 | Book - 1854 - 496 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...voice was heard to call, And thrice the raven flapp'd his wing Around the towers of Cumnor Hall. The mastiff howl'd at village door, The oaks were shatter'd... | |
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray IV, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) - English literature - 1854 - 568 pages
...its prophetic tongue will sometimes announce to persons who are about to die their impending doom. ' The death-bell thrice was heard to ring, An aerial...call, And thrice the raven flapp'd its wing Around the towers of Cumnor Hall.' VOL. xcv. NO. cxc. z Rogers, Rogers, in his lines on an ' Old Oak,' alludes... | |
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray IV, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) - English literature - 1854 - 568 pages
...its prophetic tongue will sometimes announce to persons who are about to die their impending doom. ' The death-bell thrice was heard to ring, An aerial...call, And thrice the raven flapp'd its wing Around the towers of Cumnor Hall.' VOL, xcv. xo. cxc. z Rogers, Rogers, in his lines on an ' Old Oak,' alludes... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell - American periodicals - 1855 - 588 pages
...its prophetic tongue will sometimes announce to persons who are about to die their impending doom. *' The death-bell thrice- was heard to ring ; An aerial voice was heard to call ; And thrico the raven flapped its \vintr Around the towers of Cumnor llall." Rogers, in his lines on an... | |
 | Walter Scott - English fiction - 1855 - 776 pages
...appealed, In Cumbur Hall, so lone and drear. Full many a piercing scream was hoard, And пишу а y, like one who only delayed till the supplicant's back was tu «erial voice was heard to coll, And thrice the raven flapp'd its wins Around the towers of Cunmor... | |
 | Charles William Smith (professor of elocution.) - 1857 - 338 pages
...she heaved, And let fall many a bitter tear. And ere the dawn of day appeared, In Cumnor Hall so long and drear, Full many a piercing scream was heard,...mortal fear. The death-bell thrice was heard to ring, Ail aerial voice was heard to call ; And thrice the raven napped his wing Around the towers of Cumnor... | |
 | William Sidney Gibson - 1858 - 326 pages
...its prophetic tongue will sometimes announce to persons who are about to die their impending doom. The death-bell thrice was heard to ring, An aerial...call, And thrice the raven flapp'd its wing Around the towers of Cumnor Hall. Rogers, in his lines on an " Old Oak," alludes to the same superstition : —... | |
 | India - 1859 - 598 pages
...owl scriohing loud, Puts the wretch that lies in woe In remembrance of a shroud."* " The death bell thrice was heard to ring, An aerial voice was heard to call, And thrice the raven flapped his wing, Around the towers of Cuinnor Hall. The mastiff howled at village door, The oaks were... | |
 | J. C. - Ballads, English - 1860 - 218 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 was heard, And many a cry of mortal fear. CCMNOK HALL. The death-bell thrice was heard to ring : An aerial voice was heard to call ; And thrice... | |
 | J. C. - Ballads, English - 1860 - 196 pages
...heartfelt sigh she heaved, And let fall many a bitter tear. And ere the dawn of day appear'd h, Cumnor Hall, so lone and drear. Full many a piercing scream was heard. And many a cry of mortal fear. OTMNOR HALL. The death-bell thrice was heard to ring; An aerial voice was heard to call: And thrice... | |
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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. 
