She has reached the topmost ladder, o'er her hangs the great dark bell, Awful is the gloom beneath her like the pathway down to hell ; Lo, the ponderous tongue is swinging, 'tis the hour of curfew now, And the sight has chilled her bosom, stopped her... Waifs and Their Authors - หน้า 261โดย Alphonso Alva Hopkins - 1879 - 316 หน้ามุมมองทั้งเล่ม - เกี่ยวกับหนังสือเล่มนี้
| 1874 - 692 หน้า
...•Html! she let It ring ? No, never! her eyes flash with sudden light, And she sprang and grasped It firmly—" Curfew shall not ring to-night !" Out she swung, far out, the city seemed a tiny speck below ; "There, 4wJxt heaven and earth suspended, as the bell swung to and fro; And the... | |
| 1876 - 216 หน้า
...her, like the pathway down to hell ; See, the ponderous tongue is swinging, 'tis the hour of Curfew now, And the sight has chilled her bosom, stopped...paled her brow. Shall she let it ring? No, never! her eyes flash with sudden light, And she springs and grasps it firmly — " Curfew shall not ring... | |
| John Russell Webb - 1876 - 514 หน้า
...pathway down to hell. Se», the ponderous tongue is swinging ; 'tis the hour of Curfew now — A'ld the sight has chilled her bosom, stopped her breath...paled her brow. •Shall she let it ring ? No, never ! Her eyes flash with sudden light, ^.s she springs and grasps it firmly — " Curfew shall not ring... | |
| 1876 - 754 หน้า
...her, like the pathway down to hell ; See, the ponderous tongue is swinging, 'tis the hour of Curfew now — And the sight has chilled her bosom, stopped her breath and paled her brow. Shall she lot it ring? No, never! her eyes flash with sudden light, As she springs and grasps it firmly — "... | |
| Rossiter Johnson - 1877 - 312 หน้า
...her, like the pathway down to hell ; See, the ponderous tongue is swinging, 't is the hour of Curfew now — • And the sight has chilled her bosom, stopped...paled her brow. Shall she let it ring? No, never! her eyes flash with sudden light, As she springs and grasps it firmly — "Curfew shall not ring to-night!... | |
| George Melville Baker - 1877 - 190 หน้า
...her, like the pathway down to hell. See ! the ponderous tongue is swinging ; 't is the hour of curfew now, And the sight has chilled her bosom, stopped...paled her brow. Shall she let it ring ? No, never ! Her eyes flash with sudden light, As she springs, and grasps it firmly : " Curfew shall not ring... | |
| Rossiter Johnson - 1877 - 308 หน้า
...breath and paled her brow. Shall she let it ring ? No, never ! her eyes flash with sudden light, As she springs and grasps it firmly — " Curfew shall...to-night ! " Out she swung, far out, the city seemed a tiny speck below ; There, 'twixt heaven and earth suspended, as the bell swung to and fro ; And the... | |
| Frank Honywell Fenno - 1878 - 426 หน้า
...her, like the pathway down to hell; See, the ponderous tongue is swinging, 'tis the hour of Curfew now — And the sight has chilled her bosom, stopped...paled her brow. Shall she let it ring? No, never! her eyes flash with sudden light, As she springs and grasps it firmly — " Curfew shall not ring to-night!"... | |
| Oliver Ernesto Branch - 1878 - 278 หน้า
...her like the pathway down to hell. See ! the ponderouj tongue is swinging ; 'tis the hour of curfew now ; And the sight has chilled her bosom, stopped...paled her brow. Shall she let it ring ? No, never ! Her eyes flash with sudden light, As she springs and grasps it firmly : Curfew shall not ring to-night... | |
| Frank Honywell Fenno - 1878 - 422 หน้า
...her, like the pathway down to hell; See, the ponderous tongue is swinging, 'tis the hour of Curfew now — And the sight has chilled her bosom, stopped...paled her brow. Shall she let it ring ? No, never ! her eyes flash with sudden light, As she springs and grasps it firmly — " Curfew shall not ring... | |
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