...with amazed curiosity to know what the being would say. " Then, from those cavernous eyes, Pale fires seemed to rise As when the Northern skies Gleam in December ; And, like the water's ilow Under December's snow, Came a dull voice of woe From the heart's chamber." And now, with a deep...

...rne ?" Then, from those cavernous eyes Pale flashes seemed to rise, As when the Northern skies Gleatn in December ! And, like the water's flow Under December's snow, Came a dull voice of wo From the heart's chamber. To the solemn address of the bard, the spectral representative of Scandinavian...

...•ltd • tow, mournful voice iaauei from bl* Then, from (hose cavernous eyes Pale flashes seem'd to rise. As when the Northern skies Gleam in December;...water's flow Under December's snow, Came a dull voice of wo From the heart's chamber. The Skeleton ipeaka; be had bru, л Northern Vikine.nr hiate; bul no long...

...Slill ia rude armor drest, Comest to daunt me ! Wrapt not in Eastern balms, But with thy fleshless palms Stretched, as if asking alms, Why dost thou...water's flow Under December's snow, Came a dull voice of wo From the heart's chamber. To the solemn address of the bard, the spectral representative of Scandinavian...

...Stretched, as if asking alms, Why dost thou haunt me ? Then from those cavernous eyes , Pale flashes seemed to rise, As when the Northern skies Gleam in...Came a dull voice of woe From the heart's chamber. This is a noble use made of the skeleton, to put such poetic life in him. He was a " Viking old !"...

...asking alma, Why dost thou haunt me 1" Then, from those cavernous eyes Pale flashes seem'd to rise, Aa when the northern skies Gleam in December! And, like...water's flow Under December's snow, Came a dull voice of wo From the heart's chamber: "Far in the northern land, By the wild Baltic's strand, 1, with my childish...

...Asking alms, Why dost thou haunt me?" Then, from those cavernous eyes Pale flashes seemM to rise, Aa when the northern skies Gleam in December! And, like the water's flow Under Decemher's snow, Came a dull voice of wo From the heart's chamber: "Far in the northern land, By the...

...From the heart's chamber. Itr. ' 1 wa« a Viking old ! My deeds, though manifold, No Skald in foil; has told. No Saga taught thee ! Take heed, that in thy verse Tl on dost the tale rehearse, Else dread a dead man's curse! For tbis 1 sought tbee. el by ,o A sp*c*nil...

...verse. To the Browning and Tuppor which he mentions may be added: (1) Longfellow's 'Skeleton in Armour." I was a Viking old! My deeds, though manifold. No Skald in song has told, No Saga taught thee ! lines less familiar than tho famous ' Ode to Tobacco ' ; (2) Byron's ' Don Juan '—see 'Beer^; (3)...

...haunt me ?" Then, from those cavernous eyes Pale flashes seemed to rise, As when the Northern skies i Gleam in December ; And, like the water's flow Under December's snow, Came a dull voice of wo From the heart's chamber. " I was a Viking old ! My deeds, though manifold, No Skald in song has...