Lang, Andrew, 1844-1912, Ford, H. J. (Henry Justice), 1860-1941, ill, Speed, Lancelot, 1860-1931, ill · New York, Longmans, Green and co. · leaf 358
From top to toe the Abbot shook. As the Fisherman armed his golden hook. And awfully were his features wrought By some dark dream or wakened thought. Look how the fearful felon gazes On the scaffold his countrys vengeance raises, THE DEVILS DECOY 339 When the hps are cracked and the jaws are… … Wilder far was the xlbbots glance,Deeper far was the Abbots trance :Fixed as a monument, still as air,He bent no knee, and he breathed no prayerBut he signed—he knew not w^hy or how,—The sign of the Cross on his clammy brow. z2 340 THE BED FISHEEMAN There was turning of keys, and creaking of…
English poetry · Children's poetry
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