposed to proceed in the following strain : — " Heavily I rose up, as soon As light was in the sky, And sought the black accursed pool With a wild misgiving-eye ; And I saw the dead in the river bed, For the faithless stream was dry ! Merrily rose... | |
| 1828 - 514 Seiten
...mighty yearning, like the first Fierce impulse unto crime ! One stern, tyrannic thought, that made All other thoughts its slave ; Stronger and stronger...that temptation crave. — Still urging me to go and sec The dead man iu his grave ! Heavily I rose up, — as soon As light was in the sky, — And sought... | |
| 1836 - 706 Seiten
...A mighty yearning, like the first Fierté impulse unto crimo ! 4 One etern, tyrannic thought, that All other thoughts its slave; Stronger and stronger...Heavily I rose up — as soon As light was in the sky — Aod sought the black, accnreed pool With a wild misgiving eye ; And 1 saw the dead in the river... | |
| 1836 - 676 Seiten
...кее The dead man in his gravo ! ' Heavily I rose up — aeeoon Аи light was in the eky— • And sought the black, accursed pool With a wild misgiving...I saw the dead in the river bed, For the faithless ыгеат wan dry ! 'Merrily rose the lark, and shook The dew-drop from ite wing ; Bui I never mark'd... | |
| 1846 - 608 Seiten
...mighty yearning, like the first Fierce impulse uuto crime ! " ' One stern, tyrannic thought, that made All other thoughts its slave ; Stronger and stronger...his grave ! " ' Heavily I rose up, as soon As light wnsin the sky, And sought the black accursed pool With a wild misgiving eye ; And I saw the Dead in... | |
| Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1846 - 540 Seiten
...mighty yearning, like the first Fierce impulse unto crime ! " One stern, tyrannic thought, that made All other thoughts its slave ; Stronger and stronger...in the river bed, For the faithless stream was dry . But I never mark'd its morning flight, I never heard it sing : For I was stooping once again Under... | |
| Thomas Hood - 1846 - 672 Seiten
...mighty yearning, like the first, Pierce impulse unto crime ! " One stern, tyrannic thought, that made All other thoughts its slave ; Stronger and stronger every pulse Did that temptation craveStill urging me to go and see The dead man in his grave ! " Heavily I rose up — as soon As light... | |
| John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell - 1846 - 620 Seiten
...yearning, like the first Fierce impulse unto crime! " ' One stern, tyrannic thought, that made Ali other thoughts its slave ; Stronger and stronger every pulse Did that temptation craveStill urging me to go and gee The Dead Man in his grave ! 184G.] THE LATE THOMAS HOOD. " ' Heavily... | |
| Half hours - 1847 - 616 Seiten
...mighty yearning, like the first Fierce impulse unto crime ! " One stern, tyrannic thought, that made All other thoughts its slave ; Stronger and stronger...urging me to go and see The dead man in his grave ! " Heayily I rose up— as soon A s light was in the sky — And sought the black accursed pool With... | |
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