 | Edmund Spenser - Epic poetry, English - 1758 - 800 pages
...like a greedy grave, That frill for carrion carcafes doth crave : On top whereof ay dwelt the ghaftly owle, Shrieking his balefull note, which ever drave Far from that haunt all other chearefull fowle; And all about it wandring ghoftes did wayle and howle : XXXIV. And all about old... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - English poetry - 1810 - 600 pages
...wight His dwelling has, low in an hollow cave, Far underneath a craggy cliff ypight, Darke, doleful), dreary, like a greedy grave, That still for carrion...crave : On top whereof ay dwelt the ghastly owle, Simekin.e his baleful! note, which everdrave Far from that haunt all other chearefull fowle; And all... | |
 | William Field - Leamington (England) - 1815 - 506 pages
...wicked wight His dwelling has* low in an hollow cave, Far underneath a craggy cliff ypight, DarLe, dolefull, dreary, like a greedy grave, That still...top whereof ay dwelt the ghastly owle, Shrieking his baleful! note, which ever drare Far from that haunt all other cheerful fowle; And all about it wandring... | |
 | William Field - Leamington (England) - 1815 - 512 pages
...wight His dwelling has, low in an hollow cave, Far underaeath a craggy cliff ypight, Darket dulefull, dreary, like a greedy grave, That still for carrion...top whereof ay dwelt the ghastly owle. Shrieking his balofull note, which ever drare Far from that haunt all other cheerful fowle; And all about it wandring... | |
 | England - 1834 - 1046 pages
...doleful, drearie, like a greedie grave, That still for carrion carcases doth crave : On top whereof aye dwelt the ghastly owle, Shrieking his balefull note, which ever drave Far from that haunt all other chearefull fowle ; And all about it wand'ring ghostes did waile and howle." It is surprising this place... | |
 | Ezekiel Sanford - English poetry - 1819 - 420 pages
...ypight, I>:;rke, dolefull, dreary, like a greedy grave, That still for earrion eareases doth erave : On top whereof ay dwelt the ghastly owle, Shrieking his balefull note, whieh ever drave Far from that haunt all other ehearefull fowle ; And all about it wandring ghostes... | |
 | Rowland Freeman - Authors, English - 1821 - 846 pages
...Much like the month of the infernal cave, "Which gaping stood all comers to devour ; Dark, doleful, dreary, like a greedy grave, That still for carrion carcases doth crave. The ground no herbs but venomous did bear, The trees all leafless stood, — and every where, Dead... | |
 | 1821 - 502 pages
...where that same wicked wight His dwelling has, low in an hollow cave, Far underneath a craggy cliff ypight, Darke, dolefull, dreary, like a greedy grave, That still for carrion carcasses doth crave ; On top whereof ay dwelt the ghastly owle, Shrieking his balefull note, which... | |
 | British poets - Classical poetry - 1822 - 356 pages
...when that same wicked wight His dwelling has, low in an hollow cave, Far underneath a craggy cliff ypight, Darke, dolefull, dreary, like a greedy grave,...note, which ever drave Far from that haunt all other chearefull fowle ; And all about it wandring ghostes did wayle and howle : xxxiv. And all about old... | |
 | Robert Southey - English poetry - 1831 - 1038 pages
...wicked wight His dwelling has, low in an hollow cave, Far underneath a craggy clifl" ypight, Uarke, dolefull, dreary, like a greedy grave, That still...note, which ever drave Far from that haunt all other chearefull fowle ; And all about it wandring ghostes did wayle and howle : And all about old stockes... | |
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Darke, dolefull, dreary, like a greedy grave, That still for carrion carcases doth crave : On top whereof ay dwelt the ghastly Owle, Shrieking his balefull note, which ever drave Far from that haunt all other chearefull fowle, And all about it wandring... 
