...become, as though suddenly, more desolate and hastening to decay. " O'er all there hung a shadow and a fear ; A sense of mystery the spirit daunted, And...plain as whisper in the ear, The place is haunted." But, unalarmed by those silly suspicions, Mr. Wye took very practical steps for Phoebe's safety. The...

...growing, till one almost dreads the ever-recurring refrain — "O'er all there hung a shadow and a fear, A sense of mystery the spirit daunted, And said as plain as whisper to the ear, The place is Haunted." The Elm-tree is a poem on similar lines, but it is not nearly so...

...ruined, desolate, forlorn, and savage ; No hand or foot within the precinct came To rectify or ravage. "For over all there hung a cloud of fear ; A sense...daunted, And said, as plain as whisper in the ear, ' The house is haunted !' " The centipede along the threshold crept ; The cobweb hung across in mazy tangle,...

...unearthly echoes sounded from the stair, apparitions met the straining eye-ball upon every landing— " For over all there hung a cloud of fear, A sense of...plain as whisper in the ear, The place is haunted I" and he retired affrighted, with the big, cold drops upon his brow, and it must be a powerful motive...

... « * c HOUSEHOLD OF BOUVERIE ; OK, THE ELIXIR OF GOLD. BY A SOUTHERN LADY. "For over all there hung a cloud of fear ; A sense of mystery the spirit daunted, And snitl as plain as whisper in the ear, The place is haunted." THOMAS UOOD (TT,e Haunted HOUM\ " Dark...

...unholy presence, augurs truly ; And with a grim significance flits round The taper burning blucly. Such omens in the place there seemed to be, At every...of mystery the spirit daunted, And said, as plain aa whisper in the car, The place is haunted ! Yet no portentous shape the sight amazed ; Each object...

...horn — no hospitable token, — All social ties between that board and Man Had long ago been broken. For over all there hung a cloud of fear, A sense of...plain as whisper in the ear, The place is Haunted ! PART III. 'Tis hard for human actions to account, Whether from reason or from impulse only — But...

...crimson unimpaired by time, In such a wondrous manner ! O'er all there hung the shadow of a fear 5 A sense of mystery the spirit daunted, And said, as...plain as whisper in the ear, The place is haunted ! The death-watch ticked behind the panelled oak, Inexplicable tremors shook the arras, And echoes...

...step so many echoes blended; The mind, with dark misgivings, feared to guess How many feet ascended. For over all there hung a cloud of fear, A sense of...plain as whisper in the ear — The place is haunted. HOOD. Mr second day's journey was more uneventful than the first, for no one disturbed my solitude,...

...then prevented the light of the moon from entering the chamber. " O'er all there hung n shadow and a fear ; A sense of mystery the spirit daunted, And...plain as whisper in the ear, The place is haunted." But the cloud floated by, and the stream of light which immediately followed enabled me to ascertain...