 | Elizabeth A. Thurston - 1866 - 320 pages
...above me The patter of little feet; The sound of a door that is opened, And voices soft and sweet. From my study I see in the lamp-light, Descending...Alice, and laughing Allegra, And Edith with golden hair. A whisper, and then a silence; Yet I know by their merry eyes, They are plotting and planning... | |
 | Richard Edwards - 1867 - 510 pages
...above me The patter of little feet, The sound of a door that is opened, And voices soft and sweet. 3. From my study, I see, in the lamplight, Descending...Alice and laughing Allegra, And Edith, with golden hair. 4. A whisper, and then a silence; Yet I know by their merry eyes, They are plotting and planning... | |
 | 1868 - 220 pages
...above me The patter of little feet; The sound of a door that is opened, And voices soft and sweet. From my study I see in the lamplight, Descending the...Alice, and laughing Allegra, And Edith, with golden hair. A whisper, and then a silence: Yet I know, by their merry eyes, They are plotting and planning... | |
 | Richard Edwards, John Russell Webb - 1868 - 510 pages
...above inc The patter of little feet, The sound of a door that is opened, And voices soft and sweet. 3. From my study, I see, in the lamplight, Descending the broad hall stair, Grave Alice and laughing Allcgra, And Edith, with golden hair. 4. A whisper, and then a silence; Yet I know by their merry eyes,... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1870 - 642 pages
...above me The patter of little feet, The sound of a door that is opened, And voices soft and sweet. From my study I see in the lamplight, Descending the...Alice, and laughing Allegra And Edith with golden hair. A whisper, and then a silence: Yet I know by their merry eyes They are plotting nnd planning... | |
 | Edmund Routledge - 1871 - 196 pages
...above me The patter of little feet, The sound of a door that is opened, And voices soft and sweet. From my study I see in the lamplight, Descending the...Alice, and laughing Allegra, And Edith with golden hair. A whisper, and then a silence ; Yet I know by their merry eyes They are plotting and planning... | |
 | 1871 - 476 pages
...above me The patter of little feet ; The sound of a door that is opened, And voices soft and sweet. From my study I see in the lamplight. Descending the...Alice, and laughing Allegra, And Edith with golden hair. A whisper and then a silence, Yet I know by their merry eyes They are plotting and planning together... | |
 | 1871 - 314 pages
...above me The patter of little feet, The sound of a door that is opened, And voices soft and sweet. From my study I see in the lamplight, Descending the...Alice, and laughing Allegra, And Edith with golden hair. A whisper, and then a silence : Yet I know by their merry eyes They are plotting and planning... | |
 | John Greenleaf Whittier - 1871 - 292 pages
...above me The patter of little feet, The sound of a door that is opened, And voices soft and sweet. From my study I see in the lamplight, Descending the...Alice and laughing Allegra, And Edith with golden hair. A whisper, and then a silence : Yet I know by their merry eyes They are plotting and planning... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1871 - 968 pages
...above me Till- patter of little feet, The sound of a door that is opened, And voices soft and sweet. t heart ; For those may fail or turn to ill, So thou and I shall sever ; Keep therefore a true Allcgra, And Edith with golden hair. Л whisper and then a silence ; Yet 1 know by their merry eyes... | |
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I hear in the chamber above me The patter of little feet, The sound of a door that is 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 golden hair. 
