 | Henry Troth Coates - 1881 - 1138 páginas
...Bo he lean'd hi.s head on hie hands, and read The book between his knees. Leaf after leaf he turn'd 'd At last he shut the ponderous tome, With a fast and fervent grasp He strain'd the dusky covers close,... | |
 | David Munro - 1881 - 160 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,... | |
 | Charles Anderson Dana - 1882 - 906 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,... | |
 | Coventry Patmore - 1882 - 376 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,... | |
 | Robert McLean Cumnock - 1882 - 420 páginas
...leaned his head on his hands, and read The book between his knees. Leaf after leaf he turned it o 'er, Nor ever glanced aside, — For the peace of his soul...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 - 1882 - 476 páginas
...and read '1 he book between his knees ; Ijcaf after leaf he turn'd it o'er, Nor ever glanc'd uside, For the peace of his soul he read that book In the...: 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... | |
 | George Walter Baynham - 1883 - 416 páginas
...and his bosom ill at ease : so he leaned his head on his hands, and read the book upon 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 pond'rous tome, with a fast and ferveut grasp he strained the dusky covers close,... | |
 | James Sheridan Knowles - 1883 - 454 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;... | |
 | William James Linton, Richard Henry Stoddard - 1883 - 386 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...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,... | |
 | David Charles Bell - 1885 - 344 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,... | |
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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. 
