 It was o'er ; the bell ceased swaying ; and the maiden stepped once more Firmly on the damp old ladder, where, for hundred years before Human foot had not been planted ; and what she this night had done Should be told long ages after.  Waifs and thier Authors. - Page 246by ALPHONSO A. HOPKINS - 1876Full view - About this book
 | 1874 - 692 pages
...to-night! .'It WAR- o'er— the bell ceased swaying, and the maiden stepped once more -Klrmly on the damp old ladder, where for hundred years before, Human foot had not been planted ; and what she this night had done, be told long ages after— as the rays of setting sun Xiight the... | |
 | George Stillman Hillard - Readers - 1875 - 248 pages
...and white, Stilled her frightened heart's wild beating, — " Curfew shall not ring to-night ! " 8. It was o'er, — the bell ceased swaying, and the maiden stepped once more Firmly on the damp old ladder where, for hundred years before, Human foot had not been planted ; and what she this... | |
 | John Russell Webb - 1876 - 514 pages
...young Basil's funeral knell ; Still the maiden clinging firmly, cheek and brow so pale and white, 8. It was o'er. The bell ceased swaying, and the maiden stepped once more Firmly on the damp old ladder, where, for hundred years before, Human foot had not been planted. And what she this... | |
 | Readers and speakers - 1876 - 216 pages
...so pale and white, Stilled her frightened heart's wild beating — " Curfew shall not ring to-nighr It was o'er — the bell ceased swaying, and the maiden stepped once more Firmly on the damp old ladder, where, for hundred years before, Human foot had not been planted; and what she this... | |
 | Rossiter Johnson - English poetry - 1877 - 312 pages
...pale and white, Stilled her frightened heart's wild beating — " Curfew shall not ring to-night." It was o'er — the bell ceased swaying, and the maiden stepped once more Firmly on the damp old ladder, where for hundred years before Human foot had not been planted; and what she this... | |
 | George Melville Baker - English poetry - 1877 - 190 pages
...so pale and white, Stilled her frightened heart's wild beating : "Curfew shall not ring to-night/" It was o'er, the bell ceased swaying ; and the maiden stepped once more Firmly on the damp old ladder, where, for hundred years before, Human foot had not been planted ; and what she this... | |
 | Rossiter Johnson - English poetry - 1877 - 308 pages
...to-night." It was o'er — the bell ceased swaying, and the maiden stepped once more Firmly on the damp old ladder, where for hundred years before Human foot had not been planted ; and what she this night had done, Should be told in long years after — as the rays of setting sun... | |
 | Frank Honywell Fenno - Elocution - 1878 - 422 pages
...pale and white, Stilled her frightened heart's wild beating — " Curfew shall not ritig to-night." It was o'er — the bell ceased swaying, and the maiden stepped once more Firmly on the damp old ladder, where for hundred years before Human foot had not been planted ; and what she this... | |
 | George Stillman Hillard - Elocution - 1878 - 236 pages
...and white, Stilled her frightened heart's wild beating, — " Curfew shall not ring to-night ! " 8. It was o'er, — the bell ceased swaying, and the maiden stepped once more Firmly on the damp old ladder where, for hundred years before, Human foot had not been planted ; and what she this... | |
 | Frank Honywell Fenno - 1878 - 426 pages
...pale and while, Stilled her frightened heart's wild beating — " Curfew shall not ring to-night." II was o'er — the bell ceased swaying, and the maiden stepped once more Firmly on the damp old ladder, where for hundred years before Human foot had not been planted; and what she this... | |
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