 | Sir Egerton Brydges - Bibliography - 1809 - 914 pages
...knows full well life doth but length his pain. Crook'd back'd he w;is, tooth-shaken, and blear eyed, Went on three feet and sometimes crept on four, With...by his side, His scalp all pil'd, and he with eld foilore : His wither'd fist still knocking at death's door, Fumbling and driveling as he draws his... | |
 | Henry Headley - English poetry - 1810 - 246 pages
...length his pain*. Crookback'd he was, toothshaken, and blear-ey'd, Went on three feet, and sometime crept on four, With old lame bones, that rattled by...His scalp all pil'd, and he with eld forlore : His withred fist still knocking at Death's door, Fumbling and driveling as he draws his breath, For brief,... | |
 | Francis Wrangham - Great Britain - 1816 - 616 pages
...length'n his pain. ' Crook-back'd he was, tooth-shaken, and blear-eyed ; Went on three feet, and sometime crept on four, With old lame bones that rattled by his side, His scalp all piled (bald) and he with eld forbore ; His wither'd fist still knocking at Death's door, Trembling... | |
 | Francis Wrangham - Great Britain - 1816 - 624 pages
...length'n his pain. ' Crook-back'd he was, tooth-shaken, and blear-eyed ; Went on three feet, and sometime crept on four, With old lame bones that rattled by his side, His scalp all piled (bald) and he with eld forbore ; His wither'd fist still knocking at Death's door, Trembling... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - Authors, English - 1819 - 432 pages
...declining life. Crook'd-back'd he was, tooth-shaken, and blear-ey'd, Went on three feet, and sometime crept on four ; With old lame bones that rattled by his side, His scalp all pill'd2, and he with eld forlore, His wither'd fist still knocking at Death's door ; Trembling and... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - Authors, English - 1819 - 420 pages
...Crook'd-back'd he was, tooth-shaken, and blear-ey'd, Went on three feet, and sometime crept on four j With old lame bones that rattled by his side, His scalp all pill'd2, and he with eld forlore. His wither'd fist still knocking at Death's door ; Trembling and... | |
 | Rowland Freeman - Authors, English - 1821 - 846 pages
...And know full well life doth but length his pain. Crook back'd he was, tooth shaken, and blear eyed, Went on three feet, and sometimes crept on four, With...lame bones, that rattled by his side ; His scalp all pilled,* and he with eld forlore : His withered fist still knocking at death's door; f Fumbling and... | |
 | Thomas Warton - English poetry - 1824 - 504 pages
...length his pain : Crook-back'd he was, tooth-shaken, and blear-eyed ; Went on three feet, and, sometime, crept on four ; With old lame bones, that rattled by his side ; His scalp all pil'd, and he with eld forelore, His wither'd fist still knocking at death's door; .Fumbling, and driveling, as he draws his... | |
 | Henry Neele - English poetry - 1830 - 586 pages
...His vital thread, and ended with their knife, The fleeting course of fast-declining life. Crookback'd he was, tooth-shaken, and blear-eyed, Went on three...lame bones that rattled by his side, His scalp all piled, and he with eld forlore; His v, it In- 1 M fist still knocking at Death's door. Trembling and... | |
 | Henry Neele - English poetry - 1830 - 582 pages
...thread, and ended with their knife, The fleeting course of fast-declining life. Crookback'd he wa«, tooth-shaken, and blear-eyed, Went on three feet,...lame bones that rattled by his side, His scalp all piled, and he with eld forlore ; His wither'd fist still knocking at Death's door. Trembling and drivelling... | |
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His scalp all piled,1 and he with eld forelore, His wither'd fist still knocking at death's door; Fumbling, and drivelling, as he draws his breath ; For brief, the shape and messenger of Death. 
