Both tents were instantly blown down, and in a few moments reduced to shapeless rags of torn canvas.

Said one among them"Surely not in vain My substance of the common Earth was ta'en And to this Figure moulded, to be broke, Or trampled back to shapeless Earth again." Then said a Second"Ne'er a peevish Boy Would break the Bowl from which he drank in joy;

I had already joined the watch forward, aware only of the numerous dim, and shapeless figures about me, busily employed in straightening out the kinks in the heavy cable.

Thus in the Revolt of Islam (Canto 8, st. 20): 'Yes, it is Hatethat shapeless fiendly thing Of many names, all evil, some divine Whom self-contempt arms with a mortal sting,' &c.

Sometimes two or three would bolt at once; one or two would drop at each volley, and go rolling, limp and shapeless down the slope, until they were all down, and there would be a wait for the next lot.

Thus in the Revolt of Islam (Canto 8, st. 20): 'Yes, it is Hatethat shapeless fiendly thing Of many names, all evil, some divine Whom self-contempt arms with a mortal sting,' &c.

self-secluded Man, ... Behold that shapeless Heap of stones and earth!