 The oaks were shatter'd on the green , Woe was the hour — for never more That hapless Countess e'er was seen! And in that Manor now no more Is cheerful feast and sprightly ball; For ever since that dreary hour Have spirits haunted Cumnor Hall. The village...  Kenilworth - Page 9by sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1883Full view - About this book
 | Thomas Evans - Ballads, English - 1810 - 386 pages
...hapless countess e'er was seen. And in that manor now no more Is cheerful feast and sprightly ball ; For ever since that dreary hour Have spirits haunted...a traveller oft hath sigh'd, And pensive wept the countess' fall, As wand'ring onwards they've espied The haunted tow'rs of Cumnor-Hall. XX. •• •... | |
 | Ballads, English - 1814 - 328 pages
...village maids, with fearful glan. Avoid the aneient raossgrown wal(Q9 " 1 Nor ever lead the merry danee, Among the groves of Cumnor Hall. .Full many a traveller oft hath sigh'd, And pensive wept the Countess' fall, As wand'ring onwards they've espied The haunted towers of Cumnor Hall ' FRIAR OF ORDERS... | |
 | Robert Laneham - English drama - 1821 - 158 pages
...dreary hour, Have spirits haunted Cumnor Hall. The village maids.with fearful glance, Avoid the ;mcicnt moss-grown wall ; Nor ever lead the me.rry dance,...a traveller oft hath sigh'd, And pensive wept the Countess' fall, As wandering onwards they've espied The haunted tow'rs of Cumnor Hall. A LETTER: part... | |
 | Hugh Usher Tighe - Cumner - 1821 - 100 pages
...Is cheerful feast and sprightly ball ; For ever since that dreary hour Have spirits haunted Cumner Hall. The village maids, with fearful glance, Avoid...Nor ever lead the merry dance Among the groves of Cumner Hall. Full many a traveller oft hath sigh'd, And pensive wept the Countess' fall, As wand'ring... | |
 | Joseph Robertson - Poets, Scottish - 1822 - 414 pages
...hapless Countess e'er was seen. And, in that manor, now no more Is cheerful feast and sprightly hall ; For ever, since that dreary hour, Have spirits haunted...a traveller oft hath sigh'd, And pensive wept the Countess' fall, As wandering onwards, they 've espied The haunted tow'rs of Cumnor Hall. In 1775, the... | |
 | Richard Alfred Davenport - English literature - 1823 - 406 pages
...hapless countess e'er was seen. And in that iniuuir now no more Is cheerful feast and sprightly ball ; For ever since that dreary hour Have spirits haunted...a traveller oft hath sigh'd, And pensive wept the countess' fall, As wandering onwards they 've espied The haunted towers of Cumnor Hall ! MICKLE. ADMIRAL... | |
 | New elegant extracts - 1823 - 402 pages
...hapless countess e'er was seen. And in that manor now no more Is cheerful feast and sprightly ball; For ever since that dreary hour Have spirits haunted...groves of Cumnor Hall. Full many a traveller oft hath sigb'd, And pensive wept the countess" fall, As .wandering onwards they 've espied The haunted towers... | |
 | Richard Alfred Davenport - English literature - 1823 - 470 pages
...manor now no more Is cheerful feast and sprightly ball; For ever since that dreary hour Have spirit* haunted Cumnor Hall. The village maids, with fearful...a traveller oft hath sigh'd, And pensive wept the countess' fall, As wandering onwards they 've espied , The haunted towers of Cumnor Hall ! MICKLE.... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1824 - 434 pages
...tragedy the subject of a beautiful elegy, called Cumnor-Hall, which concludes with these lines: — The village maids, with fearful glance, Avoid the...Nor ever lead the merry dance Among the groves of Cumnor-Hftll. And many a traveller has sigli'd, And pensive mourn'd thai lady's fall, As wandering... | |
 | High life - 1827 - 444 pages
...construction that could be put upon it. CHAPTER VIII. " The village maids with fearful glance, Avoid the ivy moss-grown wall ; Nor ever lead the merry dance Among the groves of Cumnor-hall. And many a traveller has sigh'd, And pensive mourn'd that lady's fall, As journeying on... | |
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