To be hang'd for a thief — and then put away — isn't that enough shame? Dust to dust — low down — let us hide ! but they set him so high That all the ships of the world could stare at him, passing by. God... Ballads and Other Poems - Página 18por Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1880 - 184 páginasVista completa - Acerca de este libro
| 1880 - 404 páginas
...I told them my tale, God's own truth — but they kill'd him, they kill'd him for robbing the mail. They hang'd him in chains for a show — we had always...ships of the world could stare at him, passing by. God '11 pardon the hell-black raven and horrible fowls of the air, But not the black heart of the lawyer... | |
| Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1882 - 656 páginas
...I told them my tale, God's own truth — but they kill'd him, thev kill'd him for robbing the matl. They hang'd him in chains for a show — we had always...— To be hang'd for a thief — and then put away — is n't that enough shame 1 Dust to dust — low down — let us hide ! but they set him so high... | |
| Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1883 - 740 páginas
...I told them my tale, God's own truth — but they kill'd him, they kill'd him for robbing the mail. They hang'd him in chains for a show — we had always...so high That all the ships of the world could stare a[ him, passing by. God'll pardon the hell-black raven and horrible fowls of the air, But not the black... | |
| 1884 - 124 páginas
...I told them my tale, God's own truth — but they killed him, they killed him for robbing the mail. They hang'd him in chains for a show — we had always...hang'd for a thief — and then put away — isn't Dust to dust — low down let us hide ! but they set him on high That all the ships of the world could... | |
| Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1884 - 412 páginas
...I told them my tale, God's own truth— but they kill'd him, they kill'd him for robbing the mail. They hang'd him in chains for a show— we had always borne a good name — To be bang'd for a thief— and then pnt away— isn't that enough shame f Dust to dust— low down— let... | |
| Alfred Tennyson (1st baron.) - 1884 - 194 páginas
...lawyers. I told them my tale, God's own truth — but they kill'd him, theykill'd himforrobbing themail. They hang'd him in chains for a show — we had always borne agood name — To be hang'd for a thief — and then put away — isn't that enough shame ? Dust to... | |
| Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1885 - 546 páginas
...I told them my tale, God's own truth — but they kill'd him, they kill'd him for robbing the mail. They hang'd him in chains for a show — we had always...— and then put away — isn't that enough shame 1 Dust to dust — low down — let us hide ! but they set him so high That all the ships of the world... | |
| 1885 - 932 páginas
...daughters of the people are often moved, eloquent beyond all eloquence, white-hot from the heart ! " Dust to dust low down ! let us hide ! but they set...ships of the world could stare at him passing by." In this last book of ballads the style bears the same relation to the earlier and daintier that the... | |
| Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1893 - 356 páginas
...I told them my tale, God's own truth — but they kill'd him, they kill'd him for robbing the mail. They hang'd him in chains for a show — we had always...— To be hang'd for a thief — and then put away — is n't that enough shame ? Dust to dust — low down — let us hide! but they set him so high... | |
| Stopford Augustus Brooke - 1894 - 536 páginas
...chains and eaten by the ravens. The horror and the shame, like ravens, eat her heart. Hung on the coast, so high That all the ships of the world could stare at him, passing by, And the dreadful shame, struck into that splendid line, and her unspeakable misery of love drove her... | |
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