 | Jane Thomas (née Pinhorn) - 1869 - 202 pages
...me The patter of little feet ; And the sound of a door that is opened, j And voices soft and sweet. From my study I see in the lamp-light, Descending...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... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell - 1862 - 604 pages
...above me The patter of little/eet, The sound of a door that is opened, And voices soft and svreeL " From my study I see in the lamp-light, Descending...and laughing Allegra, And Edith with golden hair. " A whisper, and then a silence : Yet 1 know by their merry eyes They are plotting and planning together... | |
 | 1875 - 460 pages
...Their arms about me entwine ; Till I think of the Bishop of Biugen In his Mouse Tower on the Rhine ! Do you think, O blue-eyed banditti, Because you have scaled the wall, Such an old mustache as I am Is not a match for you all I I have you in my fortress, And will not let you depart.... | |
 | 1860 - 800 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...and laughing Allegra, And Edith with golden hair. A whisper, and then a silence : Yet I know by their merry eyes They arc plotting and planning together... | |
 | 1860 - 794 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...Grave Alice, and laughing Allegra, And Edith with solden hair. о A whisper, and then a silence : Yet I know by their merry eyes They are plotting and... | |
 | Andrew Kennedy Hutchison Boyd - 1861 - 452 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...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... | |
 | 1861 - 898 pages
...above me The patter of little feet. The sound of a door that is opened, And Toices soft and sweet. From my study I see in the lamplight, Descending the...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... | |
 | 1861 - 820 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 broad hall-stair, Grave Alice, and laughing Allegro, And Edith with golden hair. A whisper, and then a silence : Yet I know by their merry eyes... | |
 | English poets - 1862 - 626 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...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... | |
 | Andrew Kennedy Hutchison Boyd - 1862 - 400 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...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... | |
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O'er the arms and back of my chair; If I' try to escape, they surround me; They seem to be everywhere. They almost devour me with kisses, Their arms about me entwine, Till I think of the Bishop of Bingen In his Mouse-Tower on the Rhine! Do you think,... 
