 The village maids, with fearful glance, Avoid the ancient moss-grown wall ; Nor ever lead the merry dance Among the groves of Cumnor Hall. Full many a traveller oft hath sigh'd, And pensive wept the countess...  Waverly Novels: Kenilworth - Page 13by Walter Scott - 1879Full view - About this book
 | Ballads, English - 1814 - 328 pages
...towers of Cumnor Hall. The mastiff howl'd at village door, 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 eheerful feast and sprightly hall ; For" ever sinee that dreary hour Have spirits hannted Cumuor Hall.... | |
 | Robert Laneham - English drama - 1821 - 158 pages
...The mastiff howl'd at village door, The oaks were shattei'd on the green ; Woe was the hour — lor never more That hapless Countess e'er was seen. And...cheerful feast and sprightly ball, For ever since thit dreary hour, Have spirits haunted Cumnor Hall. The village maids.with fearful glance, Avoid the... | |
 | Hugh Usher Tighe - Cumner - 1821 - 100 pages
...taken from Cough's Camden, it is stated that a monument was erected to her memory in St. Mary's Church. And in that manor now no more Is cheerful feast and sprightly ball ; For ever since that dreary hour • Hare spirits haunted Cumnor Hall. Curonor Hall. The apparition was said to appear in the form of... | |
 | Joseph Robertson - Poets, Scottish - 1822 - 414 pages
...tow'rs of Cumnor Hall. The mastiff howl'd at village door, The oaks were shatter VI on the green ; Woe was the hour, for never more That hapless Countess...manor, now no more Is cheerful feast and sprightly hall ; For ever, since that dreary hour, Have spirits haunted Cumnor Hall. The village maids, with... | |
 | Richard Alfred Davenport - English literature - 1823 - 470 pages
...towers of Cumnor Hall. The mastiff howl'd at village door, The oaks were shatter'd on the green ; Woe was the hour — for never more That hapless countess...sprightly ball; For ever since that dreary hour Have spirit* haunted Cumnor Hall. The village maids, with fearful glance, Avoid the ancient moss-grown wall... | |
 | Richard Alfred Davenport - English literature - 1823 - 406 pages
...towers of Cumnor Hall. The mastiff howl'd at village door, 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 iniuuir now no more Is cheerful feast and sprightly ball ; For ever since that dreary hour Have spirits... | |
 | Robert Chambers - American literature - 1830 - 844 pages
...village door, The oaks were shattered on the green; Woe was the hour, for never more That hapless Counter thing of silk, or sprightly ball ; For ever since that, dreary hour Have spirits haunted Cumuor Hall. Tho village... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1833 - 472 pages
...towers of Cumnor Hall. The mastiff howl'd at village door, The oaks were shatter'd on the green ; Woe was the hour — for never more That hapless Countess e'er was seen f And in that Manor now no more Is cheerful feast and sprightly ball ; For ever since that dreary hour... | |
 | Francis Alexander Durivage - Chronology, Historical - 1841 - 794 pages
...Cumnor Hali. The mastiff howled at village door, The oaks were shattered on the gieen ; Woe was that hour — for never more That hapless countess e'er...cheerful feast and sprightly ball, For ever since that drearv hour Have spirits haunted dumnor Hall. The village maids, with fearful glance, Avoid the ancient... | |
 | Book - 1841 - 164 pages
...tow'rs of Cumnor Hall : The mastiff howl'd at village-door ; The oaks were shatter'd on the green : Woe was the hour, — for never more That hapless countess e'er was seen ! id in that manor now no more Is cheerful feast and sprightly ball ; ir ever since that dreary hour... | |
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