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steeple 1. a tall ornamental tower that forms the superstructure of a church, temple, etc. 2. such a tower with the spire above it steeple [′stē·pəl] (architecture) A tall, tapering structure atop a church tower. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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This derivative, to say the truth, is still countenanced by some traces of the electric fluid evident on the summit of the steeple of the House of the Town-Council. In their midst the central steeple towers proudly up like the mainmast of some great Indiaman among a fleet of coasters. And the people - ah, the people - They that dwell up in the steeple, All alone, And who, tolling, tolling, tolling, In that muffled monotone, Feel a glory in so rolling On the human heart a stone - They are neither man nor woman - They are neither brute nor human - They are Ghouls: - And their king it is who tolls: - And he rolls, rolls, rolls, rolls, Rolls |
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