 | 1831 - 626 pages
...him lock'd in her fond arms Wrapt in delirious joy. "He disnppear'd,— draw nearer, child, — il e died— no one knew how • The murder'd body ne'er...drove her mad ; yet not his death— No — not his Ural h alone, For she had clung to hope when all Knew well that there was none ; No, boy ! it was a... | |
 | Henry Glassford Bell - English poetry - 1831 - 202 pages
...hush'd up now ; But there was one who rightly guess'd The hand that struck the blow. " It drove her madj yet not his death, — No — not his death alone...clung to hope when all Knew well that there was none, — THE UNCLE. No, boy ! it was a sight she saw That froze her into stone ! " I am thy uncle, child... | |
 | Charles William Smith (professor of elocution.) - 1857 - 338 pages
...The murdered body ne'er was found, The tale is hushed up now ; But there was one who rightly guessed The hand that struck the blow. "It drove her mad —...child, — why stare So frightfully aghast ?— The arras waves, but know'st thou not 'Tis nothing but the blast 1 I, too, have had my fears like these,... | |
 | Penny readings - 1867 - 280 pages
...The murdered body ne'er was found, The tale is hushed up now ; But there was one who rightly guessed The hand that struck the blow. " It drove her mad...child, — why stare So frightfully aghast ? — The arras waves, but know'st thou not 'Tis nothing but the blast ? I, too, have had my fears like these,... | |
 | Star reciter - 1873 - 330 pages
...murdered body ne'er was found, The tale is hushed up now ; But there was one who rightly guessed I The hand that struck the blow. " It drove her mad...thy uncle, child — why stare So frightfully aghast 1 The arras waves, but knowst thou not 'Tis nothing but the blast ? I too have had my fears like these,... | |
 | James Sheridan Knowles - Elocution - 1874 - 458 pages
...body ne'er was found, The tale is hush'd up now; But there was one who rightly gucss'tl The hand thai struck the blow. "It drove her mad — yet not his...child, — why stare So frightfully aghast? — The arras waves, but kuow'st thou not 'Tis nothing but the blast? I too have had my fears like these, But... | |
 | Ferguson - 1881 - 386 pages
...; But there was one who rightly guessed The hand that struck the bluw. 166 THE UNCLE. A MYSTERY, " It drove her mad — yet not his death | No, not his death aloue ; For she had clung to hope when all Knew well that there was none : No, boy ! it was a sight... | |
 | Theater - 1886 - 656 pages
...The murdered body ne'er was found, The tale is hushed up now; But there was one who rightly guessed The hand that struck the blow. " It drove her mad — yet not his death, — No — not his death a one : For she had clung to hope, when all Knew well that there was none ; — No, boy! it was a sight... | |
 | Jacob W. Shoemaker - Readers - 1888 - 236 pages
...The murdered body ne'er was found, The tale is hushed up now ; But there was one who rightly guessed The hand that struck the blow. " It drove her mad...child — why stare So frightfully aghast ? — The arras waves, but know'st thou not Tis nothing but the blast ? I, too, have had my fears like these,... | |
 | Phineas Garrett - Readers - 1904 - 896 pages
...The murdered body ne'er was found, T he tale is hushed up now ; But there was one who rightly guessed The hand that struck the blow. * It drove her mad...! it was a sight she saw That froze her into stone 1 " 1 am thy uncle, child,— why stare So frightfully aghast?— The arras waves, but know'st thou... | |
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He disappeared — draw nearer, child '. — He died — no one knew how ; The murdered body ne'er was found, The tale is hushed up now ; But there was one who rightly guessed The hand that struck the blow. " It drove her mad — yet not his death,—... 
