 Behind a wide column, half breathless with fear, She crept to conceal herself there : That instant the moon o'er a dark cloud shone clear, And she saw in the moonlight two ruffians appear, And between them a corpse did they bear.  Poems - Strona 166autor: Robert Southey - 1797 - Liczba stron: 218Pełny widok - Informacje o książce
 | Robert Southey - 1799 - Liczba stron: 226
...ivy shook over her head, She listen'dj— nought else could she hear, The wind ceas'd, her heart suuk in her bosom with dread For she heard in the ruins...breathless with fear She crept to conceal herself there 5 That instant the moon o'er a dark cloud shone clear, And she saw in the moon-light two ruffians appear... | |
 | Joseph Taylor - 1814 - Liczba stron: 240
...her ear — She paus'd, and she listeii'd all eager to hear, And her heart panted fearfully BOW. • The wind blew, the hoarse ivy shook over her head,...distinctly the tread Of footsteps approaching her near. Behind a white column, half breathless with fear, She crept to conceal herself there : . • That That... | |
 | Joseph Taylor - 1815 - Liczba stron: 268
...on her ear — She paus'd, and she listen'd all eager to hear, And her heart panted fearfully now. The wind blew, the hoarse ivy shook over her head,...distinctly the tread Of footsteps approaching her near. Behind a white column, half breathless with fear, She crept to conceal herself there : that That instant... | |
 | 1822 - Liczba stron: 418
...on her ear— She paus'd, and she listen'd, all eager to hear, And her heart panted fearfully now. The wind blew, the hoarse ivy shook over her head:...distinctly the tread Of footsteps approaching her near. Behind a wide column, half-breathless with fear, She crept to conceal herself there : That instant... | |
 | Thomas Ewing - 1832 - Liczba stron: 428
...hoarse ivy shook over her head ;— She listened ; — nought else could she hear. The wind ceased, her heart sunk in her bosom with dread, For she heard...distinctly the tread Of footsteps approaching her near. Behind a wide column, half breathless with fear, She crept to conceal herself there ; That instant... | |
 | Samuel BLACKBURN - 1833 - Liczba stron: 254
...on her ear — She paus'd, and she listen'd, all eager to hear, And her heart panted fearfully now, The wind blew, the hoarse ivy shook over her head...distinctly the tread Of footsteps approaching her near. Behind a wide column, half-breathless with fear, She crept to conceal herself there : That instant... | |
 | John Epy Lovell - 1836 - Liczba stron: 534
...paused, and she listened, all eager to hear, And her heart panted fearfully now ! The wind ceased, her heart sunk in her bosom with dread, For she heard...distinctly — the tread Of footsteps approaching her near. Behind a wide column, half breathless with fear, She crept to conceal herself there ; That instant... | |
 | William Graham (teacher of elocution.) - 1837 - Liczba stron: 370
...blew, the hoarse ivy shook over her headShe listened — nought else could she hear, The wind ceased, her heart sunk in her bosom with dread, For she heard...distinctly the tread Of footsteps approaching her near. Behind a wide column, half breathless with fear, She crept to conceal herself there ; That instant... | |
 | Henry Marlen - 1838 - Liczba stron: 342
...hoarse ivy shook over her head : — She listened ; — nought else could she nfco.. The wind ceased, her heart sunk in her bosom with dread, For she heard...distinctly the tread Of footsteps approaching her near. Behind a wide column, half breathless with fear, She crept to conceal herself there ; That instant... | |
 | William Martin - 1838 - Liczba stron: 368
...listen'd — nought else could she hear. The wind ceased, her heart sunk in her bosom with dread, Tor she heard in the ruins — distinctly — the tread Of footsteps approaching her near. Behind a wide column, half breathless with fear, She crept, to conceal herself there : That instant... | |
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