And, long since then, of bloody men Whose deeds tradition saves; Of lonely folk cut off unseen, And hid in sudden graves ; Of horrid stabs, in groves forlorn, And murders done in caves ; And how the sprites of injured men Shriek upward from the sod... Prose and Verse - Страница 23по Thomas Hood - 1845Пълен достъп - Информация за книгата
| John William Stanhope Hows - 1866 - 574 страници
...beyond the place, Then slowly back again ; And down he sat beside the lad, And talked, with him of Cain. He told, how murderers walked the earth. Beneath the...their eyes, And flames about their brain : For blood has left upon their souls Its everlasting stain ! "And well," quoth he, " I know, for truth, Their... | |
| Thomas Hood - 1867 - 464 страници
...And murders done in caves ; And how the sprites of injured men Shriek upward from the sod, — Ay, how the ghostly hand will point To show the burial...Are seen in dreams from God ! He told how murderers walk the earth Beneath the curse of Cain, — With crimson clouds before their eyes, And flames about... | |
| Andrew Comstock, Philip Lawrence - 1808 - 596 страници
...And murders done in caves ; And how the sprites of injured men Shriek upward from the sod, — Ay, how the ghostly hand will point To show the burial clod ; And unknown facts of guilty acta Are seen in dreams from God ; He told how murderers walked the earth Beneath the curse of Cain,... | |
| M. S. Mitchell - 1869 - 416 страници
...And murders done in caves ; And how the sprites of injured men Shriek upward from the sod, — Ay, how the ghostly hand will point To show the burial...their eyes, And flames about their brain : For blood has left upon their souls Its everlasting stain ! "And well," quoth he, "I know, for truth, Their pangs... | |
| Thomas Hood - 1870 - 692 страници
...It is 'The Death of Abel ' " And how the sprites of injur'd men Shriek upward from the sod, — Aye, how the ghostly hand will point To show the burial...Are seen in dreams from God ! He told how murderers walk the earth Beneath the curse of Cain, — With crimson clouds before their eyes, And flames about... | |
| Philip Lawrence - 1870 - 422 страници
...forlorn, And murders done in caves; And how the sprites of injured men Shriek upward from the sod — Ay, how the ghostly hand will point To show the burial clod; And unknown fucts of guilty acts He told how murderers walked the earth Beneath the curse of Cain — With crimson... | |
| William Cullen Bryant - 1871 - 968 страници
...forlorn ; And murders done in caves ; And how the sprites of injured men Shriek upward from the sod ; Ay, ng wooed your daughter, my suit you denied ; — Love...its tide, — And now I am come, with this lost l walk the earth Beneath the curse of Cain, — With crimson clouds before their eyes, And flames about... | |
| Thomas Hood - 1871 - 466 страници
...And murders done in caves ; And how the sprites of injured men Shriek upward from the sod, — Aye, how the ghostly hand will point To show the burial...Are seen in dreams from God ! He told how murderers walk the earth Beneath the curse of Cain — With crimson clouds before their eyes, And flames about... | |
| Francis Jacox - 1871 - 378 страници
..." murders done in caves ; " And how the sprites of injured men Shriek upward from the sod, — Ajr, how the ghostly hand will point To show the burial...facts of guilty acts Are seen in dreams from God." The earth should disclose her blood, in his case, and he knew it : knew his secret to be one that earth... | |
| Philip Lawrence - 1871 - 410 страници
...forlorn, And murders done in caves; And how the sprites of injured men Shriek upward from the sod — Ay, how the ghostly hand will point To show the burial clod; And unknown facts of guilty acts He told how murderers walked the earth Beneath the curse of Cain — With crimson clouds before their... | |
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