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" Till, out of breath, he overtakes his fellows, Who gather round and wonder at the tale Of horrid apparition tall and ghastly, That walks at dead of night, or takes his stand O'er some new-open'd grave; and (strange to tell!) Evanishes at crowing of the... "
The Grave: A Poem - Page 4
by Robert Blair - 1903 - 44 pages
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Letters of Literature

John Pinkerton - Literature - 1785 - 532 pages
...hears, The found of fomething purring at his heels. Full faft he flies, and dares not look behind im»j Till out of breath he overtakes his fellows; Who gather...wonder at the tale Of horrid apparition, tall and ghaftly, .^A. That walks at dead of night, or takes bis ftand O'er fome new-open'd grave, and, ftrange...
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The English Parnassus: Being a New Selection of Didactic, Descriptive ...

John Adams - English poetry - 1789 - 376 pages
...hears, The found of fomething purring at his heel : Full full he flies, and dares not look behind him, Till out of breath he overtakes his fellows ; Who...wonder at the tale Of horrid apparition, tall and ghaftly, That walks at dead of night, or takes his ftand O'er fome new-open'd grave ; and, ftrange...
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Extracts, Elegant, Instructive, and Entertaining, in Poetry, Volume 1

Vicesimus Knox - English poetry - 1791 - 966 pages
...hears, The found of fomcthing purring at his .heels : Full faft he flits, and dares not look behind him, Till out of breath he overtakes his fellows; Who gather round, and wonder at the talc Of horrid apparition, tall and ghafily, That walks at dead of night, or takes his ftand O'er fomc...
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The Bee, Or Literary Intelligencer, Volume 13

James Anderson - Books, Reviews - 1793 - 396 pages
...Vicars, The sound of something purring at his heels. Full fast he flies, aad dares not look behind him, Till, out of breath, he overtakes his fellows; Who...O'er some new open'd grave ; and, strange to tell ! livaniihes at ctowing or the cock *. See yonder hallow'd fane! the pious work Of names once fam'd,...
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Roach's Beauties of the Modern Poets of Great Britain: Carefully Selected ...

James Roach - English poetry - 1792 - 284 pages
...hears, The found of fomcthing purring at his heels. Full fafl he flies, and dares not look behind hirn, Till out of breath he overtakes his fellows ; Who...wonder at the tale Of horrid apparition, tall and ghaflly, That walks at dead of night, or takes his flan J O'er fome new open'd grave ; and, flrange...
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The Bee, Or Literary Intelligencer, Volume 13

James Anderson - Books, Reviews - 1793 - 412 pages
...hears, The sound oi something purring at his heels. Full fast he flies, and dares not look behind him, Till, out of breath, he overtakes his fellows; Who...wonder at the tale Of horrid apparition, tall and ghaitly, That walks at dead of night, or takes his stand O'er some new open'd grave i and, strange...
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Memoirs of the Forty-five First Years of the Life of James Lackington, the ...

James Lackington - Booksellers and bookselling - 1795 - 562 pages
...doctor was fo ftudious and abfent, that he knew not what he had done. Yours, &c. C 4 LETTER LETTER IV. " Who gather round, and wonder at the tale «' Of horrid apparition, tall and ghaftly, " That walks at dead of night, or takes his ftand, " O'er fome new-open'd grave : and (ftrange...
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Poems, Moral, Elegant and Pathetic: Vis. Essay on Man

1796 - 246 pages
...hears— The found of fomething purring at his heels : Full faft he flies, and dares not look behind, Till out of breath he overtakes his fellows, Who gather round, and wonder at the tale Of horrrd apparition, tall and ghaftly, That walks at dead of night, or takes his ltand O'erfome new open'd...
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The Beauties of the Poets:: Being a Collection of Moral and Sacred Poetry ...

English poetry - 1800 - 322 pages
...apparition, tall a'ud ghastfy, ' Tha^'walks at' dead of night, or. takes its stand O'er some new-open'd grave ; and (strange to tell !) Evanishes at crowing of the cock. The new-made widow, too, I've sometimes spy'd, Sad sight! slow moving o'er the prostrate dead: Listless,...
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The Poetical Works of Robert Blair: Containing The Grave, Etc., to which is ...

Robert Blair - 1802 - 160 pages
...; Full fast he flies, and dares not look behind him., Till out of breath he overtakes his fellows j Who gather round, and wonder at the tale Of horrid apparition, tall and ghastlr. That walks at dead of night, or takes his stand O'er some new open'd grave ; and (sirangc...
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