 | Henry George Bohn - 1867 - 752 sider
...unreasonable. Sh. K. John, iv. 2. An honest tale speeds best, being plainly told. Sh. R. in. tv.4. 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... | |
 | John T. Watson - 1869 - 524 sider
...tongues that syllable men's names, And sands, and shores, and desert wildernesses. MILTON'S Comut 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... | |
 | 1843 - 780 sider
...Full fast he flies, and dares not look behind him, Till out of breath he overtakes bis fellows, \V ho gather round and wonder at the tale Of horrid apparition,...and ghastly. That walks at dead of night, or takes hii stand O'er some new-open'd grave, and, strange to tell. Evanishes at crowing of the cock !" Who... | |
 | Robert Bell - 1872 - 420 sider
...heels; Full fast he flies, and dares not look behind, Till out of breath he overtakes his fellows; Who gather round and wonder at the tale Of horrid apparition,...O'er some new opened grave; and, strange to tell! Evanishes at crowing of the cock. JAMES THOMSON. 1700—1748. HYMN TO THE SEASONS. THESE, as they change,... | |
 | Samuel Orchart Beeton - 1873 - 782 sider
...Full fast he flies, and darea not look behind him, Till out of breath he overtakes his fellows : Who s have more! What wealth untold, Far down, and shining through their stillness, lies ! Thou hast new-open'd grave ; and (strange to tell!) Evanishes at crowing of the cock. Robert Blair.— Born 1699,... | |
 | Daniel Clark - 1873 - 320 sider
...Full fast hr flies, and dares not look behind him, Till out ol breath he overtakes his fellows ; Who gather round and wonder at the tale Of horrid apparition, tall and ghestly, That walks at dead of night, or takes his stand O'er some new opened grave ; and, strange... | |
 | James Grant Wilson - 1876 - 604 sider
...Full fast he flies, and dares not look behind him, Till, out of breath, he overtakes his fellows; Who gather round, and wonder at the tale Of horrid apparition,...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,... | |
 | John Ross - 1878 - 816 sider
...Full fast he flies, and dares not look behind him, Till out of breath he overtakes his fellows, Who gather round, and wonder at the tale Of horrid apparition,...walks at dead of night, or takes his stand O'er some new-opened grave; and, strange to tell I Evanishes at crowing of the cock. Friendship! mysterious cement... | |
 | John Ross - 1878 - 786 sider
...Full fast he flies, and dares not look behind him, Till out of breath he overtakes his fellows, Who gather round, and wonder at the tale Of horrid apparition,...walks at dead of night, or takes his stand O'er some new-opened grave ; and, strange to tell ! Evanishes at crowing of the cock. Invidious grave ! how dost... | |
 | Thomas Firminger Thiselton- Dyer - 1878 - 344 sider
...crows, and the morning grows on, When 'tis decreed I must be gone." Blair, too, in his ' Grave' says — "The tale Of horrid apparition, tall and ghastly,...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." In Devonshire and Cornwall,... | |
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