 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1854 - 320 strani
...void, The populous and the powerful was a lump, Seasonless, herbless, treeless, manless, lifeless — A lump of death — a chaos of hard clay. The rivers, lakes, and ocean all stood still, And nothing stirr'd within their silent depths ; Ships sailorless lay rotting on the sea, And their masts fell... | |
 | William Russell - 1855 - 310 strani
...the powerful was a lump,— Seasonless, herbless, treeless, manless, lifeless,— A lump of death—a chaos of hard clay. The rivers, lakes, and ocean,...sea; And their masts fell down piecemeal: as they dropped, They slept on the abyss without a surge; — The waves were dead; the tides were in their... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1855 - 434 strani
...void, The populous and the powerful was a lump, Seasonless, herbless, treeless, manless, lifeless — A lump of death — a chaos of hard clay. The rivers, lakes, and ocean all stood still, And nothing stirr'd within their silent depths ; Ships sailorless lay rotting on the sea, And their masts fell... | |
 | 1856 - 518 strani
...The populous and the powerful was a lump — Seasonless, herbless, treeless, manless, lifeless ; A lump of death — a chaos of hard clay. The rivers,...sea, And their masts fell down piecemeal ; as they dropped, They slept, on the abyss, without a surge : The moon, their mistress, had expired before ;... | |
 | Charles Godfrey Leland - 1856 - 296 strani
...consumed, And men were gathered round their blazing homes, To look once more into each other's- face. * * The rivers, lakes, and ocean all stood still, And...sea, And their masts fell down piecemeal ; as they dropped They slept on the abyss without a surge : The waves were dead, the tides were in their grave;... | |
 | Benjamin Hall Kennedy - 1856 - 384 strani
...All the world was void, A waste of death — a solitary wild. The rivers, lakes, and ocean, all were still, And nothing stirred within their silent depths....sea, And their masts fell down piecemeal : as they dropt They slept on the abyss, without a surge r The waves were dead, the tides were in their grave.... | |
 | Lord Francis Jeffrey Jeffrey - 1856 - 794 strani
...and the powerful was a lump. Seasonless. hcrbless, treeless, manless, lifeless— A lump of dealh — a chaos of hard clay ! The rivers, lakes, and ocean all stood still, And nothing snrr'd within their silent depths ; Ships snilorless lay rotting on the sea, [dropp'd And their masts... | |
 | Charles William Smith (professor of elocution.) - 1857 - 338 strani
...void, The populous and the powerful was a lump, Seasonless, herbless, treeless, manless, lifeless — A lump of death — a chaos of hard clay, The rivers,...sea, And their masts fell down piecemeal ; as they dropped They slept on the abyss without a surge — The waves were dead ; the tides were in their grave,... | |
 | William Holmes McGuffey - 1857 - 456 strani
...void; The populous and the powerful was a lump, Seasonless, herbless, treeless, manless, lifeless; A lump of death, a +chaos of hard clay. ' The rivers, lakes, and ocean, all stood still, And nothing stirr'd within their silent depths; Ships, sailorless, lay rotting on the sea, And their masts fell... | |
 | Worthy Putnam - 1858 - 420 strani
...lump, Seasonless, herbless, treeless, manless, lifeless ; A lump of death, a chaos of hard clay. 5. The rivers, lakes, and ocean, all stood still, And...sea, And their masts fell down piecemeal ; as they dropped They slept on the abyss, without a surge : The waves were dead ; the tides were in their grave... | |
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They slept on the abyss, without a surge ; The waves were dead; the tides were in their grave; The moon, their mistress, had expired before; The winds were withered in the stagnant air, And the clouds perished: Darkness had no need Of aid from them —... 
