 And reptiles ; yea, the toad upon the road-side, The slimy, speckled snake among the grass, The lizard on the ruin : and men envied. The dog in lonely places cried not over The body of his master ; but it missed him, And whined into the air, and died,...  The Book of Orm: A Prelude to the Epic - Page 71by Robert Williams Buchanan - 1870 - 262 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Robert Williams Buchanan - 1868 - 298 pages
...over The body of his master ; but it missed him, And whined into the air, and died, and rotted. And the traveller's horse lay swollen in the pathway,...blue fly fed upon it ; but no traveller Was there, — yea, not his footprint on the ground. so And the cat mewed in the midnight, and the blind Gave... | |
 | Robert Williams Buchanan - 1874 - 356 pages
...not over The body of his master ; but it missed him, And whined into the air, and died, and rotted. The traveller's horse lay swollen in the pathway,...Rocking it, while she slumbered, with her foot, And wakened,— and the cradle there was empty. I saw a two-years' child, and he was playing ; And he found... | |
 | Robert Williams Buchanan - English poetry - 1884 - 588 pages
...not over The body of his master ; but it missed him, And whined into the air, and divd, and rotted. The traveller's horse lay swollen in the pathway,...Rocking it, while she slumbered, with her foot, And wakened, — and the cradle there was empty. I saw a two-years' child, and he was playing ; And he... | |
 | Robert Williams Buchanan - English poetry - 1884 - 614 pages
...not over The body of his master ; but it missed him, And whined into the air, and died, and rotted. The traveller's horse lay swollen in the pathway,...the cradle, Rocking it, while she slumbered, with hir foot, And wakened, — and the cradle there was empty. I saw a two-years' child, and he was playing... | |
 | Edmund Clarence Stedman - English poetry - 1895 - 388 pages
...fly fed upon it ; but no traveller Was there ; nay, not his footprint on the ground. The cat mew'd in the midnight, and the blind Gave a rustle, and...to sleep beside the cradle, Rocking it, while she slumber'd, with her foot, And waken'd, — and the cradle there was empty. I saw a two-years' child,... | |
 | Edmund Clarence Stedman - English poetry - 1895 - 802 pages
...not over The body of his master ; but it miss'd him, And whin'd into the air, and died, and rotted. The traveller's horse lay swollen in the pathway,...there ; nay, not his footprint on the ground. The cat mcw'd in the midnight, and the blind Gave a rustle, and the lamp burnt blue and faint, And the father's... | |
 | Edmund Clarence Stedman - English poetry - 1895 - 810 pages
...body of his master; but it miss'd ted. The traveller's horse lay swollen in the pathway, And I In- blue fly fed upon it; but no traveller Was there; nay, not his footprint on the ground. The cat mew'd in the midnight, and the blind Gave a rustle, and the lamp burnt blue and faint, And the father's... | |
 | Alfred Henry Miles - English poetry - 1905 - 658 pages
...not over The body of his master ; but it missed him, And whined into the air, and died, and rotted. The traveller's horse lay swollen in the pathway,...Rocking it, while she slumbered, with her foot, And wakened, — and the cradle there was empty I saw a two-years' child, and he was playing; And he found... | |
 | Elizabeth Amelia Sharp, J. Matthay - English poetry - 1924 - 520 pages
...not over The body of his master ; but it missed him, And whined into the air, and died, and rotted. The traveller's horse lay swollen in the pathway,...midnight, and the blind Gave a rustle, and the lamp burned blue and faint, And the father's bed was empty in the morning. The mother fell to sleep beside... | |
 | Elizabeth Amelia Sharp, J. Matthay - Celtic poetry (English) - 1924 - 520 pages
...footprint on the ground. The cat mewed in the midnight, and the blind Gave a rustle, and the lamp burned blue and faint, And the father's bed was empty in...Rocking it, while she slumbered, with her foot, And wakened,— and the cradle there was empty. I saw a two-years' child, and he was playing ; And he found... | |
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