| Collection - English poetry - 1755 - 378 pages
...in Midnight's raven-colour'd robe, 'Mid hollow charnel let me watch the flame Of taper dim, fhedding a livid glare O'er the wan heaps ; while airy voices talk Along the glimm'ring walls ; or ghoftly fhape At diftance feen, invites with beck'ning hand My lonefome fteps,... | |
| Robert Dodsley - English poetry - 1765 - 412 pages
...in Midnight's raven-colour'd robe, 'Mid hollow charnels let me watch the flame Of taper dim, medding a livid glare ' . O'er the wan heaps ; while airy voices talk Along the glimm'ring walls : or ghoftly Ihape At diftance feen, invites with beck'ning hand My lonefome fteps,... | |
| British poets - English poetry - 1809 - 526 pages
...in dread repose. But when the world Is clad in Midnight's raven-colour'd robe, 'Mid hollow charnel let me watch the flame Of taper dim, shedding a livid...; or ghostly shape At distance seen, invites with beck'ning hand My lonesome steps, through the far-winding vanlts. Nuc undelightful is the solemn noon... | |
| England - 1838 - 884 pages
...in dread repose. But when the World Is clad in Midnight's raven coloured robe, 'Mid hollow eharnel let me watch the flame, Of taper dim, shedding a livid glare O'er the wan heaps ; while airy voicel talk Along the glimmering walls ; or ghostly shape At 'IbmiK'tt seen, invites with beckoning... | |
| John Aikin - English poetry - 1821 - 314 pages
...in dread repose. But when the' world Is clad in Midnight's raven-colour'd robe, 'Mid hollow charnel let me watch the flame Of taper dim, shedding a livid...O'er the wan heaps ; while airy voices talk Along the glimm'ring walls; or ghostly shape At distance seen, invites with beck'ning hand My lonesome steps,... | |
| Ezekiel Sanford - English poetry - 1822 - 446 pages
...soul in dread repose. But when the world Is clad in Midnight's raven-colour'd robe, Mid hollow charnel let me watch the flame Of taper dim, shedding a livid...seen, invites with beckoning hand My lonesome steps, through the far-winding vault*. Nor undelightful is the solemn noon Of night, when haply wakeful from... | |
| British anthology - 1825 - 464 pages
...in dread repose. But when the world Is clad in Midnight's raven-colour'd robe, 'Mid hollow charnel let me watch the flame Of taper dim, shedding a livid...seen, invites with beckoning hand My lonesome steps, through the far-winding vaults. Nor undelightful is the solemn noon Of night, when haply wakeful from... | |
| Scotland - 1838 - 938 pages
...soul in dread repose. But when the worM Is clad in Midnight's raven coloured robe, 'And hollow charnel let me watch the flame, Of taper dim, shedding a livid...the glimmering walls ; or ghostly shape At distance wen, invites with beckoning mvnd My lonesome steps, through the far-winding vault*. Nor undelightful... | |
| Oliver Goldsmith, William Collins, George Gilfillan, Thomas Warton - English literature - 1854 - 354 pages
...in dread repose. But when the world Is clad in Midnight's raven-colour 'd robe, 'Mid hollow charuel let me watch the flame Of taper dim, shedding a livid...seen, invites with beckoning hand My lonesome steps, through the far- winding vaults. 49 Nor undelightful is the solemn noon Of night, when haply wakeful... | |
| Thomas Gray - 1883 - 596 pages
...in dread repose. But when the world Is clad in Midnight's raven-colour 'd robe, 'Mid hollow charnel let me watch the flame Of taper dim, shedding a livid...O'er the wan heaps ; while airy voices talk Along the glimm ring walls ; or ghostly shape At distance seen, invites with beck'ning hand My lonesome steps,... | |
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