 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,...  Scribners Monthly - Page 1001880Full view - About this book
 | John Dudley Philbrick - 1868 - 636 pages
...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...They are neither brute nor human — They are Ghouls ; And their king it is who tolls ; And he rolls, rolls, rolls, • Rolls A paean from the bells ! And... | |
 | John Swett - 1867 - 252 pages
...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...they are neither brute nor human, They are ghouls : And their king it is who tolls ; and he rolls, rolls, rolls, rolls, A paean from the bells ! and... | |
 | Andrew Comstock, Philip Lawrence - 1808 - 596 pages
...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...They are neither brute nor human — They are Ghouls : And their king it is who tolls ; And he rolls, rolls, rolls, rolls, A paean from the bells ! And... | |
 | John Swett - 1868 - 246 pages
...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...they are neither brute nor human, They are ghouls: And their king it is who tolls; and he rolls, rolls, rolls, rolls, A pasan from the bells ! and his... | |
 | M. S. Mitchell - 1869 - 416 pages
...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...They are neither brute nor human — They are Ghouls : And their king it is who tolls; And he rolls, rolls, rolls, Rolls A paean from the bells! And his... | |
 | Charles A. Wiley - 1869 - 456 pages
...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...stone — They are neither man nor woman — they arc neither brute nor human, They are ghouls : And their king it is who tolls ; and he rolls, rolls,... | |
 | Joseph Edwards Carpenter - 1869 - 596 pages
...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, And who toiling, toiling, toiling, In that muffled monotone, Feel a glory in so rolling On the human heart... | |
 | Alexander Kennedy Isbister - 1870 - 104 pages
...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...They are neither brute nor human — They are Ghouls : And their king it is who tolls ; And he rolls, rolls, rolls, rolls, A ptean from the bells ! And... | |
 | Josiah Rhinehart Sypher - 1870 - 396 pages
...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...They are neither brute nor human — They are Ghouls : And their king it is who tolls; And he rolls, rolls, rolls, Bolls, A paean from the bells ! And his... | |
 | Alexander Kennedy Isbister - 1870 - 420 pages
...! 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...They are neither brute nor human— They are Ghouls : And their king it is who tolls; And he rolls, rolls, rolls, rolls, A psean from the bells ! And his... | |
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