 | 1872 - 514 pages
...round him made Masses and moving shapes of shade — Up the light ladder, slender and tall, To the highest window in the wall, Where he paused to listen and look down A moment on the roofs of the quiet town, And the moonlight flowing over all. Beneath, in the church-yard, lay the dead, In their... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1873 - 328 pages
...round him made Masses and moving shapes of shade, — By the trembling ladder, steep and tall, To the highest window in the wall, Where he paused to listen...night-wind, as it went Creeping along from tent to tent, H , . Paul Rcvere's Ride 23 And seeming to whisper, " All is well 1" A moment only he feels the spell... | |
 | George Stillman Hillard - 1873 - 532 pages
...moving shapes of shade, — Up the light ladder, slender and tall, To the highest window in the wall, 'j Where he paused to listen and look down A moment on the root's of the town, And the moonlight flowing over all. 6 Beneath, in the church-yard, lay the dead... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1874 - 384 pages
...steep and tall, To the highest window in the wall, Where he paused to listen and look down A moment'on the roofs of the town, And the moonlight flowing over...deep and still That he could hear, like a sentinel's tree, TALES OF A WAYSIDE INN. The watchful night-wind, as it went Creeping along from tent to tent,... | |
 | John Greenleaf Whittier - 1875 - 392 pages
...moving shapes of shade, — By the trembling ladder, steep and tall, To the highest window in the1 wall, Where he paused to listen and look down A moment...silence so deep and still That he could hear, like a sentincl'stix-ad, The watchful night-wind, as it went Creeping along from tent to tent, And seeming... | |
 | Abby Sage Richardson - 1875 - 622 pages
...around him made Masses and moving shapes of shade, — By the trembling ladder, steep and tall, To the highest window in the wall, Where he paused to listen...roofs of the town And the moonlight flowing over all. Meanwhile, impatient to mount and ride, Booted and spurred with a heavy stride, On the opposite shore... | |
 | James Madison Watson - 1876 - 348 pages
...to listen, and look down A moment on the roofs of the town, And the moonlight flowing over all. 6. Beneath, in the church-yard, lay the dead, In their...tread, The watchful night-wind, as it went Creeping til6ng from tent to tent, And seeming to whisper, " All is well!" A moment only he feels the spell... | |
 | 1876 - 732 pages
...highest window in the wall, Where he paused to listen and look down A moment on the roofs of the quiet town, And the moonlight flowing over all. Beneath,...silence so deep and still, That he could hear, like a sentmel's tread The watchful night-wind as it went Creeping along from tent to tent, And seeming to... | |
 | James Madison Watson - 1876 - 348 pages
...round him made Masses and moving shapes of shade — Up the trembling ladder, steep and tall, To the highest window in the wall, Where he paused to listen,...roofs of the town, And the moonlight flowing over all. 6. Beneath, in the church-yard, lay the dead, In their night-encampment on the hill, Wrapped in silence... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1881 - 310 pages
...round him made Masses and moving shapes of shade, — By the trembling ladder, steep and tall, To the highest window in the wall, Where he paused to listen...roofs of the town, And the moonlight flowing over all. That he could hear, like a sentinel's tread, The watchful night-wind, as it went Creeping along from... | |
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By the trembling ladder, steep and tall, To the highest window in the wall, Where he paused to listen and look down A moment on the roofs of the town, And the moonlight flowing over all. Beneath, in the churchyard, lay the dead, In their... 
