 For this wind might awaken the dead." "-I'll wager a dinner," the other one cried, " That Mary would venture there now." " Then wager and lose," with a sneer he replied, " I'll warrant she'd fancy a ghost by her side, And faint if she saw a white cow.  Poems - Strona 163autor: Robert Southey - 1797 - Liczba stron: 218Pełny widok - Informacje o książce
 | Joseph Edwards Carpenter - 1869 - Liczba stron: 596
...courage would now be well tried Who should wander the ruins about. " I myself, like a schoolboy, would tremble to hear The hoarse ivy shake over my head...spirit appear, — For this wind might awaken the dead !" " I'll wager a dinner," the other one cried, " That Mary would venture there now." " Then wager,... | |
 | William Davis (B.A.) - 1869 - Liczba stron: 200
...comrade replied, " Methinks a man's courage would now be well tried, Who should wander the ruins about. I myself, like a schoolboy, should tremble to hear...hoarse ivy shake over my head ; And could fancy I saw, half-persuaded by fear, Some ugly old Abbot's grim spirit appear, For this wind might awaken the dead... | |
 | National reading books - 1871 - Liczba stron: 232
...comrade replied ; " Methinks a man's courage would now be well tried Who should wander the ruins about. " I myself, like a schoolboy, should tremble to hear...spirit appear — : For this wind might awaken the dead ! " " I'll wager a dinner," the other one cried, " That Mary would venture there now." " Then wager... | |
 | Samuel Orchart Beeton - 1873 - Liczba stron: 782
...comrade replied, "Methinks a man's courage would now be well tried, Who should wander the ruins about. e stood, Where Greenwich smiles upon the silver flood:...kneel, and kiss the consecrated earth ; In pleasing d grim spirit appear, For this wind might awaken the dead ! " " I'll wager a dinner," the other one cried,... | |
 | James Sheridan Knowles - 1874 - Liczba stron: 458
...comrade replied: Methinks a man's courage would now be well tried, VVho would wander the ruins about. " I myself, like a school-boy, should tremble to hear...spirit appear; For this wind might awaken the dead." " I'll wager a dinner," the other one cried, " That Mary would venture there now:" " Then wager, and... | |
 | T W M - 1876 - Liczba stron: 264
...comrade replied, :' Methinks a man's courage would now be well tried Who should wander the ruins about. " I myself, like a school-boy, should tremble to hear The hoarse ivy shake over my head ; • KIRKSTAI.L ABBEY, near Leeds. And could fancy I saw, half persuaded by fear, Some ugly old Abbot's... | |
 | William Holmes McGuffey - 1867 - Liczba stron: 498
...night for the AbbeyM " his comrade replied: "Methinks a man's courage would now be well tried, 8. " I myself, like a school-boy, should tremble to hear...saw, half persuaded by fear, Some ugly old Abbot's grim spirit* appear; For this wind might awaken the dead! " 9. " I '11 wager a dinner," the other one... | |
 | William Davidson (B.A.), Joseph Crosby Alcock - 1877 - Liczba stron: 240
...High placed in hall, a welcome guest, He poured, to lord and lady gay, The unpremeditated lay. 19. I myself, like a school,boy, should tremble to hear The hoarse ivy shake over my head. 20. Behind a wide column, half breathless with fear, She crept to conceal herself there. 21. Good friends,... | |
 | Coventry Kersey Dighton Patmore - 1879 - Liczba stron: 376
...comrade replied, ' Methinks a man's courage would now be well tried, Who should wander the ruins about. ' I myself, like a schoolboy, should tremble to hear...saw, half persuaded by fear, Some ugly old abbot's grim spirit appear, For this wind might awaken the dead ! ' ' I'll wager a dinner,' the other one cried,... | |
 | Robert Southey - 1880 - Liczba stron: 728
...replied : " Methinks a man's courage would now be well tried Who should wander the ruins about. 8. " I myself, like a schoolboy, should tremble to hear...my head ; And could fancy I saw, half persuaded by feur, Some ugly old abbot's grim spirit appear ; For this wind might awaken the dead ! " 9. " I'll... | |
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