 CHILDREN'S HOUR BETWEEN the dark and the daylight, When the night is beginning to lower, Comes a pause in the day's occupations, That is known as the Children's Hour. I hear in the chamber above me The patter of little feet, The sound of a door that is...  Tales of a Wayside Inn - Page 178by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1863 - 225 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Jane Thomas (née Pinhorn) - 1869 - 202 pages
...And voices soft and sweet. From my study I see in the lamp-light, Descending the broad hall-stair, Grave Alice, and laughing Allegra, And Edith with...enter my castle wall ! They climb up into my turret O'er the arms and back of my chair ; If I try to escape, they surround me — They seem to be everywhere... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell - 1862 - 604 pages
...then a silence : Yet 1 know by their merry eyes They are plotting and planning together To take mo by surprise. " A sudden rush from the stairway, A sudden raid from the hull ! By three doors left uuguardfd They enter my castle-wall ! " They climb up into my turret, O'er... | |
 | 1875 - 460 pages
...sound of a door that is opened, And voices soft and sweet. A sudden rush from the stairway, A sudd en raid from the hall ! By three doors left unguarded...enter my castle wall. They climb up into my turret, O'er the arms and back of my chair ; If I try to escape they surround me ; They seem to be everywhere.... | |
 | 1860 - 800 pages
...And Edith with golden hair. A whisper, and then a silence : Yet I know by their merry eyes They arc plotting and planning together To take me by surprise....enter my castle wall ! They climb up into my turret O'er the arms and back of my chair J If I try to escape, they surround me ; They seem to be everywhere.... | |
 | 1859 - 802 pages
...opened, And voices soft, and sweet. From my study I see in the lamplight, Descending the broad ball stair, Grave Alice and laughing Allegra, And Edith...enter my castle wall ! They climb up into my turret O'er the arms and back of my chair ; If I try to escape they surround me ; They seem to be everywhere.... | |
 | 1860 - 562 pages
...patter of little feet, The sound of a door that is opened, And voices soft and sweet From my study I sec in the lamplight, Descending the broad hall stair,...enter my castle wall ! They climb up into my turret O'er the arms and back of my chair; If I try to escape, they surround me ; They seem to be everywhere.... | |
 | 1860 - 794 pages
...Descending the broad hall-stair, Grave Alice, and laughing Allegra, And Edith with solden hair. о A whisper, and then a silence : Yet I know by their...enter my castle wall ! They climb up into my turret O'er the arms and back of my chair ; If I try to escape, they surround me ; They seem to be everywhere.... | |
 | 1861 - 228 pages
...links Be all united there ; And, gazing on the loved, we'll cry, We're all, O ! yes — all here ! THE CHILDREN'S HOUR. Between the dark and the daylight,...A sudden raid from the hall ! By three doors left ungarded They enter my castle wall. They climb up into my turret O'er the arms and back of my chair... | |
 | Andrew Kennedy Hutchison Boyd - 1861 - 452 pages
...opened, And voices soft and sweet. From my study I see in the lamplight, Descending the broad hall-stair, Grave Alice, and laughing Allegra, And Edith with...enter my castle wall! They climb up into my turret, O'er the arms and back of my chair; If I try to escape, they surround me; They seem to be everywhere.... | |
 | 1861 - 898 pages
...opened, And Toices soft and sweet. From my study I see in the lamplight, Descending the broad hall-stair, Grave Alice, and laughing Allegra, And Edith with...left unguarded They enter my castle wall ! They climb np into my turret, O'er the arms and back of my chair ; If I try to escape, they surround me ; They... | |
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