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" And peace went with them, one and all, And each calm pillow spread: But Guilt was my grim Chamberlain That lighted me to bed, And drew my midnight curtains round, With fingers bloody red! "
Spirit of the English Magazines - Page 277
1828
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The Eclectic review. vol. 1-New [8th], Volume 30

1828 - 602 pages
...I could not share in childish prayer, Nor join in evening hymn : Like a devil of the pit I seem'd, 'Mid holy cherubim ! ' And peace went with them one...my midnight curtains round, With fingers bloody red ! ' AH night I lay in agony, In anguish dark and deep ; My fever'd eyes I dare not close, But stared...
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The Dream of Eugene Aram: The Murderer

Thomas Hood - English poetry - 1831 - 80 pages
...Devil of the Pit I seem'd, 'Mid holy Cherubim ! I took the dreary body up. And cast it in a stream. " And peace went with them, one and all, And each calm...Guilt was my grim Chamberlain That lighted me to bed ; Arid drew my midnight curtains round, With fingers bloody red ! " All night I lay in agony, In anguish...
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The Knickerbocker: Or, New-York Monthly Magazine, Volume 6

1835 - 534 pages
...relief upon my pillow. It seemed in vain, — for mçthought, That Guilt was the grim chamberlain Who lighted me to bed, And drew my midnight curtains round, With fingers bloody red ! 340 An Old Man's Records. [October, The next day, all the events which led to the deplorable deed...
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American Monthly Knickerbocker, Volume 7

Periodicals - 1836 - 676 pages
...hymn : Like a drvil of the pit I eeem'd, 'Mid holy cherubim! * And peace went with them one and aft, And each calm pillow spread ; But Guilt was my grim...to bed, And drew my midnight curtains round, With fingen bloody red Г '.MI night I lay in agony, In aDguuth dark and deep ; My fever'd eyeĞ I dared...
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American Monthly Knickerbocker, Volume 7

Periodicals - 1836 - 706 pages
...charaborlain That lighted rae to bed, And drew my midnight curtains round, With fingen bloody red1. 'AH night I lay in agony. In anguish dark and deep ; My fever'd eyes ! dared not close, But stared aghast at Sleep ; For Sin hĞd rendered unto her The keyt of hell to...
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American Monthly Knickerbocker, Volume 17

Charles Fenno Hoffman, Lewis Gaylord Clark, Timothy Flint, Kinahan Cornwallis, John Holmes Agnew - American periodicals - 1841 - 564 pages
...childish prayer. Nor join in evening hymn: Like a devil of the pit I seeniM, 'Mid holy cherubim ! 4 And peace went with them one and all, And each calm pillow spread; />M( Guilt teağ my grim Chamberlain That liskud me to bed. And drew my midnifkt curtain* round, With...
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The Eclectic Magazine of Foreign Literature, Science, and Art, Volume 8

American literature - 1846 - 608 pages
...! I could not share in childish prayer, Nor join in evening hymn : Like a Devil of the Pit I seem'd 'Mid holy Cherubim ! " ' And peace went with them,...pillow spread ; But guilt was my grim Chamberlain Thut lighted me to bed, And drew my midnight curtains round, With fingers bloody red ! " ' All night...
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The Literary Remains of the Late Willis Gaylord Clark ..., Volume 56; Volume 276

Willis Gaylord Clark - American literature - 1844 - 486 pages
...seeking relief upon my pillow. It seemed in vain; for methought, That Guilt was the grim chamberlain Who lighted me to bed, And drew my midnight curtains round, With fingers bloody red ! Perhaps a more affecting and melancholy termination of unlawful love never occurred than this. Miss...
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The Poets and Poetry of England, in the Nineteenth Century

Rufus Wilmot Griswold - Authors, English - 1845 - 558 pages
...I could not share in childish prayer, Nor join in evening hymn : Like a devil of Ihe pit I sccm'd, Mid holy cherubim ! " And peace went with them one...not close, But stared aghast at sleep ; For sin had rendcr'd unto her The keys of hell to keep ! " All night I lay in agony, From weary chime to chime,...
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The Prose and Poetry of Europe and America: Consisting of Literary Gems and ...

English literature - 1845 - 614 pages
...I could not share in childish prayer, Nor join in evening hymn : Like a devil of the pit, I seemed, Mid holy cherubim ! " And peace went with them, one...night I lay in agony, In anguish dark and deep ; My fevered eyes I dared not clout, But stared aghast at sleep ; For sin had rendered unto her The keys...
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