 Hear the loud alarum bells — Brazen bells ! What a tale of terror now their turbulency tells ! In the startled ear of night How they scream out their affright ! Too much horrified to speak, They can only shriek, shriek, Out of tune ! In a clamorous...  Littell's Living Age - Page 3731849Full view - About this book
 | 1880 - 996 pages
...the same remarkable fantasia the* themselves become human, and « master-stroke that makes us hear tw shriek out of tune, " In a clamorous appealing to the mercy of the fc and forces us to the very madness n which they are " Leaping higher, higher, higher, With a desperate... | |
 | Edgar Allan Poe - 1871 - 200 pages
...bells ! What a tale of terror now their turbulency tells ! In the startled ear of night How they scream out their affright ! Too much horrified to speak,...higher, higher, With a desperate desire, And a resolute endeavour,. Now — now to sit or never, By the side of the pale-faced moon. Oh, the bells, bells,... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1871 - 968 pages
...I What a tale of terror, now, their turbulency tells ! In the startled ear of night How they scream May weel be black gin Yule ; But blacker fa1 awaits the heart Where first fond luve grows cule. the clamorousappealing tothemercyof thefire, In a mad expostulation with the deaf and frantic fire... | |
 | H. R. Schermerhorn - 1871 - 124 pages
...! What a tale of terror, now, their turbulency tells ! In the startled ear of night How they scream out their affright ! Too much horrified to speak, They can only shriek, shriek, Out of tune, In the clamorous appealing to the mercy of the fire, In a mad expostulation with tlie deaf and frantic... | |
 | 1872 - 514 pages
...bells ! What a tale of terror now their turbulency tells ! In the startled ear of night How they scream out their affright ! Too much horrified to speak,...endeavor, Now — now to sit, or never, By the side of the paled-faced moon. Oh, the bells, bells, bells ! What a tale their terror tells Of Despair ! How they... | |
 | Charles Hartley - 1872 - 372 pages
...! What a tale of terror, now, their turbulency tells! In the startled ear of night How they scream out their affright ! Too much horrified to speak,...frantic fire, Leaping higher, higher, higher, With a resolute endeavour Now — now to sit or never, By the side of the pale-faced moon. Oh, the bells,... | |
 | Frank Luzerne - 1872 - 332 pages
...They can only utiriuk, shriek, Oat of tone. In a clamorous appealing to the mercy of the fire. In я mad expostulation with the deaf and frantic fire....endeavor, Now, now to sit, or never, By the side of the pale faced moon. The sublimely terrific grandeur of such a spectacle of lightning flames as pierced... | |
 | Anna Randall Diehl - 1872 - 460 pages
...terror, now, their turbulency tells t In the startled ear of night How they scream out their affright I Too much horrified to speak, They can only shriek,...clamorous appealing to the mercy of the fire, In a mad expo.stuliit.ion with the deaf and frantic fire^ Leaping higher, higher, higher, With a desperate desire,... | |
 | 1872 - 900 pages
...speak, They can only shriek, shriek, Out of tune, In the clamorous appealing tothemcrcyof thefire, rat-tailed, ewe-necked bay. " Huddup ! " said the parson. — 01Г went îfow — now to sit or never, Bv the side of the pale-faced moon. 0 the bells, bells, bells, What... | |
 | American poems, William Michael Rossetti - 1873 - 556 pages
...bells! What a tale of terror now their turbulency tells' In the startled ear of night How they scream out their affright! Too much horrified to speak, They...higher, higher, With a desperate desire And a resolute endeavour Now — now to sit, or never, By the side of the pale-faced moon. Oh the bells, bells, bells!... | |
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