 Like a hard-hunted beast. How his great heart Beats thick ! his roomy chest by far too scant To give the lungs full play...  The Grave: A Poem - Page 8by Robert Blair - 1903 - 44 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Early English newspapers - 1743 - 830 pages
...fmewy limbs, and well fpread fa uiJu:. ' See ! how he tugs for life, and lays about him, Mid with hit pain! eager he catches hold Of what comes next to hand, and grafps it hard, Jnlt like a creature drowning ! Hideoui fight ! Oh ! how his eyes fiand out, and flare... | |
 | John Pinkerton - Literature - 1785 - 532 pages
...play ! What now avail The ftrong -built finewy limbs, the well-fpread flioulders ? S«e how he toils for life, and lays about him Mad with his pain! Eager he catches hold Of what comes next to hand, and grafps it hard Juft like a creature drowning. Hideous fight ! Oh how his eyes ftand out, and ftare... | |
 | Vicesimus Knox - English poetry - 1791 - 966 pages
...give the lungs full play ! What now avail The ftrong-built lincwy limbs, and well-fprcad ftouldtrs • See how he tugs for life, and lays about him, Mad with hi* pai:i ! eager he catches hold Of what comes next to hand, and gral'i'i it hard, Juft like a creature... | |
 | James Roach - English poetry - 1792 - 284 pages
...give the lungs full play ! what now avail The flrong buHt finewy limbs and well fpread fboulders ? See how he tugs for life, and lays about him Mad with his pain ! eager he catches hold On what comes next to hand, and grafps it hard, Jurt like a creature drowning! hideous light '. Oh... | |
 | 1796 - 246 pages
...give the lungs full play ! What now avail The ftrong-built finewy limbs, and well-form'd fhoulders ? See ! how he tugs for life, and lays about him, Mad with his pain 1 Eag«r he catches hold Of what comes next to hand, and grafps it hard, Juft like a creature drowning—Hideous... | |
 | Vicesimus Knox - English poetry - 1796 - 574 pages
...fmewy limbs, and well-fprcad fhoulders ? Sec how he tugs for life, and lays about him, Mad with hi- pain ! eager he catches hold Of what comes next to hand, and gratis it hard, Juft like a creature drowning ! hideous fight ! Oh ! ho\v- his eyes ftand ont and ftare... | |
 | English poetry - 1800 - 322 pages
...give the lungs full play. What now avail The strong-built, sinewy limbs, and well-spread shoulders I See how he tugs for life, and lays about him, Mad with his painsl Eager he catches hold Of what comes next to hand, and grasps it hard, Just like a creature drowning;... | |
 | Robert Blair - 1802 - 160 pages
...scant To give the lungs full play. — What now avail The strong -built sinewy limbs, and well-spr shoulders ? See! how he tugs for life, and lays about...Just like a creature drowning ! — hideous sight ! Oh ! how his eyes stand out, and stare full ghastly ' While the distemper's rank and deadly venom... | |
 | John Davis - United States - 1803 - 470 pages
...tongue lolling out, he dies delirious. " What now avail The strong-built sinewy limbs, and well-spread shoulders ? See how he tugs for life, and lays about him, Mad with his pain ! The sight how hideous ! Oh ! how his eyes stand out, and stare full ghastly ! Whilst the distemper's... | |
 | James Lackington, Allan Macleod - Boarding schools - 1804 - 162 pages
...give the lungs full play ! what now avail The strong-built sinewy limbs, and well-spread shoulders.1 See how he tugs for life, and lays about him, Mad...hideous sight! O how his eyes stand out, and stare full ghaut ly! Whilst the distemper's rank, and deadly venom Shoots like a burning arrow cross his bowels,... | |
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