 | English poetry - 1873 - 390 pages
...frame ; For, where the path was bare, The trotting ghost kept on the same ; She muttered many a prayer. Yet once again amidst her fright, She tried what sight could do ; And through the cheating glooms of night A monster stood in view. Eegardless of what e'er she felt,... | |
 | Joseph Payne - 1874 - 390 pages
...muttered many a prayer. 1 Fakenham — a village in Suffolk. 2 Dappled — rariegated — spotted. Yet once again, amidst her fright, She tried what...do ; When, through the cheating glooms of night, A MOKSTER ! stood in view. Regardless of whate'er she felt, It followed down the plain ; She owned her... | |
 | Hymns - 1878 - 334 pages
...frame ; For where the path was bare The trotting Ghost kept on the same ! She mutter1 d many a prayer. Yet once again, amidst her fright, She tried what...MONSTER stood in view. .Regardless of whate'er she fi It, It followed down the [.l;.iii ! She own'd her sins, and d<»vu she knelt, And said her prayers... | |
 | 1879 - 516 pages
...— For, where the path was bare, The trotting ghost kept on the same : She mittcrcd many a prayer. Yet once again, amidst her fright, She tried what sight could do, When through the cheating gloom of night A monster stood in view ! .Regardless of whatc'er she felt, It followed down the plain... | |
 | mrs. William Thomas Greenup - 1880 - 232 pages
...frame ; For when the path was bare The trotting ghost kept on the same ! She muttered many a prayer. Yet once again, amidst her fright, She tried what...stood in view. Regardless of whate'er she felt, It followed down the plain ! She owned her sins, and down she knelt, And said her prayers again. Then... | |
 | Passages, John Allen Giles - 1881 - 744 pages
...• For when the path was bare, l*he trotting ghost kept on the same ! She mutter'd many a prayer. Yet once again, amidst her fright, She tried what...She own'd her sins, and down she knelt, And said her prayers again. Then on she sped : and hope grew strong, The white park gate in view ; Which pushing... | |
 | 1889 - 742 pages
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 | Ferguson - 1881 - 386 pages
...frame : For, where the path was bare, The trotting ghost kept on the same ' She muttered many a prayer. Yet once again, amidst her fright, She tried what sight could do ; When, through the cheating gloom of night, A monster stood in view. Regardless of whate'er she felt, It followed down the plain... | |
 | Cassell, ltd - 1883 - 562 pages
...For, where the path was bare, 30 The trotting L! host kept on the same ! She mutter' d many a pray'r. Yet once again, amidst her fright, She tried what...glooms of night, A monster stood in view. Regardless of whute'cr she felt, It follow'd down the plain ! She own'd her sins, and down she knelt, And said her... | |
 | 1902 - 386 pages
...frame, For, where the path was bare, The trotting Ghost kept on the same ! She muttered many a prayer. Yet once again, amidst her fright, She tried what...stood in view. Regardless of whate'er she felt, It followed down the plain ! She owned her sins, and down she knelt And said her prayers again. Then on... | |
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She turn'd— it stopt !— nought could she see Upon the gloomy plain ; But, as she strove the Sprite to flee, She heard the same again. Now terror seized her quaking frame ; For, where the path was bare. The trotting Ghost kept on the same : She mutter'd... 
