 God ! that ghastly gibbet ! how dismal 'tis to see The great, tall, spectral skeleton, the ladder and the tree ! Hark ! hark ! it is the clash of arms, the bells begin to toll — He is coming ! he is coming ! God's mercy on his soul...  Vassall Morton: A Novel - Seite 62von Francis Parkman - 1856 - 414 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | 1844 - 826 Seiten
...heavens were speaking oat their wrath, The fatal hour was come, Yet ever sounded sullenly The trumpet and the drum. There was madness on the earth below, And...old, and rich and poor, Came forth to see him die. xrv. Ah, God! That ghastly gibbet! How dismal 'tis to see The great tall spectral skeleton, The ladder,... | |
 | 1844 - 834 Seiten
...heavens were speaking out their wrath, The fatal hour was come, Yet ever sounded sullenly The trumpet and the drum. There was madness on the earth below, And...old, and rich and poor, Came forth to see him die. XIV. Ah, God! That ghastly gibbet! How dismal 'tis to see The great tall spectral skeleton, The ladder,... | |
 | 1844 - 828 Seiten
...heavens were speaking out their wrath, The fatal hour was come, Yet ever sounded sullenly The trumpet and the drum. There was madness on the earth below, And...old, and rich and poor, Came forth to see him die. XIV. Ah, God! That ghastly gibbet! How dismal 'tis to see The great tall spectral skeleton, The ladder,... | |
 | William Edmondstoune Aytoun - 1849 - 302 Seiten
...were thundering out their wrath, The fatal hour was come ; Yet ever sounded sullenly The trumpet and the drum. There was madness on the earth below, And...old, and rich and poor, Came forth to see him die. XIV. Ah, God ! that ghastly gibbet ! How dismal 'tis to see The great tall spectral skeleton, The ladder,... | |
 | William Edmondstoune Aytoun - 1849 - 300 Seiten
...town : The heavens were thundering out their wrath, The fatal hour was come; Yet ever sounded sullenly There was madness on the earth below, And anger in...old, and rich and poor, Came forth to see him die. XIV. Ah, God ! that ghastly gibbet! How dismal 'tis to see The great tall spectral skeleton, The ladder,... | |
 | William Edmondstoune Aytoun - 1852 - 364 Seiten
...The thunder crashed across the heaven. The fatal hour was come ; Yet aye broke in, with muffled beat5 The 'larum of the drum. There was madness on the earth...anger in the sky. And young and old, and rich and poor3 Ah, God !. that ghastly gibbet ! How dismal 'tis to see The great tall spectral skeleton, The... | |
 | Francis Parkman - 1856 - 432 Seiten
...crashed across the heaven, The fatal hour was come ; And ay broke in, with muffled beat, The "ljrum of the drum. There was madness on the earth below,...old. and rich and poor, Came forth to see him die. ' Rut when he came, though pale and wan, He looked so great and high, So noble was his manly front,... | |
 | William Edmondstoune Aytoun - 1858 - 372 Seiten
...levin-bolt Lit up the gloomy town : The thunder crashed across the heaven, The fatal hour was come ; Yet aye broke in, with muffled beat, The 'larum of the drum....old, and rich and poor, Came forth to see him die. XIV. Ah, God ! that ghastly gibbet ! How dismal 'tis to see The great tall spectral skeleton, The ladder... | |
 | James Redpath - 1860 - 530 Seiten
...levin-bolt Lit up the gloomy town : The thunder erashed aeross the heaven, The fatal hour was come ; Tet aye broke in, with muffled beat. The 'larum of the drum....old, and rich and poor, Came forth to see him die. Ah, God ! that ghastly gibbet ! How dismal 'tis to see The great, tall, spectral skeleton, The ladder... | |
 | George Stillman Hillard - 1863 - 530 Seiten
...levin-bolt lit up the gloomy town : The thunder crashed across the heaven, the fatal hour was come, Yet aye broke in, with muffled beat, the 'larum of the drum....old, and rich and poor, came forth to see him die. Ah God 1 that ghastly gibbet ! how dismal 't is to see The great, tall, spectral skeleton, the ladder,... | |
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