And the silken, sad, uncertain rustling of each purple curtain Thrilled me- filled me with fantastic terrors never felt before; So that now, to still the beating of my heart, I stood repeating, "'Tis some visitor entreating entrance at my chamber door- Some late visitor entreating entrance at my chamber door;- This it is, and nothing more.
Oh! That was poetry!" said Pippin. "Do you really mean to start before the break of day?
The Fellowship of the Ring
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Oh! That was poetry!" said Pippin. "Do you really mean to start before the break of day?
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