| English literature - 1868 - 608 pages
...Square), 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 Hull, " And many an oak that grew thereby." ' That the impression made... | |
| English literature - 1868 - 608 pages
...the first stanza : f The dews of snmmer night did fall, The moon, sweet regent of the sky, Silvered the walls of Cumnor Hall, And many an oak that grew thereby." ' That That the impression made by this poem was as clear as it was enduring, we have the best proof... | |
| Walter Scott - 1869 - 696 pages
...muttering, " Now for a close heart, and an open and unruffled brow," he left the apartment CHAPTER VI. The dews of summer night did fall, The moon, sweet regent of ths sky, Silver'd the walls of Cumnor Hall, And many an oak that grew thereby * MICKLE. FOUR apartments,... | |
| George Adlard - 1870 - 386 pages
...from that the present excerpt has been made, which is now presented to the reader :2 " CUMJSTOE HALL. 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. Now nought was heard beneath... | |
| James Frothingham Hunnewell - Europe - 1871 - 534 pages
...even now entirely spent " [1831]. The opening and also the closing lines of the poem are these : — " The dews of summer night did fall ; The moon, sweet...of Cumnor Hall, And many an oak that grew thereby. Full many a traveller oft hath sigh'd, And pensive wept the Countess' fall, As wandering onwards they've... | |
| Hips - 1871 - 106 pages
...spilt upon her dress changed the fortunes of Europe. 2. A city of Canaan, taken by stratagem. 3. ' The dews of summer night did fall: The moon, sweet regent of the sky, Silver'd the walls of Cumnor ; And many an oak that grew thereby.' 4. An Indian term (generally applied to rupees), which has a... | |
| Blanchard Jerrold - Novelists, English - 1872 - 502 pages
...especially in the moonlight nights, and he seemed never weary of repeating the first stanza j — " ' 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.' " That the impression made by... | |
| George Robert Gleig - 1871 - 156 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.' " That the impression made by... | |
| Mrs. Molesworth - 1872 - 314 pages
...fascination the first verse of the old ballad of " Cumnor Hall" had for him. Do you remember — " The dews of summer night did fall, The moon, sweet...of Cumnor Hall, And many an oak that grew thereby." I only remember that verse ; I don't care a bit for the rest of the ballad, though no doubt we owe... | |
| Nathan Boughton Warren - Christmas stories - 1872 - 310 pages
...in groups over the park beyond the walls of the court-yard, reminded me of a favorite old song : " The moon, sweet regent of the sky, Silver'd the walls...of Cumnor Hall, And many an oak that grew thereby." I thought of the quaint fun and merriment I had just witnessed ; of the unexpected appearance of my... | |
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