For over all there hung a cloud of fear, A sense of mystery the spirit daunted, And said, as plain as whisper in the ear, The place is Haunted... Poems - Page 35by Thomas Hood - 1854 - 388 pagesFull view - About this book
| 1863 - 622 pages
...crimson unimpaired by time In such a wondrous mauuer I And over all there hung a clood of fear ; A sen.<e of mystery the spirit daunted, And said, as plain' as whisper in the ear, " The place is haunted 1 " ' Hood's novel of 'Tylney Hall' is worth reading, and will be road when our present popular sensation... | |
| 470 pages
...every now and then breaks in as from an uncontrollable impulse of dread, the burden of the whole — " For over all there hung a cloud of fear, A sense of...plain as whisper in the ear, The place is haunted." First he takes you to the door, shows you the neglected garden, the overthrown sun-dial, the rotting... | |
| Mark Lemon, Henry Mayhew, Tom Taylor, Shirley Brooks, Francis Cowley Burnand, Owen Seaman - 1896 - 312 pages
...kept aloof and daring poacher ; In spite of gaps that through the fences round Invited the encroacher. for over all there hung a cloud of fear, A sense of...mystery the spirit daunted, And said as plain as whisper to the ear, The place is Haunted. But space fails me, and I must rename the consideration of HOOD'S... | |
| Henry Mayhew, Mark Lemon, Tom Taylor, Shirley Brooks, Francis Cowley Burnand, Owen Seaman - 1892 - 362 pages
...Wished CONYBEABE in Hades. [sound, For over all there hung a cloud of fear, A sense of imminent doom the spirit daunted, And said, as plain as whisper in the ear, The House is Haunted ! n. Oh, very gloomy is this House of Woe, Where yawns are numerous while Big Ben... | |
| 1849 - 606 pages
...ruined, desolate, forlorn, and savage ; Ifo hand or foot within that precinct came To rectify or ravage. For over all there hung a cloud of fear, A sense of...plain as whisper in the ear, The place is haunted !" HOOD. At the end of this bye lane we arrive at the conjunction of the two roads ; and proceeding... | |
| 1846 - 608 pages
...ragged roof the sky shone, barr'd With naked beam and rafter. ' O'er all there hung a shadow and a fear . A sense of mystery the spirit daunted, And...plain as whisper in the ear, The place is haunted ' " The flow'r grew wild and rankly as the weed, Roses with thistles struggled for espial, And vagrant... | |
| Thomas Hood - 1845 - 434 pages
...long ago been broken. There was so foul a rumor in the air, The shadow of a presence so atrocious ; No human creature could have feasted there, Even the...plain as whisper in the ear, The place is haunted ! PART lit. 'Tis hard for human actions to account, Whether from reason or from impulse only — But... | |
| Thomas Hood - 1845 - 442 pages
...long ago been broken. There was so foul a rumor in the air, The shadow of a presence so atrocious ; No human creature could have feasted there, Even the...plain as whisper in the ear, The place is haunted ! 'Tis hard for human actions to account, Whether from reason or from impulse only— But some internal... | |
| Thomas Hood - 1845 - 310 pages
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| Thomas Hood - 1846 - 672 pages
...long ago been broken. There was so foul a rumor in the air, The shadow of a presence so atrocious ; No human creature could have feasted there, Even the...the spirit daunted, And said, as plain as whisper hi the ear, The place is haunted ! PART iit. Tis hard for human actions to account, Whether from reason... | |
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