...gazed adown the dreary street, But nought her aching sight did meet, Save one policeman and two cats. She only said, " My life is dreary, He cometh not," she said ; She said, " And if he cometh beery, He's rare to punch my head !" About the middle of the night,...

...Unlifted was the clinking hitch, Weeded and worn the ancient thatch, Upon the lonely moated grang-e. She only said *' My life is dreary, He cometh not," she .said : She said, '* I am aweary, aweary ; I would that I were dead !" Her tears fell with the dews at even,...

...faithful to my memory — a widowed heart mourning for its buried love, and like Marianna in the poem, She only said, " My life is dreary ; He cometh not," she said. She said, " I am aweary — I am aweary ; I would that I were dead !" CHAPTER XX. THE DROP-CURTAIN....

...mouldering wainscot shrieked, Or from the crevice peered about. Old faces glimmered through the doors, Old footsteps trod the upper floors, Old voices called...said, " My life is dreary, He cometh not," she said ; She said, " I am aweary, aweary, I would that I were dead I" The sparrow's chirrup on the roof, The...

...Unlifted was the clinking latch, Weeded and worn the ancient thatch Upon the lonely moated grange. She only said, " My life is dreary, He cometh not," she said ; She said, " I am aweary, aweary, — I would that I were dead !" Her tears fell with the dews at...

...Unlifted was the clinking latch, Weeded and worn the ancient thatch Upon the lonely moated grange. She only said, " My life is dreary, He cometh not," she said ; She said, " I am aweary, aweary,- — I would that I were dead !" Her tears fell with the dews at...

...is dreary He cometh not," she said ; She said. " I am aweary, aweary, I would that I were dead !" 7. The sparrow's chirrup on the roof, The slow clock ticking, and the sound Which to the wooing wmd aloof The poplar made, did all confound Her sense ; but most she loathed the hour When the thick-moted...

...mouldering wainscot shriek'd, Or from the crevice peer'd about. Old faces glimmer'd through the doors, Old footsteps trod the upper floors, Old voices called her from without. VOL. II— Z She only said, " My life is dreary, He cometh not," she said ; She said, " I am aweary,...

...mouldering wainscot shrieked, , Or from the crevice peered about. Old faces glimmered through the doors, Old footsteps trod the upper floors, Old voices called...from without. She only said, " My life is dreary, The sparrow's chirrup on the roof, The slow clock ticking, and the sound Which to the wooing wind aloof...

...about. Old faces glimmer'd through the doors, Old footsteps trod the upper floors, Old voices call'd her from without. She only said, ' my life is dreary, He cometh not,' she said; She said, ' I am aweary, aweary, I would that I were dead 1' The sparrow's chirrup on the roof, The...