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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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Through England and Scotland by the West Coast Royal Mail Route ...

George Eyre-Todd - England - 1903 - 236 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...— Save an unhappy lady's sighs, That issued from the lonely pile. " Leicester." she cried, "is this thy love, That thou so oft hast sworn to me, To...
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Voice, Speech and Gesture a Practical Handbook to the Elocutionary Art ...

Robert D. Blackman - American literature - 1904 - 1196 pages
...to have been murdered in order to free the Earl to aspire to the hand of Queen Elizabeth. Now naught was heard beneath the skies, The sounds of busy life...unhappy lady's sighs That issued from that lonely pile. " Lester," she cried, " is this thy love That thou so oft hast sworn to mo, To leave me in this lonely...
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Ballads Old & New...

Henry Bernard Cotterill - 1906 - 140 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 to thee....
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An English Honeymoon

Anne Hollingsworth Wharton - England - 1908 - 350 pages
...seemed to come from the floor below, an infinitely pathetic voice,broke forth in these words: Now nought was heard beneath the skies, The sounds of busy life...in this lonely grove, Immured in shameful privity?" Thus sore and sad that lady grieved, In Cumnor Hall, so lone and drear; And many a heartfelt sigh she...
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Famous Fugitive Poems

Rossiter Johnson - English poetry - 1908 - 398 pages
...regent of the sky, Silvered the walls of Cumnor Hall, And many an oak that grew thereby. Now naught was heard beneath the skies, The sounds of busy life were still, CUMNOR HALL. Save an unhappy lady's sighs, That issued from that lonely pile. " Leicester," she cried,...
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The Book of Georgian Verse

William Stanley Braithwaite - English poetry - 1909 - 1334 pages
...night did fall ; -^- The moon, sweet regent of the sky, Silvered the walls of Cumnor Hall, Now nought was heard beneath the skies — The sounds of busy...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 to thee....
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Shoemaker's Best Selections for Readings and Recitations, Issue 6

Recitations - 1909 - 662 pages
...regent of the night, Silvered the walls of Cumnor Hall, And many an oak that grew thereby. Now naught was heard beneath the skies. The sounds of busy life...unhappy lady's sighs That issued from that lonely pile. To leave me in this lonely grove, Immured iii shameful privity ? " No more thou com'st with lover's...
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Where Ghosts Walk: The Haunts of Familiar Characters in History and Literature

Marion Harland - Historic buildings - 1910 - 382 pages
...the obscure village is thus deplored: "Leicester!" she cried, "is this thy love That thou so oft has sworn to me, To leave me in this lonely grove, Immured in shameful privity?" Three of the best verses are familiar to all who have lent an attentive ear to the pitiful tragedy:...
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Voice, Speech and Gesture: A Practical Handbook to the Elocutionary Art ...

Robert D. Blackman - American literature - 1912 - 1230 pages
...order to free the Earl to aspire to the hand of Queen Elizabeth. Now naught was heard beneath the skioa The sounds of busy life were still, Save an unhappy lady's sighs That issued from that lonely pile. " Lester," she cried, " is this thy love That thou so oft hast sworn to me, To leave me in this lonely...
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The World's Great Masterpieces: History, Biography, Science ..., Volume 21

Harry Thurston Peck, Frank R. Stockton, Julian Hawthorne - Anthologies - 1901 - 446 pages
...regent of the sky — Silvered the walls of Cumnor Hall, And many an oak that grew thereby. Now naught was heard beneath the skies — The sounds of busy...so oft hast sworn to me, To leave me in this lonely grave, Immured in shameful privity ? "No more thou com'st, with lover's Thy once beloved bride to see...
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