 In the silence of the night, How we shiver with affright At the melancholy menace of their tone! For every sound that floats From the rust within their throats Is a groan. And the people — ah, the people — They that dwell up in the steeple, All alone,...  The National Magazine - Page 74edited by - 1853Full view - About this book
 | Robert Kemp Philp - 1863 - 1194 pages
...knell.*, In a happy Runic rhyme, To the rolling of the belli — And the people-ah ! the pe»ple — They that dwell up in the steeple, All alone, And who tolling, tolling, tolling, In that muflled monotone. Feel a glory in to rolling On the human heart a stone— They are neither man nor... | |
 | Arethusa Hall - 1851 - 422 pages
...thought their monody compels! In the silence of the night, How we shiver with affright, At the melancholy menace of their tone! For every sound that floats...They are neither man nor woman — They are neither brute nor human — They are Ghouls: And their king it is who tolls; And he rolls, rolls, rolls, Rolls... | |
 | 1855 - 724 pages
...thought their monody compels ! In the silence of the night, How we shiver with affright At the melancholy menace of their tone! For every sound that floats...stone. They are neither man nor woman; They are neither brute nor liumim, They are Ghouls: And their king It is who tolls ; And he rolls, rolls, rolls, Rolls... | |
 | Edgar Allan Poe - 1852 - 298 pages
...thought their monody compels ! In the silence of the night, How we shiver with affright At the melancholy menace of their tone ! For every sound that floats...are neither man nor woman — • They are neither brute nor human — They are Ghouls : And their king it is who tolls ; And he rolls, rolls, rolls,... | |
 | Edgar Allan Poe - 1852 - 308 pages
...thought their monody compels! In the silence of the night, How we shiver with affright At the melancholy menace of their tone ! For every sound that floats From the rust within their throats And the people—ah, the people— They that dwell up in the steeple, • Is a groan.. All alone, And... | |
 | Edgar Allan Poe - 1853 - 188 pages
...thought their monody compels ! In the silence of the night, How we shiver with affright At the melancholy menace of their tone ! For every sound that floats...They are neither man nor woman — They are neither brute nor human — They are Ghouls : And their king it is who tolls ; And he rolls, rolls, rolls,... | |
 | Edgar Allan Poe, Nathaniel Parker Willis - 1853 - 522 pages
...thought their monody compels 1 In the silence of the night, How we shiver with affright At the melancholy menace of their tone ! For every sound that floats...They are neither man nor woman — They are neither brute nor human — They are Ghouls : And their king it is who tolls ; And he rolls, rolls, rolls,... | |
 | Ludwig Herrig - 1854 - 580 pages
...thought their monody compels! In the silence of the night, How we shiver with affright At the melancholy menace of their tone! For every sound that floats...people — ah, the people — They that dwell up in the stceplu -» All alone And who, tolling, tolling, tolling, In that muffled monotone, Feel a glory in... | |
 | John Pierpont - 1855 - 530 pages
...thought their monody compels In the silence of the night, How we shiver with affright At the melancholy menace of their tone ! For every sound that floats...They are neither man nor woman — They are neither brute nor human — They are Ghouls : And their king it is who tolls ; And he rolls, rolls, rolls,... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1855 - 690 pages
...their monofy In the silence of the night, [compta»! How we shiver with affright At the melancholy menace of their tone! For every sound that floats...They are neither man nor woman — They are neither brute nor human — They are Ghoul«: And their king it is who tolls; And he rolls, rolls, rolls, Rolls,... | |
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