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 maids, with fearful glance, Avoid the ancient moss-grown wall ; Nor ever lead the merry dance Among the... Lives of Scottish Poets - Page 100by Joseph Robertson - 1822 - 378 pagesFull view - About this book
| Thomas Evans - Ballads, English - 1810 - 386 pages
...tow'rs of Cumnor Hall. The mastiff howl'd at village door, The oaks were shatter'd on the green1 ; Woe was the hour — for never more That hapless countess...manor now no more Is cheerful feast and sprightly ball ; For ever since that dreary hour Have spirits haunted Cumnor Hall. The village maids, with fearful... | |
| Ballads, English - 1814 - 328 pages
...wing Around the 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...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.... | |
| Hugh Usher Tighe - Cumner - 1821 - 100 pages
...wing Around the tow'rs of Cumner Hall. The mastiff howl'd at village door, The oaks were shattered on the green ; Woe was the hour — for never more...manor now no more Is cheerful feast and sprightly ball ; For ever since that dreary hour Have spirits haunted Cumner Hall. The village maids, with fearful... | |
| 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...manor now no more Is cheerful feast and sprightly ball, For ever since thit dreary hour, Have spirits haunted Cumnor Hall. The village maids.with fearful... | |
| British poets - Classical poetry - 1822 - 282 pages
...wing Around the 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...manor now no more Is cheerful feast and sprightly ball ; For ever since that dreary hour Have spirits haunted Cumnor Hall. The village maids, with fearful... | |
| New elegant extracts - 1823 - 402 pages
...wing Around the 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...manor now no more Is cheerful feast and sprightly ball; For ever since that dreary hour Have spirits haunted Cumnor Hall. The village maids, with fearful... | |
| Richard Alfred Davenport - English literature - 1823 - 470 pages
...wing Around the 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...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... | |
| Richard Alfred Davenport - English literature - 1823 - 406 pages
...wing Around the 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
...wing Around the towers of Cumnor Hall. The mastiff howled at village door, The oaks were shattered not weep, if Atticus were he? t Let Sporns tremble * A. Wha Counter e'er was seen. And in that manor, now no more Is cheerful feast or sprightly ball ; For ever... | |
| Walter Scott - 1833 - 474 pages
...wing Around the 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...Manor now no more Is cheerful feast and sprightly ball ; For ever since that dreary hour Have spirits haunted Cumnor Hall. The village maids, with fearful... | |
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