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" Nor, cruel earl! can I enjoy The humble charms of solitude; Your minions proud my peace destroy, By sullen frowns, or pratings rude. "Last night, as sad I chanced to stray, The village death-bell smote my ear; They winked aside, and seemed to say, ' Countess,... "
The journey-book of England. Berkshire (Derbyshire, Hampshire, Kent). - Page 127
by England - 1840
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Abbotsford Series of the Scottish Poets,

George Eyre-Todd - 1896 - 256 pages
...village death-bell smote my ear: They winked aside, and seemed to say 'Countess, prepare, thy end is near!' " And now, while happy peasants sleep, Here I sit lonely and forlorn; " My spirits flag, my hopes decay, Still that dread death-bell smites my ear; And many a boding seems...
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Kenilworth

Walter Scott - Great Britain - 1898 - 936 pages
...death-bell smote my ear ; They wink d aside, and se> med to say, • Countess, prepare, thy end ie near! ' "And now, while happy peasants sleep, Here I sit lonely and forlorn ; No one to soothe me as 1 weep, Save Philomel on yonder thorn. " My spirits flag— my hopes decayStill that dread death-bell...
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British Anthologies, Volume 9

Edward Arber - English poetry - 1900 - 482 pages
...village death bell smote my ear. They winked aside, and seemed to say, " Countess, prepare ! Thy end is near ! " 'And now, while happy peasants sleep, Here...My spirits flag ! My hopes decay ! Still that dread death bell smites my ear! And many a boding seems to say, "Countess, prepare! Thy end is near!"' Thus,...
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The Goldsmith Anthology, 1745-1774

Edward Arber - English poetry - 1901 - 350 pages
...village death bell smote my ear. They winked aside, and seemed to say, "Countess, prepare! Thy end is near!" 'And now, while happy peasants sleep, Here...My spirits flag ! My hopes decay ! Still that dread death bell smites my ear ! And many a boding seems to say, "Countess, prepare! Thy end is near!"' Thus,...
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The Fireside Encyclopedia of Poetry: Comprising the Best Poems of the Most ...

Henry Troth Coates - American poetry - 1901 - 1080 pages
...wink'd aside, and seem VI to say, 'Countess, prepare, thy end is near!" "And now, while happy peasant? sleep, Here I sit lonely and forlorn ; No one to soothe...me as I weep, Save Philomel on yonder thorn. " My spirit,* flag — my hopes decay — Still that dread death-hell smites uiv And many a boding seems...
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Palaestra

English literature - 1901 - 756 pages
...dieser Annahme nicht zu überzeugen3) und möchte es so') Vgl. auch Mickle's Cumnor Hall, XXII. 1—2: 'And now, while happy peasants sleep, Here I sit lonely and forlorn.' 2J Vgl. Anhang Nr. 4. ") Dass sich ein Theaterheld als Schurke bekennt, kommt doch oft genug vor; vgl....
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Quellenstudien zu Robert Burns, 1773-1791

Otto Ritter - 1901 - 280 pages
...dieser Annahme nicht zu überzeugen3) und möchte es soJ) Vgl. auch Mickle's Cumnor Hall, XXII, 1—2: 'And now, while happy peasants sleep, Here I sit lonely and forlorn.' 2) Vgl. Anhang Nr. 4. 3) Dass sich ein Theaterheld als Schurke bekennt, kommt doch oft genug vor; vgl....
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The Ridpath Library of Universal Literature: A Biographical and ..., Volume 16

John Clark Ridpath - Literature - 1903 - 544 pages
...death-bell smote my ear ; They winkeo aside, and seemed to say: ' Countess, prepare — thy end is near.' " And now, while happy peasants sleep, Here I sit lonely and forlorn ; No one to sootne me as I weep, Save Philomel on yonder thorn. " My spirits flag, my hopes decay ; Still that...
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The World's Best Poetry ...

English poetry - 1904 - 1058 pages
...village death-bell smote my ear; They winked aside, and seemed to say, ' Countess, prepare, thy end is near.' " And now, while happy peasants sleep, Here I sit lonely and forlorn ; No one to sooihe me as I weep, Save Philomel on yonder thorn. " My spirits flag — my hopes decay — Still...
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Ballads Old & New...

Henry Bernard Cotterill - 1906 - 140 pages
...pine and waste with care, Like the poor plant, that, from its stem Divided, feels the chilling air. ' My spirits flag ; my hopes decay ; Still that dread death-bell smites my ear : 50 And many a boding seems to say Thus sore and sad the lady grieved In Cumnor Hall so lone and drear...
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