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" Silver'd the walls of Cumnor Hall, And many an oak that grew thereby. Now nought was heard beneath the skies, The sounds of busy life were still, Save an unhappy lady's sighs, That issued from that lonely pile. " Leicester," she cried, " is this thy love... "
The journey-book of England. Berkshire (Derbyshire, Hampshire, Kent). - Page 126
by England - 1840
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Tewin-water, or The story of lady Cathcart; a suppl. to the 'History of ...

Edward Ford (J.P.) - 1876 - 88 pages
...of " now obtaining from parliament an act of indemnity for "any cruelties." CHAPTER III. Now nought was heard beneath the skies, The sounds of busy life...unhappy lady's sighs, That issued from that lonely pile. "Not so the usage I received When happy in my father's hall, No faithless husband then me grieved,...
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The Children's Treasury of English Song

Francis Turner Palgrave - Children's poetry, English - 1877 - 326 pages
...Regent of the sky, Silver'd the walls of Cumnor Hall, And many an oak that grew thereby. Now nought was heard beneath the skies ; The sounds of busy life...privity ? ' No more thou com'st with lover's speed ' Thy once-beloved bride to see ; ' But, be she alive, or be she dead, ' I fear, stern Earl, 's the same...
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Waverly Novels: Kenilworth

Walter Scott - 1879 - 422 pages
...regent of the sky, Silver'd the walls of Cumnor Hall, And many an oak that grew thereby. Now nought was heard beneath the skies, The sounds of busy life...issued from that lonely pile. "Leicester," she cried, "ia this thy love That thou so oft hast sworn to me, To leave me in this lonely grove. Immured in shameful...
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In love and war, Volume 2

Charles Gibbon - 1877 - 328 pages
...could defy all the efforts of Lamington to obtain justice. CHAPTEE V. THE SECRET PASSAGE. " Now, nought was heard beneath the skies, (The sounds of busy life...unhappy lady's sighs That issued from that lonely pile. ***** " Thus sore and sad the lady grieved In Cumnor Hall, so lone and drear ; And many a heartfelt...
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Kenilworth

Walter Scott - Great Britain - 1877 - 482 pages
...regent of the sky, Silvered the walls of Cumnor Hall, And many an oak that grew thereby. Now nought was heard beneath the skies, The sounds of busy life...were still, Save an unhappy lady's sighs, That issued trom the lonely pile. "Leicester," she cried, "is this thy love, That thou so oft has sworn to me,...
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Poetical Quotations from Chaucer to Tennyson

Samuel Austin Allibone - Quotations, English - 1878 - 788 pages
...difference in years And fair descent, must make the yoke uneasy. MASSINGER : New Way to Pay Old Debts. " Leicester," she cried, "is this thy love That thou...lonely grove Immured in shameful privity? " No more thqu com'st, with lover's speed, Thy once beloved bride to see : Be she alive or be she dead, I fear,...
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The Book of Scottish Poems: Ancient and Modern

John Ross - English poetry - 1878 - 786 pages
...regent of the sky) Silvered the walls of Cumnor Hall, And many an oak that grew thereby. It. Now nought was heard beneath the skies (The sounds of busy life...unhappy lady's sighs, That issued from that lonely pile, IIt. "Leicester," she cried, " is this the love That thou so oft hast sworn to me ? To leave me in...
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The Book of Scottish Poems: Ancient and Modern

John Ross - English poetry - 1878 - 816 pages
...regent of the sky) Silvered the walls of Cumnor Hall, And many an oak that grew thereby. tt. Now nought was heard beneath the skies (The sounds of busy life...unhappy lady's sighs, That issued from that lonely pile. 1tt. " Leicester," she cried, " is this the love That thou so oft hast sworn to me ? To leave me in...
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First (Second) poetry book, selected and arranged by C. Geikie, Volume 1

John Cunningham Geikie - 1878 - 126 pages
...Regent1 of the sky, Silver'd the walls of Cumnor Hall,2 And many an oak that grow thereby. Now nought was heard beneath the skies ; The sounds of busy life were still, Save an unhappy lady's sighs That issued3 from that lonely pile.4 man. 12 bloody surf. Bloody with the mangled bodies of the men devoured...
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First (Second) poetry book, selected and arranged by C. Geikie, Volume 1

John Cunningham Geikie - 1878 - 242 pages
...Oxford. It belonged to a person dependent on Leicester. " Leicester ! " she cried, " is this thy IOYO That thou so oft hast sworn to me, To leave me in this lonely grove, Immured5 in shameful privity ?8 " No more thou com'st with lover's spaed Thy once-beloved bride to...
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