| C. P. Bronson - 1845 - 330 páginas
...visage— po&; His spttch forsook him ! Full fast he nies, and dares not look bthinj him; ' Till, out 01 breath, he overtakes his fellows, Who gather round, and wonder at the lots of horrid apparitions. Come, old sir, — here's the place — stand still ; How fearful 'lis... | |
| John William Lester - 1847 - 376 páginas
...hears, The sound of something purring at his heels. Full fast he flies, and dares not look hehiud, Till, out of breath, he overtakes his fellows, Who...(strange to tell) Evanishes at crowing of the cock. The love of the supernatural is an ingredient in every mind; we all give much of our regard to the... | |
| 1847 - 540 páginas
...that syllable men's names, And sands, and shores, and desert wildernesses. MILTON'S Comua. 6. They gather round, and wonder at the tale Of horrid apparition, tall and ghostly, That walks at dead of night, or takes his stand O'er some new-open'd grave, and (strange to... | |
| John William Lester - 1848 - 112 páginas
...hears, The sound of something purring at his heels. Full fast he flies, and dares not look behind, Till, out of breath, he overtakes his fellows, Who gather round, and wander at the tale Of horrid apparition, tall and ghastly, That walks at dead of night, or takes his... | |
| Brand - 1849 - 544 páginas
...he hears, The sound of something purring at his heels: Full fast he flies, and dares uot look behmd him, Till, out of breath, he overtakes his fellows;...walks at dead of night, or takes his stand O'er some new-open'd grave ; and (strange to tell!) Evanishes at crowing of the cock." BLAIR'S GRAVK. IT having... | |
| Robert Kemp Philp - 432 páginas
...remembered : The cock crows, and the morn grows on, When 'tia decreed I must begone. — Butler. it bego -The tale Of horrid apparition, tall and ghastly,...strange to tell, Evanishes at crowing of the cock. — Blair. Who can ever forget the night-watches proclaimed by the cock in that scene in Comns, where... | |
| Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1849 - 578 páginas
...hears, The sound of something purring at his heels : Full fast he flies, and dares not look behind, Till, out of breath, he overtakes his fellows, Who...round, and wonder at the tale Of horrid apparition pale and ghastly, That walks at dead of night, or takes his stand O'er some new-opened grave — and... | |
| 1861 - 378 páginas
...remembered : — " The cock crows, and the morn grows on, When 'tis decreed I must begone."— -BUTLEB. " The tale Of horrid apparition, tall and ghastly. That...strange to tell, Evanishes at crowing of the cock." — BLAIR. Who can ever forget the night-watches proclaimed by the cock in that scene in " Comus,"... | |
| 1851 - 1220 páginas
...hear', The sound of something purring at his heels; Full fast he tli<v-. and dares not look bi-hind him Till out of breath he overtakes his fellows ;...That walks at dead of night, or takes his stand O'er 8"me new-opened grave ; nnd (strange to tell) Evanishes at crowing of the cock." Thus the poet weaves... | |
| Joseph Guy - 1852 - 458 páginas
...Sudden he starts ! and hears, or thinks he hears, The sound of something purring at his heels : Full fast he flies, and dares not look behind him, Till...walks at dead of night, or takes his stand O'er some new-open'd grave ; and, strange to tell ! Evanishes at crowing of the cock. The new-made widow, too,... | |
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