 | William Davidson (B.A.), Joseph Crosby Alcock - Analysis (Philosophy) - 1877 - 240 pages
...sung the strain : " Rule Britannia, Britannia rule the waves ! Britons never shall be slaves." 10. 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. 11. There are a thousand joyous... | |
 | Rossiter Johnson - English poetry - 1877 - 308 pages
...dying day, sir, That whatsoever king shall reign, Still I'll be Vicar of Bray, sir. ANONYMOUS. Cfumnot 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. Now naught was heard beneath... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1877 - 602 pages
...muttering, " Now for a close heart, and an open and unruffled brow," he left the apartment. CHAP. VI. Tlie dews of summer night did fall, The moon, sweet regent of the sky, Silver d the walls of Cumnor Hall, And litany an oak that grew thereby. — MICKLE. I OUR apartments,... | |
 | Rossiter Johnson - English poetry - 1877 - 312 pages
...ANONYMOUS. fflumnoc 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. Now naught was heard beneath the skies, The sounds of busy life were still, Save an unhappy lady's sighs,... | |
 | Edward Walford - England - 1878 - 402 pages
...has read Percy's ' Reliques ' can call to mind without a tear the ballad of Mickle, which begins — The dews of summer night did fall ; The moon, sweet...of Cumnor Hall, And many an oak that grew thereby ? And how many Oxford men have never forgotten the walk to Cumnor along the ' Seven-Bridge Road/ and... | |
 | Andrew Kennedy Hutchison Boyd - English essays - 1878 - 814 pages
...fascination in youth (and fce tells us it was not entirely gone even in age), in Mickle's stanza : — The dews of summer night did fall; The moon, sweet regent of the sky, Silvered the walls of Cumnor Hall, And many an onk that grew thereby. Not a remarkable verse, I think.... | |
 | John Ross - English poetry - 1878 - 816 pages
...There's nae Luck about the House." His best undisputed poem, "Cumnor Hall," is not given. CUMNOR HALL. 1. 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. tt. Now nought was heard beneath... | |
 | John Ross - English poetry - 1878 - 786 pages
...There's nae Luck about the House." His best undisputed poem, "Cumnor Hall," is not given. CUMNOR HALL. t. 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. Now nought was heard beneath... | |
 | John Bartlett - Quotations, English - 1878 - 896 pages
...MICKLE. 1734-1788. The dews of summer nights did fall, The moon, sweet regent of the sky,1 Silvered the walls of Cumnor Hall And many an oak that grew thereby. Cumnor Hall. 1 Now Cynthia nam'd, fair regent of the night. Gay, Trivia. Book iii. 1688-1732. And hail... | |
 | Familiar quotations - 1883 - 942 pages
...MICKLE. 1734-1788. The dews of summer nights did fall, The moon, sweet regent of the sky,1 Silvered the walls of Cumnor Hall And many an oak that grew thereby. Cumnor Hall. For there 's nae luck about the house, There 's nae luck at a' ; There 's little pleasure... | |
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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. 
