In a mad expostulation with the deaf and frantic fire Leaping higher, higher, higher, With a desperate desire, And a resolute endeavor, Now — now to sit or never, By the side of the pale-faced moon. Oh, the bells, bells, bells! What a tale their terror... American Poets and Their Theology - Page 195by Augustus Hopkins Strong - 1916 - 485 pagesFull view - About this book
| Charlotte Fiske Bates - 1832 - 1022 pages
...desperate desire, And a resolute endeavor Now — now to sit or never, By the side of the pale-faced moon. Oh, the bells, bells, bells! What a tale their terror...they outpour On the bosom of the palpitating air! Yet the ear it fully knows, By the twanging. And the clanging. How the danger ebbs and flows; Yet the... | |
| Henry Mayhew, Mark Lemon, Tom Taylor, Shirley Brooks, Francis Cowley Burnand, Owen Seaman - 1897 - 706 pages
...moon ! Oh, the yells, yells, yells I What a tale their chorus tells Of despair! How they rattle, rush, and roar! What a horror they outpour On the bosom of the moist malodorous air! Yet the ear it fully knows, By the twanging And the slanging, How the custom... | |
| Arethusa Hall - 1851 - 422 pages
...desire, And a resolute endeavor Now — now to sit, or never, By the side of the pale-faced moon ! O, the bells, bells, bells ! What a tale their terror...they outpour On the bosom of the palpitating air! Yet the ear, it fully knows, By the twanging And the clanging, How the danger ebbs and flows ; Yet... | |
| 1855 - 724 pages
...Oh, the bells, bells, bells ! What a tiile their terror tells Of Despair ! How they clang, and crash, and roar ! What a horror they outpour On the bosom of the palpitating air. Yet the ear it fully knows, By the twanging, And the clanging. How the danger ebbs and flows; Yet the... | |
| 1851 - 608 pages
...prophet he was : " What a tale their terror tells of Despair I How they clan-;, and clash, and roar I What a horror they outpour On the bosom of the palpitating air !" Carlyle, too, who anticipated the American women's movement, knew well its dire effect. In his French... | |
| Benson John Lossing - 1852 - 948 pages
...clangor of bells met us upon the waters, almost as far distant as the lurid glare of the flames. " Oh the bells, bells, bells, What a tale their terror...horror they outpour On the bosom of the palpitating air ! In the startled car of night How they scream out their affright ! Too much horrified to speak, They... | |
| Edgar Allan Poe - 1852 - 298 pages
...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 ! What a tale their terror...horror they outpour On the bosom of the palpitating ak ! Yet the ear it fully knows, By the twanging, And the clanging, How the danger ebbs and flows ;... | |
| Benson John Lossing - 1852 - 946 pages
...clangor of bells met us upon the waters, almost as far distant as the lurid glare of the flames. " Oh the bells, bells, bells, What a tale their terror...tells Of despair ! How they clang, and clash, and roar 1 What a horror they outpour On the bosom of the palpitating air ! In the startled ear of night How... | |
| Edgar Allan Poe - 1852 - 308 pages
...never, By the side of the pale-faced moon. Oh, the bells, bells, bells! What a tale their terror tells How they clang, and clash, and roar! What a horror...they outpour . On the bosom of the palpitating air! Yet the ear it fully knows, By the twanging, Aid the clanging, How the danger ebbs and flows; Yet the... | |
| Edgar Allan Poe - 1853 - 188 pages
...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 ! What a tale their terror...horror they outpour On the bosom of the palpitating air ! Yet the ear it fully knows, By the twanging, And the clanging, How the danger ebbs and flows ; Yp.t... | |
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