 And in that manor now no more Is cheerful feast and sprightly ball ; For ever since that dreary hour Have spirits haunted Cumnor Hall. The village maids, with fearful glance, Avoid the ancient moss-grown wall ; Nor ever lead the merry dance Among the...  Lives of Scottish Poets - Page 100by Joseph Robertson - 1822 - 378 pagesFull view - About this book
 | English poetry - 1904 - 610 pages
...mastiff howled at village door, The oaks were shattered on the green; Woe was the hour, for nevermore That hapless Countess e'er was seen. And in that manor now no more Is cheerful feast and sprightly ball ; For ever since that dreary hour Have spirits haunted Cumnor Hall. The village maids, with fearful... | |
 | Frank F. Gibson - Animals - 1904 - 222 pages
...wing Around the towers of Cumnor Hall. The mastiff howled at village door, The oaks were shattered on the green; Woe was the hour, for never more That hapless Countess e'er was seen." It may be merely a coincidence, but there are three incidents common to the two foregoing quotations.... | |
 | Robert D. Blackman - American literature - 1904 - 1196 pages
...The oaks were shattered on the greon : Woe was the hour, —for never more That hapless countess ere was seen. And in that manor now no more Is cheerful feast and sprightly ball, For ever since that dreary hour Have spirits haunted Cumnor Hall. The village maids, with fearful... | |
 | Henry Bernard Cotterill - 1906 - 140 pages
...wing Around the towers of Cumnor Hall. The mastiff how I'd at village door ; The oaks were shatter'd on the green ; Woe was the hour ! for never more That...manor now no more Is cheerful feast and sprightly ball : 70 For ever since that dreary hour Have spirits haunted Cumnor Hall. The village maids, with... | |
 | English periodicals - 1902 - 662 pages
...the estate could be cut down. Lead to a very considerable value was taken from the roof, and sold. And in that manor now no more Is cheerful feast and sprightly ball ! For ever since that dreary hour Have spirits haunted Cumnor Hall. The village maids, with fearful... | |
 | William Stanley Braithwaite - English poetry - 1909 - 1334 pages
...mastiff howled at village door, The oaks were shattered on the green, Woe was the hour, for nevermore That hapless Countess e'er was seen. And in that manor now no more Is cheerful feast and sprightly ball; For ever since that dreary hour Have spirits haunted Cumnor Hall. The village maids, with fearful... | |
 | Recitations - 1909 - 636 pages
...wings Around the towers of Cumnor Hall. The mastiff howled at village door, The oaks were shattered on the green ; Woe was the hour, for never more That hapless countess ere was seen. And in that manor, now no more Is cheerful feast and sprightly ball, For ever since that... | |
 | Marion Harland - Historic buildings - 1910 - 382 pages
...wing Around the towers of Cumnor Hall. The mastiff howled at village door, The oaks were shattered on the green; Woe was the hour — for never more That hapless Countess e'er was seen! as much a figment of the poet's fancy as the "royal magnificence" of the hired house of a story-and-a-half... | |
 | Robert D. Blackman - American literature - 1912 - 1230 pages
...wings Around the towers of Cumnor HalL The mastiff howled at village door, The oaks were shattered on the green : Woe was the hour, —for never more That hapless countess ere was seen. And in that manor now no more Is cheerful feast and sprightly ball, For ever since that... | |
 | Harry Thurston Peck, Frank R. Stockton, Julian Hawthorne - Anthologies - 1901 - 446 pages
...wing Around the towers of Cumnor Hall. The mastiff howled at village door, The oaks were shattered on the green ; Woe was the hour, for never more That...seen. And in that manor, now no more Is cheerful feast or sprightly ball ; For ever since that dreary hour Have spirits haunted Cumnor HalL The village maids,... | |
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