 | English ballads - 1864 - 296 pages
...night, as sad I chanced to stray, The village death-bell smote my ear: They winked aside, and seemed to say, ' Countess, prepare; thy end is near!' " And...peasants sleep, Here I sit lonely and forlorn; No one to soothe me as I weep, Save Philomel on yonder thorn. " My spirits flag, my hopes decay— Still that... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1864 - 356 pages
...sad I chanced to stray, The village death-bell smote my ear; They wink'd aside, and seem'd to say, 1 Countess, prepare, thy end is near ! ' " And now,...peasants sleep, Here I sit lonely and forlorn ; No one to soothe me as I weep, Save Philomel on yonder thorn. " Sly spirits flag— my hopes decay — Still... | |
 | English ballads - 1864 - 306 pages
...village death-bell smote my ear: They winked aside, and seemed to say, ' Countess, prepare ; thy elid is near ! ' " And now, while happy peasants sleep, Here I sit lonely and forlorn ; No one to soothe me as I weep, Save Philomel on yonder thorn. " My spirits flag, my hopes decay — Still that... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1869 - 696 pages
...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...peasants sleep, Here I sit lonely and forlorn ; No one to soothe me as I weep, Save Philomel on yonder thorn. " My spirits flag — my hopes decay — Still... | |
 | George Adlard - 1870 - 386 pages
...death-bell smote my ear ; They wink'd aside, and seemed to say, ' Countess, prepare — thy end is near P " 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... | |
 | Samuel Orchart Beeton - American poetry - 1873 - 782 pages
...night, as sad I chanced to stray, » The village death-bell smote my ear ; They wink'd aside, and scem'd pression shares the crime ! ' ' " The material images...Darwin are often less happy than the above, being soothe me as I weep, Save Philomel on yonder them. My spirits flag, my hopes decay ; Still that dread... | |
 | Cassell, ltd - 1875 - 452 pages
...night, as sad I chanced to stray, The village death-bell smote my ear ; They winked aside, and seemed to say — ' Countess, prepare — thy end is near.'...peasants sleep, Here I sit lonely and forlorn ; No one to soothe me as I weep, Save Philomel on yonder thorn. " My spirits flag, my hopes decay ; Still that... | |
 | James Grant Wilson - English poetry - 1876 - 604 pages
...night, as sad I chanced to stray, The village death-bell smote my ear; They winked aside, and seemed to say : ' Countess, prepare — thy end is near."...peasants sleep, Here I sit lonely and forlorn; No one to soothe me aa I weep, Save Philomel on yonder thorn. "My spirits flag, my hopes decay; Still that dread... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - English poetry - 1877 - 290 pages
...night, as sad I chanced to stray, The village death-bell smote my ear; They winked aside, and seemed to say, ' Countess, prepare, thy end is near ! ' "And...peasants sleep, Here I sit lonely and forlorn; No one to soothe me as I weep, Save Philomel on yonder thorn. "My spirits flag, my hopes decay, Still that dread... | |
 | Rossiter Johnson - English poetry - 1877 - 308 pages
...night, as sad I chanced to stray, The village death-bell smote my ear; They winked aside, and seemed to say, ' Countess, prepare, thy end is near.' " And...peasants sleep, Here I sit lonely and forlorn; No one to soothe me as I weep, Save Philomel on yonder thorn. "My spirits flag — my hopes decay — Still that... | |
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And now, while happy peasants sleep, Here I sit lonely and forlorn : No one to soothe me as I weep, Save Philomel on yonder thorn. ' My spirits flag— my hopes decay — Still that dread death-bell smites my ear ; And many a boding seems to say, Countess,... 
