 His mind grew dim. And he fell far through that pit abysmal, The gulf and grave of Maginn and Burns, And pawned his soul for the devil's dismal Stock of returns.  Poems - Page 451by James Clarence Mangan - 1859 - 460 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Hercules Ellis - Ballads, Irish - 1850 - 480 pages
...mothers), His mind grew dim. X. And he fell far through that pit abysmal, The gulf and grave of Maginn and Burns, And pawned his soul for the devil's dismal...hideous and ghastly starkness, Stood on his path. XII. And tell how now, amid wreck and sorrow, And want, and sickness, and houseless nights, He bides... | |
 | Hercules Ellis - Ballads, Irish - 1850 - 474 pages
...dreeing death for others, X. And he fell far through that pit abysmal, The gulf and grave of Maginn and Burns, And pawned his soul for the devil's dismal Stock of returns. XI. But yet redeemed it in days of darkness, And shapes and signs of the final wrath, When death, in... | |
 | James Clarence Mangan - 1859 - 474 pages
...and in penury and wretchedness of body and soul, he dragged along his life : sometimes too truly— " In days of darkness, And shapes and signs of the final...hideous and ghastly starkness, Stood on his path." Amongst the literary people of that proviacial metropolis ol Dublin (so I must call it, though I may... | |
 | Liberalism (Religion) - 1865 - 476 pages
...mothers), His mind grew dim. And he fell tar through that pit abysmal, The gulf and grave of Maguire and Burns, And pawned his soul for the devil's dismal Stock of returns : And yet redeemed it in days of darkness, And shapes and signs of the final wrath ; When Death, in... | |
 | James Clarence Mangan - English poetry - 1866 - 472 pages
...mothers), His mind grew dim. And he fell far through that pit abysmal, The gulf and grave of Maginn and Burns, And pawned his soul for the devil's dismal...path. And tell how now, amid wreck and sorrow, And want, and sickness, and houseless nights, He bides in calmness the silent morrow, That no ray lights.... | |
 | English fiction - 1882 - 724 pages
...brothers), His mind grew dim. And he fell far through the pit abysmal, The gulf and grave of Maginn and Burns, And pawned his soul for the devil's dismal Stock of returns. XI. But yet redeemed it in days of darkness, And shapes and signs of the final wrath, Where death in... | |
 | Liberalism (Religion) - 1865 - 456 pages
...mothers), His mind grew dim. And he fell far through that pit abysmal, The gulf and grave of Maguire and Burns, And pawned his soul for the devil's dismal Stock of returns : And yet redeemed it in days of darkness, And shapes and signs of the final wrath ; When Death, in... | |
 | 1873 - 304 pages
...regain the lost favor of his Q-od, so he who "pawned his soul for the devil's dismal stock of returns," "Redeemed it in days of darkness, And shapes and signs...When death, in hideous and ghastly starkness, Stood in his path ;" and, amid the wreck and ruin of his noble 'life, carolled his inspiring song, till men... | |
 | James Wills - Ireland - 1876 - 736 pages
...through that pit abysmal The gulf and grave of Jlaginn and Burns, And pawned his soul for the de"il's dismal Stock of returns. But yet redeemed it in days...path. And tell how now, amid wreck and sorrow, And want, and sickness, and houseless nights, He bides in calmness the silent morrow That no ray lights.... | |
 | University magazine - 1877 - 810 pages
...mothers), His mind grew dim. And he fell far through that pit abysmal, The gulf and grave of Maginn and Burns, A.nd pawned his soul for the devil's dismal...returns. But yet redeemed it in days of darkness, Amid shapes and signs of the final wrath, When death, in hideous and ghastly starkness, Stood in his... | |
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