Hear the loud alarum bells — Brazen bells ! What a tale of terror now their turbulency tells ! In the startled ear of night How they scream out their affright ! Too much horrified to speak, They can only shriek, shriek, Out of tune ! In a clamorous... The National Magazine - Page 73edited by - 1853Full view - About this book
| American literature - 1859 - 528 pages
...Brazen bells ! What a tale of terror, now, their turbulency tell* ' In the startled ear of night IJow they scream out their affright ! Too much horrified...fire, In a mad expostulation with the deaf and frantic fin Leaping higher, higher, higher, With a desperate desire, And a resolute endeavor Now — now to... | |
| Joseph Payne - 1859 - 512 pages
...here, and in other parts of the poem, the use made by the writer of " apt alliteration's artful aid." In a clamorous appealing to the mercy of the fire,...higher, higher, "With a desperate desire And a resolute endeavour Now — now to sit or never, By the side of the pale-faced moon. Oh, the bells, bells, bells... | |
| George Ripley, Charles Anderson Dana - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1859 - 788 pages
...bellst What ft tale of terror now their turbulency tolls 1 In the startled car of night. How the v scream out their affright ! Too much, horrified to...of tune, In a clamorous appealing to the mercy of tho fire. In a mad expostulation with the deaf and frantic flre. The use of thp bells "fulgura frangere"... | |
| 1859 - 272 pages
...terror, now, their turbulency tells I In the startled ear of night Blow they scream out their affright I Too much horrified to speak They can only shriek,...In a clamorous appealing to the mercy of the fire." EA POE. IT was a bitterly cold morning in December, 1835, and people came down to breakfast, blue and... | |
| George Ripley, Charles Anderson Dana - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1859 - 794 pages
...— Brazen bells I What a talc of terror now their turbulcncy tclU 1 In tho startled oar of Tiidit , How they scream out their affright! Too much horrified to speak, They con only shriek, shriek, Out of tune, In a clamorous appealing to the mercy of the flro. In a mad expostulation... | |
| John William Stanhope Hows - Readers - 1860 - 450 pages
...Hear the loud alarum bells — Brazen bells ! What a tale of terror, now, their turbulency tells ! In the startled ear of night How they scream out their...clamorous appealing to the mercy of the fire, In a mud expostulation with the deaf and frantic fire Leaping higher, higher, higher, With a desperate desire,... | |
| Benson John Lossing - United States - 1860 - 794 pages
...and clash, and roar ! What a horror they outpour On the bosom of the palpitating air ! « ....... In the startled ear of night How they scream out their...can only shriek, shriek, Out of tune, In a clamorous appeal to the mercy of the fire." EDGAR A. FOE. 1 had traveled since dawn, by land and water, in rain... | |
| Benson John Lossing - United States - 1860 - 788 pages
...they clang, and clash, and roar ! What a horror they outpour On the bosom of the palpitating air ! In the startled ear of night How they scream out their...can only shriek, shriek, Out of tune, In a clamorous appeal to the mercy of the fire." EDGAR A. POE. 1 had traveled since dawn, by land and water, in rain... | |
| England - English poetry - 1860 - 532 pages
...Hear the loud alarum-bells — Brazen bells ! What a tale of terror now their turbulency tells ! In the startled ear of night How they scream out their...speak, They can only shriek, shriek, Out of tune, In a clamourous appealing to the mercy of the fire, In a mad expostulation with the deaf and frantic firu.... | |
| William Allingham - English poetry - 1860 - 316 pages
...affright ! Too much horrified to speak, They can only shriek, shriek, Out of tune, In a clamourous appealing to the mercy of the fire, In a mad expostulation...frantic fire Leaping higher, higher, higher, With a resolute endeavour Now — now to sit, or never, By the side of the pale-faced moon. Oh, the bells,... | |
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