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: T «* . door was clos ed , but , like a scanty forav Shrunken with age , its dry and parch d proportions Scarcely its frame-work fill'd ; adown one edge . A uai ^ row line of light did pierce its way , No broader than one snowy thread of silk . * . 1 linger ed near the door—I know not why ; * ' A cold , unearthly trembling , shook my limbs , >) : Attd stariething , superhuman , drew my eye To the small stream of light ; there I beheld A gaunt pale form . He , all suspiciously , -. ' tThough quiet and alone , his fearful looks i ; Cmst round , as if he thought the sightless air - Did watch his deeds * Round and about him Wv
, ^ raiom'din each previce of the silent room , . The , black materials of his murd ' roug work . To apply the fire he more than once attempted * . * But staggering wild , incapable he seem'd , As if some hidden spirit held his hand , : AfaA checiVd tlie murky purpose of his soul . 1 NM ^> clrbtiotislyy again he glared around - ^ JUie tiitft « ch ^ tHl smouldering in his trembling hands ) ^ irike > oBwho had imbibed a project vast , n ^ And too gigantic for his tremulous mind , el Tfeen suddenly , he ey'd his match minutely , f A ^ ^ ° pd as if be listen ed to Borne small ' . Tbm cry . a ^ isuur from his dark soul ' s depth .
A g ulden stride he made ; the sullen ^ esn Of his wTiite cheeks collaps'd , and on their tones , It lay , all-harden'd like to marble cold . 1 v OlkT 1 & , « a look indeed a fearful thing ! ; ' { ' * Strttoge isbadoW « flitted o ' et his brdw , which seeWM \ i ^ Wniiih ki nd , enough to feel his crime ; ? ? Y « t not fentoag ^ h to stay its foul resolve , ' ; ' ' ... A ^^ l g ^^ glided with uneven gait T , . Quicki jwr- » air , and unsteady was his pace ; '
f r , A ^ otb ^ rgliuice around be gave , then eoftly , t * ^^ , fcw 4 y y «* tcWul , the slow fire applied IlViV £ p mj ° ^ W ^^ - ,. Coweri ^ gfy r IW d \ ipoa t ^ he clipping element , ' , Ana wnon . he saw it creeping on ita red ' " ' " Mil MmaWMcii ' , ' With Ture , unerring hoTd , ° ^ ^© ifeeAAi ^ kitf ^ , btf Hiiik a ** y >! f ^ Vrtf : fi * r ^ t ' "iv / */* nur * ^ ¦ .: « • . •; t . n » * '» r » - / i- ' . » H . fi . . ¦ ffOti Hf ^ ll j ;>/ t ! < -, ' , ¦ f > » ) > , ¦¦ . » . ?' ' ^ - ; M « » m * oi ! n y ^ nx bflj : ^ nu-. ii'iM ? . » , . m ;!!¦ ' . ¦•? - .. * ' : : i " ; ' » :-r . ' > i . >> * -v ,
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THE INC ^ IWIAHY .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Nov. 2, 1836, page 680, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2663/page/28/
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