 | Mrs. Grace Townsend - 1890 - 640 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...Beneath, in the churchyard, lay the dead, In their night encampment on the hill, . Wrapped in silence so deep and still That he could hear, like a sentinel's... | |
 | William James Linton, Richard Henry Stoddard - 1890 - 378 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...roofs of the town, And the moonlight flowing over all. Wrapp'd in silence so deep and still That he could hear, like a sentinel's tread, The watchful night... | |
 | David Henry Montgomery - 1890 - 342 pages
...that 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... | |
 | David Henry Montgomery - 1890 - 344 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,...lay the dead In their night-encampment on the hill, Wrapp'd in silence so deep and still, That he could hear, like a sentinel's tread, The watchful night-wind... | |
 | Grace Townsend - 1891 - 570 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...Beneath, in the churchyard, lay the dead, In their night encampment on the hill, Wrapped in silence so deep and still That he could hear, like a sentinel's... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1891 - 276 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 and look down A moment on the roofs of the town, Line 18. Then he climbed to the tower of the church, Line 19. Up the wooden stairs, with stealthy tread,... | |
 | James Vincent Coombs - 1891 - 420 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... | |
 | Jenny H. Stickney - 1892 - 416 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,...Beneath, in the church-yard, lay the dead In their night encampment on the hill, Wrapped in silence so deep and still That he could hear, like a sentinel's... | |
 | 1892 - 440 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,...Beneath, in the church-yard, lay the dead In their night encampment on the hill, "Wrapped in silence so deep and still That he could hear, like a sentinel's... | |
 | Christian Brothers - 1893 - 460 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,...Beneath, in the church-yard, lay the dead, In their night encampment on the hill, Wrapped in silence so deep and still That he could hear, like a sentinel's... | |
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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... 
