 That tell in homely phrase who lie below ; Sudden he starts ! and hears, or thinks he hears, The sound of something purring at his heels ; Full fast he flies, and dares not look behind him, Till out of breath he overtakes his fellows ; Who gather round,...  The Ladies' Companion - Seite 3151861Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | Robert Bell - 1872 - 420 Seiten
...dares not look behind, Till out of breath he overtakes his fellows; Who gather round and wonder at the tale Of horrid apparition, tall and ghastly, That...walks at dead of night, or takes his stand O'er some new opened grave; and, strange to tell! Evanishes at crowing of the cock. JAMES THOMSON. 1700—1748.... | |
 | Samuel Orchart Beeton - 1873 - 782 Seiten
...not look behind him, Till out of breath he overtakes his fellows : Who gather round, and wonder at old, Far down, and shining through their stillness, lies ! Thou hast new-open'd grave ; and (strange to tell!) Evanishes at crowing of the cock. Robert Blair.— Born 1699,... | |
 | Daniel Clark - 1873 - 320 Seiten
...overtakes his fellows ; Who gather round and wonder at the tale Of horrid apparition, tall and ghestly, That walks at dead of night, or takes his stand O'er some new opened grave ; and, strange to tell Evanishes at crowing of the cock." His Satanic Majesty seems... | |
 | James Grant Wilson - 1876 - 604 Seiten
...not look behind him, Till, out of breath, he overtakes his fellows; Who gather round, and wonder at the tale Of horrid apparition, tall and ghastly, That...walks at dead of night, or takes his stand O'er some new-open'd grave; and, strange to tell! Evanishes at crowing of the cock. The new-made widow, too,... | |
 | John Ross - 1878 - 786 Seiten
...dares not look behind him, Till out of breath he overtakes his fellows, Who gather round, and wonder at the tale Of horrid apparition, tall and ghastly, That...strange to tell ! Evanishes at crowing of the cock. Invidious grave ! how dost thou rend in sunder Whom love has knit, and sympathy made onel A tie more... | |
 | John Ross - 1878 - 816 Seiten
...dares not look behind him, Till out of breath he overtakes his fellows, Who gather round, and wonder at the tale Of horrid apparition, tall and ghastly, That...stand O'er some new-opened grave; and, strange to tell I Evanishes at crowing of the cock. Friendship! mysterious cement of the soul! Sweet'ner of life !... | |
 | Thomas Firminger Thiselton- Dyer - 1878 - 344 Seiten
...crows, and the morning grows on, When 'tis decreed I must be gone." Blair, too, in his ' Grave' says — "The tale Of horrid apparition, tall and ghastly,...walks at dead of night, or takes his stand O'er some new-open'd grave ; and, strange to tell, Evanishes at crowing of the cock." In Devonshire and Cornwall,... | |
 | W. F. March Phillipps - 1879 - 384 Seiten
...dares not look behind him, Till out of breath he overtakes his fellows Who gather round, and wonder at the tale Of horrid apparition, tall and ghastly, That...strange to tell, Evanishes at crowing of the cock. » * * * * Dull Grave, thou spoilest the dance of youthful blood, Strik'st out the dimple from the... | |
 | Henry George Bohn - 1881 - 738 Seiten
...told. Sh. It.m.rvA. They gather round, and wonder at the tale Of horrid apparition, tall and ghostly, That walks at dead of night, or takes his stand O'er some new-open'd grave, and, (strange to tell,) Evanishes at erowing of the cock. Blair, Grave, G7. TALENTS,... | |
 | Henry George Bohn - 1883 - 782 Seiten
...best, being plainly told. 5090 Shaks. : Richard HI. Act iv. Sc. 4. Who gather round, and wonder at the tale Of horrid apparition, tall and ghastly, That...walks at dead of night, or takes his stand O'er some new-opeu'cl grave, and, strange to tell, Evanishes at crowing of the cock. 5091 Blair: Grave. Line... | |
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