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...climbed to the tower of the church, Up the wooden stairs , with stealthy tread , To the belfry- chamber overhead, And startled the pigeons from their perch...silence so deep and still That he could hear, like a sentinel's tread, The watchful night-wind, as it went Creeping along from tent to tent, And seeming...

...rafters, that round him made Masses and moving shapes of shade, — lhe light ladder, slender and tall, -i highest window in the wall, Where he paused to listen...silence so deep and still, That he could hear, like a sentinel's tread, The watchful night-wind, as it went Creeping along from tent to tent, And seeming...

...Up the wooden stairs, with stealthy tread, To the belfry-chamber overhead, And startled the jpjgeons from their perch On the sombre rafters, that round...silence so deep and still That he could hear, like a sentinel's tread, The watchful night-wind, as it went Creeping along from tent to tent, And seeming...

...belfry-chamber overhead, And startled the pigeons from their perch On the sombre rafters, that round him mado Masses and moving shapes of shade, — Up the trembling...silence so deep and still That he could hear, like a sentinel's tread, The watchful night-wind, as it went Creeping along from tent to tent, And seeming...

...of shade. — Up the trembling ladder, steep and tail, To the highest window in the wall. Where be paused to listen and look down A moment on the roofs...silence so deep and still That he could hear, like a sentinel tread, The watchful night-wind, as it went Creeping along from tent to tent, And seeming to...

...paused to listen and look down A moment on the root's of the town, And the moonlight flowing over all. 8 Beneath, in the church-yard, lay the dead In their...silence so deep and still, That he could hear, like a sentinel's tread, The watchful night-wind, as it went Creeping along from tent to tent, And seeming...

...man-of-war; A phantom ship, with each mast and spar Across the moon like a prison har, And a huge black hulk, that was magnified By its own reflection in the tide....roofs of the town, And the moonlight flowing over all. That he could hear, like a sentinel's tread, The watchful night-wind, as it went Creeping along from...

...with eager ears, Till in the silence around him he hears The muster of men at the barrack door, The1 sound of arms, and the tramp of feet, And the measured...silence so deep and still That he could hear, like a sentinel's tread, The watchful night-wind, as it went Creeping along from tent to tent, And seeming...

...stealthy tread, To the belfry chamber overhead, And startled the pigeons from their perch On the somber rafters, that round him made Masses and moving shapes...roofs of the town, And the moonlight flowing over all. 6. Beneath, in the church-yard, lay the dead In their night encampment on the hill, Wrapped in silence...