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Little doth the wearer heed Of the heart-break in the brede; A hyena by her side Skulks, down-looking,—it is Pride.

From Poems of James Russell Lowell With biographical sketch by Nathan Haskell Dole by Lowell, James Russell

And I shall hound you far and wide, As fiercely as through drifted snow The shepherd dog pursues what foe Skulks on the Spartan mountain-side.

From Echoes from the Sabine Farm by Field, Roswell Martin

Little doth the wearer heed Of the heart-break in the brede; 70 A hyena by her side Skulks, down-looking,—it is Pride.

From The Complete Poetical Works of James Russell Lowell by Lowell, James Russell

Little doth the wearer heed Of the heart-break in the brede; A hyena by her side Skulks, down-looking—it is Pride.

From Cole's Funny Picture Book No. 1 by Cole, E. W. (Edward William)

Low shrinking fear, in place of state, Skulks in the dwellings of the great.

From Poems, &c. (1790) Wherein It Is Attempted To Describe Certain Views Of Nature And Of Rustic Manners; And Also, To Point Out, In Some Instances, The Different Influence Which The Same Circumstances Produce On Different Characters by Baillie, Joanna