| George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1827 - 888 ページ
...paced it to and fro; And he iaw the lean dog» beneath the wall Hold o'er the dead their carnivaJ, Gorging and growling o'er carcase and limb; They were too busy to bark at him! From a Tartar's *.kull they had stripp'd tbe lle>h, As ye peel the fig when it* fniit is fresh; And their white tasks... | |
| 1827 - 478 ページ
...now see every day at Juggernauth. " He saw UM lein dogs • * • Laying and growling o'er árcate and limb, They were too busy to bark at him. From a pilgrim's ikull they Had stript the «esn, Ai ye peel tie flg when the t nut is fresh. And tbeir white... | |
| George Clinton - 1828 - 888 ページ
...sentinel, As his measured step on the stone below Clanked, as he paced it to and fro; And he saw the le:tn dogs beneath the wall Hold o'er the dead their carnival, Gorging and growling o'er carcass and limb ; They were too busy to bark at him ! From a Tartar's skull they had stripped the... | |
| James Rennie - 1829 - 440 ページ
...Lord Byron refers, in the poem of the Siege of Corinth : " I saw the lean dogs beneath the wall, Howl o'er the dead their carnival, Gorging and growling...busy to bark at him. From a Tartar's skull they had stript the flesh, As you peel a fig when the fruit is fresh. The Tartar's skull 's in the wild-dog's... | |
| 1830 - 714 ページ
...revolting description of Lord Byron refers, in the poem of the Siege of Corinth. " he saw the lean dogs beneath the wall, Hold o'er the dead their carnival,...busy to bark at him. From a Tartar's skull they had stript the flesh, As ye peel the fig when its fruit is fresh. ******** The scalps were in the wild-dog's... | |
| James Peggs - 1830 - 560 ページ
...the great festival may be forcibly reminded of the appalling description : — " He saw the lean dogs Gorging and growling o'er carcase and limb, They were too busy to bark at him. From a pilgrim's skull they had stript the flesh As ye peel the fig when the fruit is fresh ; And their white... | |
| John Galt - 1830 - 348 ページ
...origin to this incident of the dogs and the body under the walls of the seraglio. And he saw the lean dogs beneath the wall, Hold o'er the dead their carnival. Gorging and growling o'er carcass and limb, They were too busy to bark at him. From a Tartar's scull they had stripp'd the flesh,... | |
| John Galt - 1830 - 352 ページ
...the lean dogs beneath the wall, Hold o'er the deml their carnival. Gorging and growling o'er carcass and limb, They were too busy to bark at him. From a Tartar's scull they had stripp'd the flesh, As ye peel the fig when its fruit is fresh, And their white tusks... | |
| 802 ページ
...horrific has Byron, in his " Siege of Corinth," described the appalling scene — " And he saw the lean dogs beneath the wall Hold o'er the dead their carnival...Tartar's skull they had stripped the flesh, As ye peel a fig when its fruit is fresh. And their white tusks crnnch'd o'er the whiter skull, As it slipped... | |
| Richard Griffin - 1831 - 228 ページ
...quite a dramatic cast to his dogs :' and she repeated with an air of triumph — " And he saw the lean dogs beneath the wall, Hold o'er the dead their carnival ; Gorging and growling o'er carcase and limb, VoL. I. D 2 They were too busy to bark at him ! From a Tartar's skull they had stripped the flesh,... | |
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