 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 - Page 166by Robert Southey - 1797 - 218 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Robert Southey - 1799 - 226 pages
...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 - 240 pages
...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 - 268 pages
...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 - 418 pages
...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 - 428 pages
...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 - 254 pages
...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 - 534 pages
...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 - 370 pages
...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 - 342 pages
...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 - 368 pages
...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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