 On the sombre rafters, that round him made Masses and moving shapes of shade, — By the trembling ladder, steep and tall, To the highest window in the wall, Where he paused to listen and look down A moment on the roofs of the town And the moonlight flowing...  Ballads of Battle and Bravery - Page 72by William Gordon McCabe - 1879 - 153 pagesFull view - About this book
 | George Stillman Hillard - Elocution - 1863 - 528 pages
...shapes of shade, — lhe light ladder, slender and tall, -i highest window in the wall, Where he paused to listen and look down A moment on the roofs of the...And the moonlight flowing over all. Beneath, in the church-yard, lay the dead In their night-encampment on the hill, Wrapped in silence so deep and still,... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - American poetry - 1863 - 310 pages
...On the sombre rafters, that round him made Masses and moving shapes of shade, — Up the trembling ladder, steep and tall, To the highest window in the wall, Where he paused to listen and look down A moment on the roofs of the town, And the moonlight flowing over all.... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1863 - 260 pages
...On the sombre rafters, that round him made Masses and moving shapes of shade , — Up the trembling ladder, steep and tall, To the highest window in the wall , Where he paused to listen and look down A moment on the roofs of the town, And the moonlight flowing over all.... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1864 - 712 pages
...On the sombre rafters, that round him mado Masses and moving shapes of shade, — Up the trembling ladder, steep and tall, To the highest window in the wall, Where he paused to listen and look down A moment on the roofs of the town, And the moonlight flowing over all.... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - American poetry - 1864 - 254 pages
...On the sombre rafters, that round him made Masses and moving shapes of shade, — Up the trembling ladder, steep and tall, To the highest window in the wall, Where he paused to listen and look down A moment on the roofs of the town, And the moonlight flowing over all.... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1865 - 388 pages
...shade. — Up the trembling ladder, steep and tail, To the highest window in the wall. Where be paused to listen and look down A moment on the roofs of the...And the moonlight flowing over all. Beneath, in the churchyard, lay the dead, In their night-encampment on the hill. Wrapped in silence so deep and still... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1866 - 710 pages
...On the sombre rafters, that round him made Masses and moving shapes of shade, — Up the trembling ladder, steep and tall, To the highest window in the wall, Where be paused to listen and look down A moment on the roofs of the town, And the moonlight flowing over... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1867 - 144 pages
...shade,— Up the trembling ladder, steep and tall, To the highest window in the wall, Where he paused to listen and look down A moment on the roofs of the town, And the moonlight flowing over all. That he could hear, like a sentinel's tread, The watchful night-wind, as it went Creeping along from... | |
 | Richard Edwards - Readers - 1867 - 372 pages
...shade, — Up the trembling ladder, steep and tall, To the highest window in the wall, Where he paused to listen, and look down A moment on the roofs of the town, And the moonlight flowing over all. 6. Beneath, in the church-yard, lay the dead In their night encampment on the hill, Wrapped in silence... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - American poetry - 1867 - 482 pages
...steep and tall, To the highest window in the wall, Where he paused to listen and look down A m, jment on the roofs of the town, And the moonlight flowing over all. Beneath, in the churchyard, lay the dead. In their night-encampment on the hill, Wrapped in silence so deep and still... | |
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