 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.  The Augustan review - Page 381Full view - About this book
 | English literature - 1816 - 700 pages
...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... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - English poetry - 1817 - 212 pages
...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...they fed ; So well had they broken a lingering fast 4 19 With those who had fallen for that night's repast. And Alp knew, by the turbans that rolled on... | |
 | Susan Ferrier - 1818 - 358 pages
...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...they scarce could rise from the spot where they fed." " Now, to enter into the conceptions of a dog—to embody one's-self, as it were, in the person of... | |
 | Susan Ferrier - 1819 - 364 pages
...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 tlie spot where they fed." " Now, to enter into the conceptions of a dog — to embody one's self,... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - English poetry - 1821 - 478 pages
...tusks crunched o'er the whiter skull, * 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 where they feel ; So well had they broken a lingering fast With those who had fallen for that night's repast.... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1822 - 614 pages
...when its fruit is fresh ; And their white tusks crunch 'd o'er the whiter skull,* /f15 As it slipp'd through their jaws, when their edge grew dull, As...they fed ; So well had they broken a lingering fast 4 '9 With those who had fallen for that night's repast. And Alp knew, by the turbans that roll'd on... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - English poetry - 1823 - 368 pages
...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...mumbled the bones of the dead, When they scarce could rist from the spot where they fed ; So well had they broken a lingering fast With those who had fallen... | |
 | North American review and miscellaneous journal - 1825 - 504 pages
...the fig when its fruit is fresh ; And their white tusks crunch'd o'er the whiter skull As it slipp'd through their jaws, when their edge grew dull, As...they scarce could rise from the spot where they fed. *#*##* The scalps were in the wild dog's maw, The hair was tangled round his jaw. If this style of... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1825 - 1016 pages
...when its fruit is fresh ; And their white tusks crunch'd o'er the whiter skull, 4 As it slipp'd though their jaws, when their edge grew dull, As they lazily mumbled the hones of the dead, When they scarce could rise from the spot where they fed ; So well had they broken... | |
 | 1826 - 622 pages
...had stripp'd the flesh. As ye peel the fig when its fruit is fresh ; And their white tusks crunch'd o'er the whiter skull As it slipped through their...they scarce could rise from the spot where they fed The scalps were in the wild dog's maw, The hair was tangled round his jaw. The delicate taste of the... | |
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