Thus, like the sad presaging raven, that tolls The sick man's passport in her hollow beak, And in the shadow of the silent night Doth shake contagion from her sable wings, Vex'd and tormented runs poor Barabas With fatal curses towards these Christians. Blackwood's Magazine - Page 2631818Full view - About this book
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...DAUGHTER. ACT II., SCENE 1. Earn. Tims, like the sad -presaging raven, that tolls The sick man's |tass|inrt in her hollow beak, And in the shadow of the silent...runs poor Barabas With fatal curses towards these Christiana. The incertain pleasures of swift-footed time Have ta'en their flight, and left me in despair... | |
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...SECOND. SCENE I. Enter l BARABAS with a light. Bar. Thus,2 like the sad presaging raven, that tolls The sick man's passport in her hollow beak, And in...silent night Doth shake contagion from her sable wings ; Vexed and tormented runs poor Barabas With fatal curses towards these Christians. The uncertain pleasures... | |
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