 The dews of summer night did fall ; The moon, sweet regent of the sky, Silver'd the walls of Cumnor Hall, And many an oak that grew thereby.  Kenilworth - Page viiiby Walter Scott - 1836Full view - About this book
 | Thomas Evans - Ballads, English - 1810 - 384 pages
...of retirement for the monks of Abington. A HE dews of summer night did fall, The moon (sweet regent of the sky) Silver'd the walls of Cumnor Hall, And...still-,) • Save an unhappy lady's sighs, That issued from that lonely pile. * - • " Leicester," she cried, " is this thy love " That thou so oft has sworn... | |
 | Hugh Usher Tighe - Cumner - 1821 - 100 pages
...JL HE dews of summer night did fall, The moon (sweet regent of the sky) Silver'd the walls of Cumner Hall, And many an oak that grew thereby. Now nought...still,) Save an unhappy lady's sighs, That issued from that lonely pile. " Leicester," she cried, " is this thy love, " That thou so oft has sworn to... | |
 | Robert Laneham - English drama - 1821 - 158 pages
...summer night did fall, The moon, sweet regent of the sky, Silver'd the walls of Cumnor Hall, And miny an oak that grew thereby. Now nought was heard beneath...were still, Save an unhappy lady's sighs, That issued from that lonely pile. " Leicester," she cried, " is this thy love " That thou so oft has sworn to... | |
 | Joseph Robertson - Poets, Scottish - 1822 - 414 pages
...antique spelling is dropped. CUMNOR HALL. The dews of Summer night did fall, The moon, sweet regent of the sky, Silver'd the walls of Cumnor Hall, And...skies, The sounds of busy life were still, . Save an unbappy lady's sighs, That issued from that lonely pile. " Leicester," she cried, " is this the love... | |
 | Richard Alfred Davenport - English literature - 1823 - 406 pages
...she sunk, and died. MICKLE. CUMNOR HALL. THE dews of summer night did fall, The moon (sweet regent of the sky) Silver'd the walls of Cumnor Hall, And...still), Save an unhappy lady's sighs, ^ That issued from that lonely pile. ' Leicester (she cried), is this thy love, That thou so oft hast sworn to m«,... | |
 | Richard Alfred Davenport - English literature - 1823 - 470 pages
...she sunk, and died. SUCKLE. CUMNOR HALL. THE dews of summer night did fall, The moon (sweet regent of the sky) Silver'd the walls of Cumnor Hall, And...still), Save an unhappy lady's sighs, That issued from that lonely pile. ' Leicester (she cried), is this thy love, That thou so oft hast sworn to me,... | |
 | New elegant extracts - 1823 - 402 pages
...she sunk, and died. MICKLE. CUMNOR HALL. THE dews of summer night did fall, The moon (sweet regent of the sky) Silver'd the walls of Cumnor Hall, And...still), Save an unhappy lady's sighs, That issued from that lonely pile. ' Leicester (she cried), is this thy love, That thou so oft hast sworn to me,... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1833 - 472 pages
...others are sufficiently prosaic. CUMNOR HALL. The dews of summer night did fall ; The moon, sweet regent of the sky, Silver'd the walls of Cumnor Hall, And...were still, Save an unhappy lady's sighs, That issued from that lonely pile. " Leicester,** she cried, " is this thy love That thou so oft has sworn to me,... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1833 - 474 pages
...dews of summer night did fall ; The moon, sweet regent of the sky, Silver'd the walls of Cumnor Hill, And many an oak that grew thereby. Now nought was...were still, Save an unhappy lady's sighs, That issued from that lonely pile. " Leicester," she cried, " is this thy love That thou so oft has sworn to me,... | |
 | John Gibson Lockhart - Authors, Scottish - 1839 - 422 pages
...first stanza — ' The dews of summer night did fall — The Moon, sweet regent of the sky, Silvered the walls of Cumnor Hall, And many an oak that grew thereby/ " I have thought it worth while to preserve these reminiscences of his companions at the time, though... | |
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