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" Halfway up the stairs it stands, And points and beckons with its hands From its case of massive oak, Like a monk, who, under his cloak, Crosses himself, and sighs, alas ' With sorrowful voice to all who pass, — " Forever — never ! Never — forever... "
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Page 497
1851
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Great Fortunes, and how They Were Made: On. The Struggies and Triumphs of ...

James D. McCabe - 1872 - 682 pages
...massive old staircase, with the clock upon the landing. Directly he hears a singing in his mind : " ' Somewhat back from the village street, Stands the...old-fashioned country-seat; Across its antique portico Tall poplar trees their shadows throw, And from its station in the hall An ancient time-piece says to all,...
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The New code, 1871. The useful knowledge reading books, ed. by E.T. Stevens ...

Edward Thomas Stevens - 1873 - 236 pages
...man'-sion, a large house SOMEWHAT back from the village street Stands the old-fashion'd country seat; Across its antique portico Tall poplar-trees their...in the hall An ancient timepiece says to all— For ever—never! Never—for ever ! Half-way up the stairs it stands, And points and beckons with its...
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Captain O'Shaughnessy's Sporting Career: An Autobiography ...

James Roderick O'Flanagan - 1873 - 308 pages
...the village street Stands the old-fashioned country seat ; Across its antique portico Full-aged trees their shadows throw, And from its station in the hall,...says to all — For ever — never, Never for ever. It was a great pile of masonry, built in various reigns, and displaying the massive donjon of the Norman,...
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Manual of Elocution: Embracing the Philosophy of Vocalization...

C. P. Bronson - 1873 - 348 pages
...STAIRS. LONGFELLOW. Somewhat back — from the village street Stands the oW-fashioned couniry-se&t ; Across its antique portico Tall poplar-trees — their shadows throw; And (from its station — in the haU) An ancient <t»ne-piece — says — to all, — "Forevei — never I Never— forever I " Half-way...
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The Fifth Progressive Reader, Volume 5

Pádraig Ó Seaghdha - 1878 - 462 pages
...recollecting thai now is the proper and accepted time. XL—THE OLD CLOCK ON THE STAIRS. LONGFELLOW. And from its station in the hall, An ancient timepiece says to all,— " Forever—never I Never—forever !" 2. Halfway up the stairs it stands, And points and beckons with...
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A Practical and Critical Grammar of the English Language

Noble Butler - 1874 - 342 pages
...shade from the mountain ; Wave after wave flows the sea of the desert, Drearily, drearily. — Bulicer. Somewhat back from the village street Stands the old-fashioned...all, " For ever — never — Never — for ever." Merrily swinging on briar and weed, Near to the nest of his little dame, Over the mountain-side and...
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The Poetical Works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1874 - 384 pages
...seulement. dans le silence des tombeaux : " Toujours ! amais ! Jamais ! toujours ! " JACQUES BRIDAL-™. SOMEWHAT back from the village street Stands the old-fashioned...antique portico Tall poplar-trees their shadows throw ; SOXGS. And from its station in the hall An ancient timepiece says to all, — " Forever — never...
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A manual of expressive reading

John Daniel Morell - 1874 - 336 pages
...stars above look down On thy stars below, in Frederick town ! JG WHITIIER. THE OLD CLOCK ON THE STATES. SOMEWHAT back from the village street Stands the old-fashioned...Across its antique portico Tall poplar-trees their shadow throw, And from its station in the hall An ancient timepiece says to all, — " For ever —...
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Poetical Quotations from Chaucer to Tennyson: With Copious Indexes ...

Samuel Austin Allibone - 1875 - 794 pages
...LONGFELLOW : Golden Legend. Somewhat back from the village street Stands the old-fashion'd country seat; Across its antique portico Tall poplar-trees their...station in the hall An ancient timepiece says to all, — " Forever ! — never Never ! — forever !" LONGFELLOW : Old Cloch on the Stairs. There is a lonely...
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An educational selection of poetry: with notes, chiefly historical, compiled ...

T W M - 1876 - 264 pages
...falling star, — Excelsior ! OMEWHAT back from the village street Stands the old-fashioned country seat. Across its antique portico Tall poplar-trees their...all, — " For ever — never ! Never — for ever 1 " Half way up the stairs it stands, And points and beckons with its hands, From its case of massive...
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