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
| Mary Elizabeth Townsend - 1876 - 336 pages
...bells ! What a tale of terror now the 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, bells... | |
| 1876 - 734 pages
...I What a tale of terror, now, their turbulency tells I In the startled ear of night How they scream out their affright! Too much horrified to speak, They...fire, In a mad expostulation with the deaf and frantic tire Leaping higher, higher, higher, With a desperate desire, And a resolute endeavor, Now — now... | |
| William Cullen Bryant - 1877 - 576 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 can only shriek, shriek, Out of tune, In the clamorous appealing to the mercy of the fire, In a mad expostulation with the deaf and frantic... | |
| 1876 - 216 pages
...bells ! What a tale of terror now their turbulency tells I 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, To the clamorous appealing to the mercy of the fire, Leaping higher, higher, higher, With a desperate... | |
| Code poetical reader - 1877 - 168 pages
...What a tale of terror, now, their turbulency * tells ! In the startled ear of night 40 How they scream out their affright ! Too much horrified to speak,...a clamorous * appealing to the mercy of the fire, 45 In a mad expostulation * with the deaf and frantic * fire, Leaping higher, higher, higher, With... | |
| Richard Lewis - 1877 - 200 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,...In a clamorous appealing \ to the mercy of the FIRE ! 10 In a mad expostulation|) with the deaf and frantic fire, Leaping higher, higher, hig/wr u With... | |
| George Rhett Cathcart - 1877 - 454 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, Leaping higher, higher, higher, With a desperate desire, And a resolute endeavor, Now — now to sit... | |
| William Cullen Bryant - 1877 - 630 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, Ont of tune, In the clamorous appealing to the mercy of the fire, In a mad expostulation with the deaf... | |
| Amelia B. Edwards - 1878 - 376 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...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... | |
| American poems - 1878 - 536 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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