...had tumbled after ; And through the ragged roof the sky shone, barr'd With naked beam and rafter. ' O'er all there hung a shadow and a fear ; A sense...plain as whisper in the ear, The place is Haunted!' The latter verse recurs throughout the poem with singular effect The length of the piece places it...

...glorious day we had had since the last Fair. CHAPTER VIII THE STIGMA Yet over all there hung a cloud of fear, A sense of mystery the spirit daunted, And said...plain as whisper in the ear. The place is haunted 1 T. HOOD. As I grew up, I seemed to be watched more closely. I'm sure my grandparents thought that...

...through thin, Now out, and then in, Though ne'er so foul be the weather. Hood, Thomas. The Haunted House. O'er all there hung a shadow and a fear A sense of...plain as whisper in the ear, "The place is Haunted I" Houghton, George. The Handsel Ring. (In Stedman's American Anthology.) nuur ox uie luiiiu. "Let...

...by four slender pillars. And everything was dank and weedy and splotched with mildew and with mold. O'er all there hung a shadow and a fear A sense of...plain as whisper in the ear, The place is Haunted! When we opened the great front door, above which was the fan-light of Alicia's hope, just as the round...

...by four slender pillars. And everything was dank and weedy and splotched with mildew and with mold. O'er all there hung a shadow and a fear A sense of mystery the spirit daunted, When we opened the great front door, above which was the fan-light of Alicia's hope, just as the round...

...through thin, Now out, and then in. Though ne'er so foul be the weather. Hood, Thomas. The Haunted House. O'er all there hung a shadow and a fear A sense of...plain as whisper in the ear, "The place is Haunted!" Houghton, George. The Handsel Ring. (In Stedman's American Anthology.) A man and maid are plighting...

...spite of gaps that thro' the fences round Invited the encroacher. 80 For over all there hung a cloud of fear, A sense of mystery the spirit daunted, And said, as plain as whisper intheear, The place is Haunted ! The pear and quince lay squander'd on the grass ; The mould was purple...

...you to read Hood's poem, ' The Haunted House.' You get the precise stage effect in the lines : — O'er all there hung a shadow and a fear ; A sense...plain as whisper in the ear, The place is haunted. It is singularly consoling to find your worst suspicions confirmed by a humorous poet." " But, please,...

...kept its crimson unimpair'd by time, In such a wondrous manner ! 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 Death Watch tiek'd behind the panel'd oak. Inexplicable tremors shook the arras, And echoes strange...

...coping-stone had tumbled after; And through the ragged roof the sky shone, barred With naked beam and rafter. O'er all there hung a shadow and a fear; A sense of...plain as whisper in the ear, The place is haunted! The flower grew wild and rankly as the weed, Roses with thistles struggled for espial, And vagrant...