 | Choice poems - 1862 - 368 pages
...truly your forgiveness I implore ; But the fact is, I was napping, and so gently you came rapping, And so faintly you came tapping, tapping at my chamber...wide the door ; Darkness there, and nothing more. V. Deep into that darkness peering, long I stood there wondering, fearing, Doubting, dreaming dreams... | |
 | Marcius Willson - Bible stories - 1862 - 558 pages
...implore; But the fact is I was napping, and so gently you came rapping, And so faintly you came lapping, tapping at my chamber door, That I scarce was sure...wide the door — Darkness there and nothing more. 6. Deep into that darkness peering, long I stood there wondering, fearing, Doubting, dreaming dreams... | |
 | Coventry Patmore - Children's poetry - 1862 - 372 pages
...madam, truly your forgiveness I implore ; But the fact is I was napping, and so gently you came rapping, And so faintly you came tapping, tapping at my chamber...door, That I scarce was sure I heard you ; ' here I open'd wide the door ; — Darkness there, and nothing more. Deep into that darkness peering, long... | |
 | George Stillman Hillard - Elocution - 1863 - 528 pages
...madam, truly your forgiveness I implore ; But the fact is I was napping, and BO gently you came rapping, And so faintly you came tapping, tapping at my chamber...there, wondering, fearing, Doubting, dreaming dreams no mortals ever dared to dream before ; But the silence was unbroken, and the stillness gave no token,... | |
 | Coventry Patmore - Children's poetry - 1863 - 390 pages
...scarce was sure I heard you ' ; here I open'd wide the door ; — Darkness there, and nothing tnore. Deep into that darkness peering, long I stood there...dream before ; But the silence was unbroken, and the darkness gave no token, And the only word there spoken was the whisper'd word ' Lenore ! ' This I whisper'd,... | |
 | George Stillman Hillard - Elocution - 1863 - 530 pages
...madam, truly your forgiveness I implore ; But the fact is I was napping, and so gently you came rapping. And so faintly you came tapping, tapping at my chamber door, That I scarce was sure I heard y ou " — here I opened wide the door ; — Darkness there and nothing more. Deep into that darkness... | |
 | James Stuart Laurie - 1863 - 328 pages
...madam, truly your forgiveness I implore ; But the fact is I was napping, and so gently you came rapping, And so faintly you came tapping, tapping at my chamber door, That I scarce was sure I neard you "—here I opeii'd wide the door; Darkness there, and nothing more. Deep into that darkness... | |
 | Richard Green Parker, James Madison Watson - Readers (Elementary) - 1863 - 614 pages
...scarce was sure I heard you" — here I open'd wide the door : Darkness there, and nothing more. T. Deep into that darkness peering, long I stood there, wondering, fearing, Doubting, dreaming dreams no mortals ever dared to dream before ; But the silence was unbroken, and the stillness gave no token,... | |
 | James Fleming - 1863 - 404 pages
...is, I was napping, and so gently you came rapping, And so faintly you came tapping— tapping at tny chamber door, That I scarce was sure I heard you :" here I open'd wide the door : Darkness there, and nothing more. Deep into that darkness peering, long I stood... | |
 | John William Stanhope Hows - American poetry - 1865 - 564 pages
...Madam, truly your forgiveness I implore ; But the fact is I was napping, and so gently you came rapping, And so faintly you came tapping, tapping at my chamber...there wondering, fearing, Doubting, dreaming dreams no mortals ever dared to dream before ; But the silence was unbroken, and the stillness gave no token,... | |
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This it is and nothing more." Presently my soul grew stronger; hesitating then no longer, "Sir," said I, "or Madam, truly your forgiveness I implore; But the fact is I was napping, and so gently you came rapping, And so faintly you came tapping, tapping... 
