 | 1844 - 276 pagina’s
...such monsters from The shining Alps, ' . And wavy Appennines, and Pyrenees, By wintry famine roused : Cruel as death, and hungry as the grave, Burning for blood .'—bony, and gaunt, and grim ! Assembling wolves in raging troops descend ; And, pouring o'er the country, bear along, Keen as the... | |
 | T B. M - 1844 - 274 pagina’s
...skin. The poet Thomson has, in a few words, drawn a just picture of this savage creature : — " Cniel as death, and hungry as the grave ; Burning for blood, bony, and gaunt, and grim ! " In countries where Wolves are numerous, whole droves flock down from the mountains, or out of the... | |
 | Bourne Hall Draper - 1845 - 510 pagina’s
...and have perished. Thomson says, that in winter, from the Alps, the Pyrenees, and the Apennines, " Cruel as death, and hungry as the grave, Burning for blood, bony, and gaunt, and grim, * Canis lupus. 56 ORDER III. WOLF. Assembling wolves, in raging troops descend. * * * They fasten on... | |
 | E. Whimper - 1845 - 204 pagina’s
...a dangerous and undaunted foe ; but after his appetite is appeased, he will seldom face an enemy. " Cruel as death ! and hungry as the grave ! Burning for blood ! bony, and gaunt, and grim." The wolf is found in almost all countries except the British Islands, and is said to live to the age... | |
 | Edward Delaval Hungerford Elers Napier - 1846 - 240 pagina’s
...dreaded denizens of the wilderness entirely unknown in these parts ; for oft in the depths of winter, " Cruel as death, and hungry as the grave, Burning for blood ; bony and gaunt and grim, Assembling wolves, in raging troops descend,'' — scared by famine from their usual haunts ; approach... | |
 | James Thomson - 1847 - 504 pagina’s
...the shining Alps, 39o And wavy Apennines, and Pyrenees, Branch out stupendous into distant lands — Cruel as death, and hungry as the grave ! Burning for blood ! bony, and gaunt, and grim ! Assembling wolves in raging troops descend; 395 And, pouring o'er the country, bear along, Keen as... | |
 | Henry Howe - 1847 - 636 pagina’s
...the bare and leafless branches of the tall trees, while the dismal howling of a pack of wolves — " Cruel as death, and hungry as the grave ; Burning for blood, bony, gaunt and grim," might be heard in the distance, mingled with the howlings of the wintry winds, were... | |
 | William Dowling - 1849 - 356 pagina’s
...Winter," the ravages of the famishing wolves, and the ferocity of their attacks on all living creatures. " Cruel as death, and hungry as the grave ; Burning for blood ; bony, and gaunt, and grim ; Assembling wolves in raging troops descend ; And, pouring o'er the country, bear along, Keen as the... | |
 | James Thomson - 1849 - 524 pagina’s
...which the shining Alps, 390 And wavy Apennine, and I'yronces, Branch out stupendous into distant lands; Cruel as death, and hungry as the grave ! Burning for blood ' bony and gaunt and grim! Assembling wolves in raging troops descend ; 396 And, pouring o'er the country, bear along Keen as... | |
 | Henry Howe - 1849 - 646 pagina’s
...the bare and leafless branches of the tall trees, while the dismal howling of a pack of wolvee — " Cruel as death, and hungry as the grave ; Burning for blood, bony, gaunt and grim," might be heard in the distance, mingled with the howlings of the wintry winds, were... | |
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By wintry famine rous'd, from all the tract Of horrid mountains which the shining Alps, And wavy Apennine, and Pyrenees, Branch out stupendous into distant lands; Cruel as death, and hungry as the grave; Burning for blood; bony, and gaunt, and grim. Assembling... 
