 | John Gibson Lockhart - Authors, Scottish - 1839 - 422 pages
...especially in the moonlight nights ; and he seemed never weary of repeating the first stanza — ' The dews of summer night did fall — The Moon, sweet regent of the sky, Silvered the walls of Cumnor Hall, And many an oak that grew thereby/ " I have thought it worth while... | |
 | John Gibson Lockhart - 1839 - 426 pages
..."especially in the moonlight nights; and he seemed never weary of repeating the first stanza — ' The dews of summer night did fall — The Moon, sweet regent of the sky, Silvered the walls of Cumuor Hall, And many an oak that grew thereby.' " I have thought it worth while... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1853 - 406 pages
...muttering, " Now for a close heart, and an open and unruffled brow," he left the apartmentCHAPTER VI. The dews of summer night did fall, The moon, sweet...of Cumnor Hall, And many an oak that grew thereby.* MlCBXS. FOUR apartments, which occupied the western side of the old quadrangle at Cumnor-Place, had... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1844 - 662 pages
...he died." — BE» Joxsox'e Information to DRUM MOND of Han-thorndes, MS. — SiaRoDЕaT SIBBALB'» Copy. THE dews of summer night did fall; The moon, sweet regent of the sky, Silver'd the walle of Cumnor Hall, And many an oak that grew thereby. Now nought was heard beneath the skies, The... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1844 - 746 pages
...known his own strength, and trusted to the impulses of his heart instead of hie ambition. Cumnor Hall. seemed no force could wake him from his place ; But there came one, w Silvered the walls of Cumnor Hall, And many an oak that grew thereby. Now nought was heard beneath... | |
 | Robert Chambers - Authors, English - 1844 - 738 pages
...known his own strength, and trusted to the impulses of his heart instead of his ambition. Cumnor Ifall. Silvered the walls of Cumnor Hall, And many an oak that grew thereby. Now nought was heard beneath... | |
 | 1856 - 1432 pages
..." haunted " Scott : " The dews of night began to fall, The moon, sweet regent of the sky, Silvered the walls of Cumnor Hall, And many an oak that grew thereby." " This verse," he says, " he will re-arrange as a translator would re-arrange it : " "The nightly dews... | |
 | American literature - 1856 - 606 pages
...which " haunted" Scott. "The dews of night began to fall, The mooo, sweet recent of the sky, Silvered the walls of Cumnor Hall, And many an oak that grew thereby." "This verse," he says, "he will rearrange as a translator would rearrange it:" " The nightly dews commenced... | |
 | William Coombs Dana - Europe - 1845 - 408 pages
...was emerging from the clouds, and the scene was just fitted to bring to mind those sweet lines : " The dews of summer night did fall ; The moon, sweet regent of the sky, Silvered the walls of Cumnor Hall, And many an oak that grew thereby." It was this stanza, which, captivating... | |
 | John Gibson Lockhart - 1845 - 836 pages
...especially in the moonlight nights; and ho beemed never weary of repeating the first sUnz;'. — • The dews of summer night did fall — The Moon, sweet regent of the eky, Silt-ivd the walls of Cumnor Hall, And many ou oak that grew thereby.' " I have thought it worth... | |
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THE dews of summer night did fall; The moon, sweet regent of the sky, Silver'd the walls of Cumnor Hall, And many an oak that grew thereby. 
