 | Jane Thomas (née Pinhorn) - 1869 - 202 pages
...lamp-light, Descending the broad hall-stair, Grave Alice, and laughing Allegra, And Edith with golden hair. A whisper, and then a silence ! Yet I know by...rush from the stairway, A sudden raid from the hall ! By three doors left unguarded, They enter my castle wall ! They climb up into my turret O'er the... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell - American periodicals - 1862 - 604 pages
...Grave Alice, and laughing Allegra, And Edith with golden hair. " A whisper, and then a silence : Yet 1 know by their merry eyes They are plotting and planning together To take mo by surprise. " A sudden rush from the stairway, A sudden raid from the hull ! By three doors left... | |
 | 1860 - 800 pages
...lamplight, Descending the broad hall-stair, Grave Alice, and laughing Allegra, And Edith with golden hair. A whisper, and then a silence : Yet I know by their merry eyes They arc plotting and planning together To take me by surprise. A sudden rush from the stairway, A sudden... | |
 | Conduct of life - 1859 - 802 pages
...lamplight, Descending the broad ball stair, Grave Alice and laughing Allegra, And Edith with golden hair. A whisper and then a silence ; Yet I know by...rush from the stairway, A sudden raid from the hall ! By three doors left unguarded, They enter my castle wall ! They climb up into my turret O'er the... | |
 | Education - 1860 - 562 pages
...lamplight, Descending the broad hall stair, Grave Alice, and laughing Allegra, And Edith with golden hair. A whisper, and then a silence; Yet I know by...rush from the stairway, A sudden raid from the hall ! By three doors left unguarded They enter my castle wall ! They climb up into my turret O'er the arms... | |
 | American essays - 1860 - 794 pages
...Descending the broad hall-stair, Grave Alice, and laughing Allegra, And Edith with solden hair. о A whisper, and then a silence : Yet I know by their...rush from the stairway, A sudden raid from the hall ! By three doors left unguarded They enter my castle wall ! They climb up into my turret O'er the arms... | |
 | 1861 - 898 pages
...lamplight, Descending the broad hall-stair, Grave Alice, and laughing Allegra, And Edith with golden hair. A whisper, and then a silence : Yet I know by...rush from the stairway, A sudden raid from the hall ! By three doors left unguarded They enter my castle wall ! They climb np into my turret, O'er the... | |
 | Andrew Kennedy Hutchison Boyd - 1861 - 452 pages
...lamplight, Descending the broad hall-stair, Grave Alice, and laughing Allegra, And Edith with golden hair. A whisper, and then a silence: Yet I know by...rush from the stairway, A sudden raid from the hall! By three doors left unguarded They enter my castle wall! They climb up into my turret, O'er the arms... | |
 | 1861 - 228 pages
...lamplight, Descending the broad hall stair, Grave Alice, and laughing Allegra, And Edith with golden hair. A whisper, and then a silence : Yet I know by...rush from the stairway, A sudden raid from the hall ! By three doors left ungarded They enter my castle wall. They climb up into my turret O'er the arms... | |
 | 1861 - 820 pages
...lamplight, Descending the broad hall-stair, Grave Alice, and laughing Allegro, And Edith with golden hair. A whisper, and then a silence : Yet I know by...rush from the stairway, A sudden raid from the hall ! By three doors left unguarded They enter my castle wall! They climb up into my turret, If I try to... | |
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They climb up into my turret O'er the arms and back of my chair; If I try to escape, they surround me; They seem to be everywhere... 
