 | Theresa Cornwallis I. Whitby West ("Mrs. F. West, ") - Ireland - 1847 - 334 pages
...; — a mouth such as a sculptor might rejoice to model, and an expression like Byron's Corsair, " And where his frown of hatred darkly fell, Hope withering fled, and mercy sighed farewell." This gentleman was, for all the world, like a a Terracina brigand, and ever and anon... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1848 - 320 pages
...chief's to day. There was a laughing Devil in his sneer, That raised emotions both of rage and fear; And where his frown of hatred darkly fell, Hope withering fled — and Mercy sigh'd farewell! X. Slight are the outward signs of evil thought, Within — within — 'twas there the spirit wrought!... | |
 | Walter Scott - English poetry - 1848 - 848 pages
...strife. — a ['[" There was a laughing devil in his sneer, That raised emotions both of rage and fear ; And where his frown of hatred darkly fell, Hope withering fled — and Mercy sigh 'd farewell." BVRON'S Works, vol. ix. p. 272.] * The laws of the Bucaniers, and their successors... | |
 | John Seely Hart - Periodicals - 1849 - 934 pages
...ROVER. A 8TOBY OF THE WEST INDIES. BY CHARLES J. PETERSON. (Concluded from page 126.) CHAPTER VII. And where his frown of hatred darkly fell, Hope, withering, fled, and mercy sighed farewell. The Corsair. THERE never was a period, perhaps, since the daye of tlic buccaneers,... | |
 | Fortune-telling - 1851 - 84 pages
...Goldsmith. Lady. 24. There was a laughing devil in his sneer, That caused emotions both of rage and fear, And where his frown of hatred darkly fell, Hope withering fled, and Mercy sigh'd farewelL fitjroiiA Corsair. Gentleman. . 24. Love, sweetness, goodness in her person shined. Milton. Lady. 25.... | |
 | Isabel Goldsmid - 1852 - 230 pages
...wanting. CHAPTEE XL There was a laughing devil in his aneer, That raised emotions both of rage and fear ; And where his frown of hatred darkly fell, Hope, withering fled, and mercy sighed farewell. Had we never loved so kindly, Had we never loved so blindly, Never met, or never parted,... | |
 | Isabel Goldsmid - 1852 - 228 pages
...wanting. CHAPTER XI. There was a laughing devil in his sneer, That raised emotions both of rage and fear ; And where his frown of hatred darkly fell, Hope, withering fled, and mercy sighed farewell. BYHON. Had we never loved so kindly, Had we never loved so blindly, Never met, or... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1853 - 654 pages
...3 CHAPTER II. There was a laughing devil in his sneer, That raised emotions both of rage and fear ; And where his frown of hatred darkly fell, Hope withering fled— and Mercy sigh'd farewell. The Corsair, Cimto T THE ling or white fishery is. the principal employment of the natives of Zetland,... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1853 - 406 pages
...CHAPTER XXII. There was a laughing devil in bis sneer, That raised emotions both of rage and fear ; And where his frown of hatred darkly fell, Hope withering fled — and Mercy sigh'd farewell. Hie Corsair, Canto I. THE ling or white fishery is the principal employment of the natives of Zetland,... | |
 | John William Cole - Geopolitics - 1854 - 218 pages
...expressive lines:— " There was a laughing devil in his sneer, That raised emotions both of rage and fear; And where his frown of hatred darkly fell, Hope withering fled, and mercy sigh'd farewell!" * The multitude entertained no doubt that at the death of Alexander the imperial crown would be worn... | |
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There was a laughing Devil in his sneer, That raised emotions both of rage and fear; And where his frown of hatred darkly fell, Hope withering fled, and Mercy sigh'd farewell! 
