 | Sir John Carr - Ireland - 1806 - 322 pages
...Gelert's dying yell Pass'd heavy on his heart. Arous'd by Gelert's dying yell, Some slumb'rer waken'J nigh, What words the parent's joy could tell, To hear his infant's cry ! Nor scathe had he, nor harm, nor dread, But the same couch beneath Lay a gaunt wolf all torn and... | |
 | Sir John Carr - Ireland - 1806 - 366 pages
...been beautifully commemorated by the honourable Mr. Spencer: His suppliant looks, as prone he fell, No pity could impart; But still his Gelert's dying yell Pass'd heavy on his heart. Arous'd by Gelert's dying yell, Some slumb'rer waken'dnigh, What words the parent's joy... | |
 | Henry Smithers - Poetry, English - 1807 - 254 pages
...the hilt his vengeful sword He plung'd in Gelert's side ! XV. His suppliant looks, as prone he fell, No pity could impart, But still his Gelert's dying yell Pass'd heavy o'er his heart. XVI. Arouz'd by Gelert's dying yell, Some slumb'rer was waken'd nigh — What words the parent's joy... | |
 | Robert Orde Fenwick - 1809 - 146 pages
...Gelert's dying yell Passed heavy o'er his heart. Aroused by Gelert's dying yell Some slumberer wakened nigh: What words the parent's joy could tell To hear his infant's cry! Concealed beneath a tumbled heap, His hurried search had missed: All glowing from his rosy sleep, '... | |
 | Evan Jones - 1810 - 176 pages
...Gelert's side. His suppliant looks, as prone he fell, v No pity could impart; But still his greyhound's dying yell, Pass'd heavy o'er his heart. Arous'd by...slumb'rer waken'd nigh : — What words the parent's joy can tell, He heard his infant cry. . Conceal'd beneath a mangled heap, His hurried search had miss'd;... | |
 | William Barker Daniel - Fishing - 1812 - 696 pages
...Crown ; the following extracts prove this Monarch to have been exceedingly partial to this Arous'd fay Gelert's dying Yell, Some Slumb'rer waken'd nigh :...Parent's joy could tell, To hear his Infant's cry ? "N T or scathe had he, nor harm, nor dread; But the same Couch beneath, Lay a gaunt Wolf all torn... | |
 | William Bingley - 1814 - 572 pages
...Gelert's side. His suppliant looks, as prone lie fell, No pity could impart, But still his Gclert's dying yell Pass'd heavy o'er his heart. Arous'd by Gelert's dying yell Some slumb'rer waken'd nigh : — Conceal 'd beneath a mangled heap His hurried search had miss'd, AH glowing from his rosy sleep... | |
 | English literature - 1818 - 596 pages
...And, to the hilt, his vengeful sword, He plung'd in Gelert's side. His suppliant, as to earth he fell, No pity could impart ; But, still, his Gelert's dying yell, Pass'd heavy o'er his heart. Arons'd by Gelert's dying yell, Some slumb'rer waken'd nigh: What words the parent's joy can tell,... | |
 | English poetry - 1822 - 418 pages
...And to the. hilt his vengeful sword He plung'd in Gelert's side. His suppliant, as to earth he fell, No pity could impart ; But still his Gelert's dying yell Pass'd heavy o'er bis heart. Arous'd by Gelert's dying yell, Some slumberer waken'd nigh ; What words the parent's joy... | |
 | New elegant extracts - 1823 - 402 pages
...to the hilt his vengeful sword He plunged in Gelert's side. His suppliant looks, as prone he fell, No pity could impart ; But still his Gelert's dying yell Pass'd heavy o'er his heart. Aroused by Gelert's dying yell Some slumberer waken'd nigh : What words the parent's joy could tell... | |
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Nor scathe had he, nor harm nor dread, But, the same couch beneath, Lay a gaunt wolf, all torn and dead, Tremendous still in death. Ah, what was then... 
