 | Walter Scott - Great Britain - 1877 - 482 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 1 weep, Save Philomel on yonder thorn. " My spirits flag — my hopes decay — Still... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1879 - 422 pages
...night, as sad I chanced to stray, The village death-bell smote my ear; They wink'd 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... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1877 - 294 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... | |
 | John Ross - English poetry - 1878 - 786 pages
...smote my ear ; They winked aside, and seemed to say, ' Countess, prepare — thy end is near. ' XXII. 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. XXIIt. My spirits flag, my hopes decay ; Still... | |
 | John Ross - English poetry - 1878 - 816 pages
...smote my ear ; They winked aside, and seemed to say, ' Countess, prepare—thy end is near.' XXtt. And now, while happy peasants sleep, Here I sit lonely and forlorn ; xxin. My spirits flag, my hopes decay ; Still that dread death-bell smitesmy ear; And many a boding... | |
 | George Gilfillan - 1881 - 368 pages
...smote my ear; They winked aside, and seemed to say, " Countess, prepare — thy end is near." 22 ' 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. 23 ' My spirits flag, my hopes decay ; Still that... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1883 - 1018 pages
...pratings rude. Last night, as sad I chanced to stray, The village death-bell smote my ear ; They winked aside, and seem'd to say, *' Countess, prepare, thy...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... | |
 | Girls - 1883 - 162 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.'...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... | |
 | sir Walter Scott (bart.) - Great Britain - 1883 - 422 pages
...night, as sad I chanced to stray, The village death-bell smote my ear ; They wink'd 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... | |
 | sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1884 - 544 pages
...night, as sad I chancod to stray, The village death-bell smote my car ; They wink'd 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. Savu Philomel on yonder thorn. '•My spirits flag— my hopes decay — Still... | |
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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,... 
