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" The sun's eye had a sickly glare, The earth with age was wan ; The skeletons of nations were Around that lonely man. Some had expired in fight— the brands Still rusted in their bony hands ; In plague and famine some. "
The Book of the Indians: Or, Biography and History of the Indians of North ... - Page 16
by Samuel G. Drake - 1841 - 708 pages
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Graham's American Monthly Magazine of Literature, Art, and ..., Volumes 22-23

1843 - 798 pages
...and which was charitably characterized, by the pious colonist?, as a great providence, inasmuch as it destroyed " multitudes of the barbarous heathen to make way for the chosen people of God." Not withstand ing the ravages of this peetilenee, the Pilgrims found the land still populous. Nor were...
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The New Monthly Magazine, and Literary Journal, Volume 6

1823 - 592 pages
...The Earth with age was wan, The skeletons of nations were Around that lonely man ! Some had expir'd in fight, — the brands Still rusted in their bony hands ; In plague and famine some ! Earth's cities had no sound nor tread ; And ships were dritling with the dead To shores where all...
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New Monthly Magazine, and Universal Register, Volume 8

Thomas Campbell, Samuel Carter Hall, Edward Bulwer Lytton Baron Lytton, Theodore Edward Hook, Thomas Hood, William Harrison Ainsworth, William Ainsworth - 1823 - 590 pages
...The Earth with age was wan, The skeletons of nations were Around that lonely man ! Some had expir'd in fight, — the brands Still rusted in their bony hands; In plague and famine some ! Earth's cities had no sound nor tread ; And ships were drifting with the dead To shores where all...
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Theodric: A Domestic Tale, and Other Poems

Thomas Campbell - English poetry - 1824 - 176 pages
...a sickly glare, The Earth with age was wan, The skeletons of nations were Around that lonely man ! Some had expired in fight, — the brands Still rusted in their bony hands ; In plague and famine some ! Earth's cities had no sound nor tread ; And ships were drifting with the dead To shores where all...
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Theodric, and other poems

Thomas Campbell - 1824 - 176 pages
...a sickly glare, The Earth with age was wan, The skeletons of nations were Around that lonely man ! Some had expired in fight, — the brands Still rusted in their bony hands ; In plague and famine some ! Earth's cities had no sound nor tread ; And ships were drifting with the dead To shores where all...
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The Edinburgh Review: Or Critical Journal, Volume 41

1825 - 588 pages
...a sickly glare, The Earth with age was wan, The skeletons of nations were Around that lonely man ! Some had expired in fight, — the brands Still rusted in their bony hands ; In plague and famine some ! Earth's cities had no sound nor tread ; And ships were drifting with the dead To shores where all...
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Historical and Literary Tour of a Foreigner in England and Scotland, Volume 2

Amédée Pichot - England - 1825 - 510 pages
...a sickly glare, The Earth with age was wan. The skeletons of nations were Around that lonely man ! Some had expired in fight, — the brands Still rusted in their bony hands; In plague and famine some ! Earth's cities had no sound nor tread ; And ships were drifting with the dead To shores where all...
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Time's Telescope

Almanacs, English - 1826 - 488 pages
...a sickly glare, The Earth with age was wan, The skeletons of nations were Around that lonely Man ! Some had expired in fight — the brands Still rusted in their bony hands; In plague and famine some. Earth's cities had no sound nor tread ; And ships were drifting with the dead To shores where all was...
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The Poetical Melange

English poetry - 1828 - 814 pages
...a sickly glare, The earth with age was wan, The skeletons of nations were Around that lonely man ! Some had expired in fight, — the brands Still rusted in their bony hands ; In plague and famine some ! Earth's cities bad no sound nor tread ; And ships were drifting with the dead To shores where all...
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The Poetical Album: And Register of Modern Fugitive Poetry, Volume 1

Alaric Alexander Watts - English poetry - 1828 - 426 pages
...sickly glare, — The Karth with age was wan, — The skeletons of nations were Around that lonely man ! Some had expired in fight, — the brands Still rusted in their bony hands ; In plague and famine some ; Earth's cities had no sound nor tread ; And ships were drifting with the dead, To shores where all...
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