 | Thomas Evans - Ballads, English - 1810 - 386 pages
...heartfelt sigh she heav'd, And let fall many a bitter tear. And ere the dawn of day appear'd, In Cumnor Hall so lone and drear, Full many a piercing scream...thrice the raven flapp'd its wing Around the tow'rs of Cumnor Hall. The mastiff howl'd at village door, The oaks were shatter'd on the green1 ; Woe was the... | |
 | sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1821 - 414 pages
...horses in the Queen's name, when those which they rode became unfit for sfirvice. 364 CHAPTER XLI. The death-bell thrice was heard to ring . An aerial voice was heard to call ; And thrice the raven flapped its wing , Around the towers of Cumnor-halL Mickle. WE are now to return to that part of our... | |
 | Walter Scott - Great Britain - 1821 - 340 pages
...pressing horses in the Queen's name when those which they rode became unfit for service. CHAPTER XXIV. The death-bell thrice was heard to ring An aerial voice was heard to call : And thrice the raven flapped its wing, Around the towers of Cumnor-hall Mckle. WE are now to return to that part of our... | |
 | Robert Laneham - English drama - 1821 - 158 pages
...heart-felt sigh she heav'd, And let fall many a bitter tear. Anil ere the dawn of dav appear'd In Cunmor Hall, so lone and drear, Full many a piercing scream was heard, And many a cry of moi tal fcai. The death-bell thrice was heard to ring, An aerial voice was heard to call, And thrice... | |
 | Joseph Robertson - Poets, Scottish - 1822 - 414 pages
...the dawn of day appear'd, In Cumnor Hall, so lone and drear, Full many a piercing scream was heatd, And many a cry of mortal fear. The death-bell thrice...was heard to call, And thrice the raven flapp'd its wings Around the tow'rs of Cumnor Hall. The mastiff howl'd at village door, The oaks were shatter VI... | |
 | Richard Alfred Davenport - English literature - 1823 - 470 pages
...heartfelt sigh she heaved, And let fall many a bitter tear. And ere the dawn of day appear'd, In Cumnor Hall so lone and drear, Full many a piercing scream...call, And thrice the raven flapp'd its wing Around the towers of Cumnor Hall. The mastiff howl'd at village door, The oaks were shatter'd on the green ; Woe... | |
 | Richard Alfred Davenport - English literature - 1823 - 406 pages
...heartfelt sigh she heaved, And let fall many a bitter tear. And ere the dawn of day appear'd, In Cumnor Hall so lone and drear, Full many a piercing scream...call, And thrice the raven flapp'd its wing Around the towers of Cumnor Hall. The mastiff howl'd at village door, The oaks were shatter'd on the green ; Woe... | |
 | New elegant extracts - 1823 - 402 pages
...heartfelt sigh she heaved, And let fall many a bitter tear. And ere 'ie dawn of day appear'd, In Cumnor Hall so lone and drear, Full many a piercing scream...call, And thrice the raven flapp'd its wing Around the towers of Cumnor Hall. The mastiff howl'd at village door, The oaks were shatter'd on the green; Woe... | |
 | Robert Chambers - American literature - 1830 - 844 pages
...tear. And ere the dawn of day appeared, In Cumuor Hall, so lone and drear, Full immy a piercing »cream perpendicular, ai flapped his wing Around the towers of Cumnor Hall. The mastiff howled at village door, The oaks were... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1833 - 472 pages
...heartfelt sigh she heaved, And let fall many a bitter tear. And ere the dawn of day appear'd, In Cumnor Hall, so lone and drear, Full many a piercing scream...aerial voice was heard to call, And thrice the raven napped its wing Around the towers of Cumnor Hall. The mastiff howl'd at village door, The oaks were... | |
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Thus sore and sad that lady grieved, In Cumnor Hall, so lone and drear ; And many a heartfelt sigh she heaved, And let fall many a bitter tear. And ere the dawn of day appeared, In Cumnor Hall, so lone and drear. 
