 | Thomas Hood - 1854 - 536 páginas
...catch heaven's blessed breeze ; For a burning thought was in.his brow, And his bosom ill at ease : Leaf after leaf he turned it o'er, Nor ever glanced...had made him very lean, And pale, and leaden-eyed. At last he shut the ponderous tome, With a fast and fervent grasp He strained the dusky covers close,... | |
 | Thomas Hood - 1854 - 424 páginas
...So he lean'd his head on his hands, and read The book between his knees ! Leaf after leaf he turn'd it o'er, Nor ever glanced aside, For the peace of...had made him very lean, And pale, and leaden-eyed. At hist he shut the ponderous tome, With a fast and fervent grasp He strain'd the dusky covers close,... | |
 | 1855 - 66 páginas
...solve by any ordinary principles of human nature — a mystery which can Leaf after leaf he turn'd it o'er, Nor ever glanced aside, For the peace of...eventide. Much study had made him very lean, And pale, and leaden eyed ; At last he shut the ponderous tome ; With a fast and fervent grasp, Ho strained the dusky... | |
 | George Frederick Pardon - 1856 - 250 páginas
...And his bosom ill at ease : So he lean'd his head on his hands, and read The book between his knees ! Leaf after leaf he turned it o'er, Nor ever glanced...: Much study had made him very lean, And pale, and leaden-ey'd. At last he shut the ponderous tome, With a fast and fervent grasp He strain'd the dusky... | |
 | Henry Pitman - 1856 - 1048 páginas
...So he lean'd his head on his hands, and read The book between his knees ! Leaf after leaf lie turn'd it o'er, Nor ever glanced aside, For the peace of...had made him very lean, And pale, and leaden-eyed. At last he shut the ponderous tome, With a fast and fervent grasp He strain'd the dusky covers close,... | |
 | 1856 - 754 páginas
...his hands and read The book between his knees. Leaf after leaf he turn'd it o'er, Nor ever glanc'd aside ; For the peace of his soul he read that book In the golden eventide : M >t''h study had mado him very lean, And pale, and leaden-eyed. At last he shut the pond'rous tome... | |
 | Charles William Smith (professor of elocution.) - 1857 - 338 páginas
...And his bosom ill at ease : So he leaned his head on his hands, and read The book between his knees ! Leaf after leaf, he turned it o'er, Nor ever glanced...had made him very lean, And pale, and leaden-eyed. At last he shut the ponderous tome, With a fast and fervent grasp He strained the dusky covers close,... | |
 | Thomas Hood - 1857 - 420 páginas
...So he lean'd his head on his hands, and read The book between his knees ! Leaf after leaf he turn'd it o'er, Nor ever glanced aside, For the peace of...had made him very lean, And pale, and leaden-eyed. At last he shut the ponderous tome, With a fast and fervent grasp He strain'd the dusky covers close,... | |
 | Inceptor - 1857 - 236 páginas
...between his knees. Leaf after leaf he turned o'er, Nor ever glanced aside ; For the peace of his mind he read that book In the golden eventide : Much study...had made him very lean, And pale, and leaden-eyed. Hooi>. WREN Tom recovered from the effects of his fall, which, we need scarcely state, he received... | |
 | William Allingham - 1860 - 316 páginas
...So he lean'd his head on his hands, and read The book between his knees ! Leaf after leaf he turn'd it o'er, Nor ever glanced aside ; For the peace of...: Much study had made him very lean, And pale, and leaden -eyed. At last he shut the ponderous tome ; With a fast and fervent grasp He strain'd the dusky... | |
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Leaf after leaf he turned it o'er, Nor ever glanced aside — For the peace of his soul he read that book In the golden eventide; Much study had made him very lean, And pale, and leaden-eyed. 
