 | Rossiter Johnson - English poetry - 1890 - 394 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 - 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... | |
 | Edward Arber - English poetry - 1900 - 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 I weep; Save PHILOMEL on yonder thorn. ' My spirits flag ! My hopes decay ! Still that... | |
 | Edward Arber - English poetry - 1901 - 350 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... | |
 | 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.... | |
 | 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.... | |
 | John Clark Ridpath - Literature - 1903 - 544 pages
...night, as sad I chanced to stray, The village death-bell smote my ear ; They winkeo aside, and seemed to say: ' Countess, prepare — thy end is near.'...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... | |
 | English poetry - 1904 - 610 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... | |
 | Rossiter Johnson - English poetry - 1908 - 398 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... | |
 | Harry Thurston Peck, Frank R. Stockton, Julian Hawthorne - Anthologies - 1901 - 446 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... | |
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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,... 
