 As it slipped through their jaws, when their edge grew dull, As they lazily mumbled the bones of the dead, When they scarce could rise from the spot where they fed ; So well had they broken a lingering fast With those who had fallen for that night's repast.  Marriage: A Novel ... - Pagina 239door Susan Ferrier - 1819Volledige weergave - Over dit boek
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...bark at him ! From a Tartar's skull they had stripped the flesh, As ye peel the fig when its fruit is fresh ; And their white tusks crunched o'er the...bones of the dead, When they scarce could rise from the spot where they fed ; So well had they broken a lingering fast With those who had fallen for that... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1815 - 324 pagina’s
...ye peel the fig when its fruit is fresh ; 414 And their white tusks crunched o'er the whiter skull4, As it slipped through their jaws, when their edge...bones of the dead, When they scarce could rise from the spot where they fed ; So well had they broken a lingering fast With those who haid fallen for .that... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1816 - 102 pagina’s
...From a Tartar's skull they had stripped the flesh, As ye peel the fig when its fruit is fresh ; 414 And their white tusks crunched o'er the whiter skull*,...bones of the dead, When they scarce could rise from the spot where they fed; So well had they broken a lingering fast With those who had fallen for that... | |
 | 1816 - 700 pagina’s
...fig when its fruit'is fresh; 1 • And their white tusks crunched o'er the whiter skull, As itslipped through their jaws, when their edge grew dull, As they lazily mumbled the bones of the dead, So well had they broken a lingering fast When they scarce could rise from the spot where theyfed; And... | |
 | 1816 - 700 pagina’s
...bark at him ! From a Tartar's skull they had stripped the flesh, As ye peel the fig when its fruit is fresh ; And their white tusks crunched o'er the whiter skull, As itslipped through their jaws, when their edge grew dull, As they lazily mumbled the bones of the dead,... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1817 - 212 pagina’s
...ye peel the fig when its fruit is fresh ; 414 And their white tusks crunched o'er the whiter skull4, As it slipped through their jaws, ' when their edge...bones of the dead, When they scarce could rise from the spot where they fed ; So well had they broken a lingering fast 4 19 With those who had fallen for... | |
 | Susan Ferrier - 1818 - 358 pagina’s
...bark at him ! From a Tartar's skull they had stripped the flesh, As ye peel the fig when its fruit is fresh ; And their white tusks crunched o'er the whiter skull, As it slipped through their j aws when their edge grew dull; As they lazily mumbled the bones of the dead, When they scarce could... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1820 - 260 pagina’s
...fig when its fruit is fresh ; And their white tusks crunch'd o'er the whiter skull,(4) As it slipp'd through their jaws, when their edge grew dull, As...bones of the dead, When they scarce could rise from the spot where they fed; So well had they broken a lingering fast With those who had fallen for that... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1821 - 294 pagina’s
...when its fruit is fresh; And their white tusks crunch'd o'er the whiter skull, <« 415 As it slipp'd through their jaws, when their edge grew dull, As...bones of the dead, When they scarce could rise from the spot where they fed; So well -had they broken a lingering fast With those who had fallen for that... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1821 - 478 pagina’s
...bark at him! From a Tartar's skull they had stripped the flesh , As ye peel the fig when its fruit is fresh ; And their white tusks crunched o'er the...* As it slipped through their jaws when their edge grevv dul^ As they lazily mumbled the bones of the dead, When they scarce could rise from the spot... | |
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