| Lisbeth Gooch Séguin, Lisbeth Gooch Strahan (formerly Séguin.) - 1878 - 414 pages
...we will see, fairy ! " CHAPTER VIII. THE HAUNTED HOUSE. " For over all there hung a cloud of fear, A sense of mystery the spirit daunted, And said, as plain as whisper in the ear, ' The house is haunted ! ' " • TN a minute or two the carriage stops at a rather dilapidated-looking... | |
| Maria Nethercott - 1878 - 302 pages
...stronger than my reason. Then I fell asleep. CHAPTER IV. 1 O'er all there hong the shadow of a fear; A sense of mystery the spirit daunted, And said, as plain as whisper in the ear, This place is worse than haunted." I WAS awakened by a rap, too sharp and decided to be... | |
| Elizabeth Owens Blackburne Casey - 1879 - 324 pages
...death-like stillness which pervades this old, deserted mansion. " Over all there hung a cloud of fear, A sense of mystery the spirit daunted, And said, as plain as whisper to the ear, ' The house is haunted.' " Twenty-five years ago this house was tenanted by Miss Steele, an eccentric old... | |
| E. Owens Blackburne - 1879 - 328 pages
...death-like stillness which pervades this old, deserted mansion. " Over all there hung a cloud of fear, A sense of mystery the spirit daunted, And said, as plain as whisper to the ear, ' The house is haunted.' " Twenty-five years ago this house was tenanted by Miss Steele, an eccentric old... | |
| Mary Jefferis - 1879 - 334 pages
...ragged roof the sky shone, barred With naked beam and rafter. O'er all there hung a shadow and a fear ; A sense of mystery the spirit daunted, And said as plain as whisper in the ear, " The place is haunted." Hood. Now that the bustle of removing was over, and the two girls... | |
| Thomas Humphry Ward - English poetry - 1880 - 648 pages
...roof the sky shone, barr'd \Vith naked beam and rafter. ' O'er all there hung a shadow and a fear ; A sense of mystery the spirit daunted, And said, as plain as whisper in the ear, The place is Haunted!' The latter verse recurs throughout the poem with singular effect.... | |
| Thomas Humphry Ward - English poetry - 1880 - 650 pages
...roof the sky shone, barr'd With naked beam and rafter. ' O'er all there hung a shadow and a fear ; A sense of mystery the spirit daunted, And said, as plain as whisper in the ear, The place is Haunted!' The latter verse recurs throughout the poem with singular effect.... | |
| Eneas Sweetland Dallas - General - 1871 - 618 pages
...Haunted House" is filled with an atmosphere of horror — ' ' For over all there hung a cloud of fear — A sense of mystery the spirit daunted, And said, as plain as whisper in the ear, The place is haunted." The walls, the staircases, the floors, the windows, all seem shuddering... | |
| Joseph Angus - English literature - 1880 - 726 pages
...frogs, begot of slime, Sprawled in the sacred bason. . . . For over all there hung a cloud of fear, A sense of mystery the spirit daunted, And said, as plain as whisper in the ear, The place is Haunted ! Out of maty-far tfcauoi. OclcL Gold! Gold! Gold! Gold! Hard to get,... | |
| Frederick Saunders - American poetry - 1880 - 474 pages
...and up its slender thread Ran with a nimble terror. * * * O'er all there hung the shadow of a fear, A sense of mystery the spirit daunted, And said, as plain as whisper in the ear, " The place is haunted !" • * * * Prophetic hints that filled the soul with dread, But... | |
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