This it is and nothing more." Presently my soul grew stronger; hesitating then no longer, " Sir," said I, " or Madam, truly your forgiveness I implore; But the fact is I was napping, and so gently you came rapping, And so faintly you came tapping, tapping... Eclectic Magazine: Foreign Literature - Page 161edited by - 1852Full view - About this book
| M. S. Mitchell - 1871 - 422 pages
...door ; This it is and nothing more." Presently my soul grew stronger ; hesitating then no longer, " Sir," said I, " or Madam, truly your forgiveness I...scarce was sure I heard you," — here I opened wide ths door ; — Darkness there and nothing more. Deep into that darkness peering, long I stood there... | |
| 1871 - 378 pages
...is, and nothing more. Presently my soul grew stronger; hesitating then no longer, ' Sir,' said 1, ' or madam, truly your forgiveness I implore ; But the...door, That I scarce was sure I heard you;' here I open'd wide the door ;— Darkness there, and nothing more. Deep into that darkness peering, long I... | |
| William Cullen Bryant - 1871 - 968 pages
...soul grew stronger ; hesitating then no longer, "Sir," said I, "or madam, truly your forgiveness 1 s that high in heaven Mingled their mossy boughs, and from the s nipping, And so faintly you came tapping, tapping at my chamber door, That I scarce was sure I heard... | |
| 1872 - 660 pages
...' . • « *« - •%*•*-•*".'. Presently my soul grew stronger : hesltatingUten -im longer," " Sir," said I, " or madam, truly your forgiveness I...rapping, And so faintly you came tapping, tapping at my chamber-door, That I scarce was sure I heard yoq." Here I opened wide the door : Darkness there, and... | |
| 1872 - 514 pages
...chamber-door ; That it is, and nothing more." Presently my soul grew stronger : hesitating then no longer, "Sir," said I, "or Madam, truly your forgiveness I...rapping, And so faintly you came tapping, tapping at my chamber-door, That I scarce was sure I heard you " — here I open'd wide the door : Darkness there,... | |
| Noble Kibby Royse - 1872 - 382 pages
...chamber door; This it is and nothing more." Presently my soul grew stronger ; hesitating then no longer, "Sir," said I, " or Madam, truly your forgiveness...rapPing, And so faintly you came tapping, tapping at my chambei door, That 1 scar-e was sure I heard you" — here I opened wide the door; — Darkness there... | |
| Ephraim Hunt - 1872 - 658 pages
...stronger : hesitating then no longer, " Sir," said I, " or madam, truly your forgiveness I implore : Bnt the fact is, I was napping; and so gently you came...rapping, And so faintly you came tapping, tapping at mv chamber-door. That I scarce was sure I heard yon." Here I opened wide the door : Darkness there,... | |
| Anna Randall Diehl - 1872 - 460 pages
...stronger ; hesitating then no longer, " Sir," said I, " or madam, truly your forgiveness I impTore ; But the fact is I was napping, and so gently you came rapping, -And so faintly yon came tapping, tapping at my chamber-door, That I scarce was sure I heard you" — here I opened... | |
| William Cullen Bryant - 1873 - 906 pages
...then •no longer, "Sir," said I, "or madam, truly your forgiveness 1 implore ; Hut the fact is, 1 ts mildewing influence sheds ; The birdson the wing,...around, While their mouldering skeletons whiten the gro 1 stood there, wondering, fearing, Doubting, dreaming dreams no mortal ever dared to dream before ;... | |
| J. André, R. Hersch - 1989 - 314 pages
...hesitating then no longer, "Sir," said 1. "or Madam, truly your forgiveness I implore; But the fact is 1 was napping, and so gently you came rapping, And so...you came tapping, tapping at my chamber door. That 1 scarce was sure I heard you" — here 1 opened wide the door; Darkness there and nothing more. Deep... | |
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