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...to the grated casement — O, what a tale they told of fear intense, Of horror and amazement ! What human creature in the dead of night Had coursed like...wall, But painted on the air So very dimly, It hardly veiled the- tapestry at all, Or portrait frowning grimly. O'er all there hung the shadow of a fear...

...to the grated casement — O, what a tale they told of fear intense, Of horror and amazement ! What human creature in the dead of night Had coursed like...window, in his flight, Striving for dear existence? Across the sunbeam, and along the wall, But painted on the air so very dimly, It hardly veiled the...

...the grated casement — • Oh what a tale they told of fear intense, Of horror and amazement ! What human creature in the dead of night Had coursed like hunted hare that cruel distance ? What shrieking Spirit in that bloody room Its mortal frame had violently quitted ? — Across the...

...to the grated casement — 0, what a tale they told of fear intense, Of horror and amazement ! What human creature in the dead of night Had coursed like hunted hare that cruel distance 1 Had sought the door, the window, in his flight, Striving for dear existence ? What shrieking spirit...

...to the grated casement — O, what a tale they told of fear intense, Of horror and amazement ! What human creature in the dead of night Had coursed like...wall, But painted on the air so very dimly, It hardly veiled the tapestry at all, Or portrait frowning grimly. O'er all there hung the shadow of a fear ;...

...amazement ! What human creature in the dead of night Had coursed like hunted hare that cruel distance 7 Had sought the door, the window, in his flight, Striving for dear existence? WTiat shrieking spirit in that bloody room Its mortal frame had violently quitted 1 — Across the...

...aim, direct and certain, To show the bloody hand in burning red Embroidered on the curtain. " What human creature, in the dead of night, Had coursed...window in his flight, Striving for dear existence." When we turn from her present degradation, to invoke the memory of her ancient greatness, we see but...