 I took that hand which lay so still, Alas ! my own was full as chill ; I had not strength to stir, or strive, But felt that I was still alive — A frantic feeling, when we know That what we love shall ne'er be so.  The Complete Poetical Works of Lord Byron - Page 400by George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1905 - 1055 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Rossiter Johnson - Literature - 1875 - 246 pages
...sound,— I burst my chain with one strong bound, And rushed to him : — I found him not, /only stirred in this black spot, / only lived, — / only drew...beneath — My brothers — both had ceased to breathe : Alas ! my own was full as chill; 1 had not strength to stir, or strive, But felt that I was still... | |
 | Rossiter Johnson - Literature - 1875 - 256 pages
...bound, And rushed to him : — I found him not, / only stirred in this black spot, / only lived, — I only drew The accursed breath of dungeon-dew ; The...beneath — My brothers — both had ceased to breathe : Alas ! my own was full as chill ; I had not strength to stir, or strive, But felt that I was still... | |
 | Rossiter Johnson - Anthologies - 1875 - 240 pages
...dungeon-dew ; The last — the sole — the dearest link Between me and the eternal brink, Which bound inc to my failing race, Was broken in this fatal place....to breathe : I took that hand which lay so still, Alas ! my own was full as chill ; I had not strength to stir, or strive, But felt that I was still... | |
 | Frank Honywell Fenno - Elocution - 1878 - 422 pages
...strong bound* And rushed to him : I found him not. I only stirred in this black spot; 1 only lived — I only drew The accursed breath of dungeon-dew; The...ceased to breathe. I took that hand which lay so still — Alas! my own was full as chill; I had not strength to stir or strive, But felt that I was still... | |
 | Frank Honywell Fenno - 1878 - 426 pages
...only stirred in this black spot j I only lived — I only drew The accursed breath of dungeon-devr; The last, the sole, the dearest link Between me and...ceased to breathe. I took that hand which lay so still — Alas! my own was full as chill; I had not strength to stir or strive, But felt that I was still... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1878 - 636 pages
...spot, / only lived — / only drew The accursed breath of dungeon-dew ; The last — the soul, — carce-clad lunbs; and the fair arm Raised : J took that hand which lay so still; Alas, my own was full as chill ; I had not strength to stir,... | |
 | John Wesley Hales - Authors, English - 1878 - 772 pages
...lived — / only drew The accursed breath of dungeon-dew ; The last— the sole— the dearest link 215 Between me and the eternal brink, Which bound me to...beneath — My brothers— both had ceased to breathe : 220 I took that hand which lay so still, Alas ! my own was full as chill ; I had not strength to... | |
 | Herbert Courthope Bowen - 1879 - 382 pages
...thus admonished ; I call'd, and thought I heard a sound — I burst my chain with one strong bound, And rush'd to him : — I found him not, / only stirr'd...to breathe : I took that hand which lay so still, Alas ! my own was full as chill ; I had not strength to stir, or strive, But felt that I was still... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1879 - 408 pages
...be thus admonished; I call'd, and thought I heard a sound— I burst my chain with one strong bound, And rush'd to him :—I found him not, / only stirr'd...fatal place.' One on the earth, and one beneath— My brothers—both had ceased to breathe: I took that hand which lay so still, Alas ! my own was full... | |
 | David Charles Bell - Elocution - 1879 - 556 pages
...only stirred in this black spot — 1 only lived — / only drew the accursed breath of dungeon dew ! The last — the sole — the dearest link between...ceased to breathe ; I took that hand which lay so still — alas ! my own was full as chill ! I had not strength to stir, or strive, but felt that I was still... | |
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