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... An Evening with Longfellow - Page 100by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1907 - 111 pagesFull view - About this book
| George Stillman Hillard - 1863 - 530 pages
...sombre rafters, 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 root's of the town, And the moonlight flowing over all. 6 Beneath, in the church-yard, lay the dead... | |
| Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1865 - 388 pages
...of shade. — Up the trembling ladder, steep and tail, To the highest window in the wall. Where be paused to listen and look down A moment on the roofs...silence so deep and still That he could hear, like a sentinel tread, The watchful night-wind, as it went Creeping along from tent to tent, And seeming to... | |
| Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1866 - 710 pages
...from their perch On the sombre rafters, that round him made Masses and moving shapes of shade, — Up the trembling ladder, steep and tall, To the highest window in the wall, Where be paused to listen and look down A moment on the roofs of the town, And the moonlight flowing over... | |
| Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1867 - 144 pages
...from their perch On the sombre rafters, that round him made Masses and moving shapes of shade,— Up the trembling ladder, steep and tall, To the highest...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... | |
| Richard Edwards - 1867 - 386 pages
...from their perch On the somber rafters, that round him made Masses and moving shapes of shade,— Up the trembling ladder, steep and tall, To the highest...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... | |
| Richard Edwards - 1867 - 372 pages
...from their perch On the somber rafters, that round him made Masses and moving shapes of shade, — Up the trembling ladder, steep and tall, To the highest...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 - 1867 - 482 pages
...from their perch On the sombre rafters, that round him made Masses and moving shapes of shade,— Up the trembling ladder, steep and tall, To the highest...the wall, Where he paused to listen and look down A m, jment on the roofs of the town, And the moonlight flowing over all. Beneath, in the churchyard,... | |
| Robert Kidd - 1870 - 396 pages
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| Angela Gillespie, Member of the Order of the Holy Cross - 1871 - 664 pages
...sombre rafters, 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...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... | |
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