 | Henry Martyn Field - Eretz Israel - 1884 - 280 pages
...these musical lines : " 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." Repeating these lines a thousand times, he finally wrote this romance of the time of Elizabeth, as... | |
 | David Charles Bell - 1885 - 344 pages
...live he ; And, when he next doth ride abroad, may I be there to see ! M.— CUMNOR HALL.— WicKU. 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 nought was heard beneath... | |
 | Cyril L. C. Locke - English language - 1885 - 114 pages
...once again upon his nimble steed, full slowly pacing o'er the stones with caution and good heed. The dews of summer night did fall : the moon, sweet regent of the sky, silvered the walls of Cumnor Hall. But from the mountain's grassy side a guiltless feast I bring :... | |
 | Walter Scott - English fiction - 1886 - 908 pages
...authorities were perhaps too much relu4 tpon by the Author.] t Note A. Title oi '• Kenilworth." THE dews of summer night did fall The moon, sweet regent...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,... | |
 | John Veitch - English poetry - 1887 - 388 pages
...exquisite lines — " 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." The lines in ' Eskdale Braes ' referring to places known in his youth have some fine touches, suggesting... | |
 | William Black - 1888 - 284 pages
...Kenilworth, were haunting her brain, it is as likely as not that these were the familiar lines : — " 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." But perhaps it was just as well... | |
 | William Black - 1888 - 284 pages
...Kenilworth, were haunting her brain, it is as likely as not that these were the familiar lines : — " The dews of summer night did fall, The moon, sweet regent of the isky, Silvered the walls of Cumnor Hall, And many an oak that grew thereby." But perhaps it was just... | |
 | Quotations, English - 1889 - 934 pages
...their queen-leader from the depths. i. GEOBGE MACDONALD — Within and Without. Ft. IV. Sc. 9. The dews of summer night did fall: The moon, sweet regent of the sky, Silver'd the walls of Cnmnor Hall, And many an oak that grew thereby. j- MICKLE— Citmiior Mall. To behold the wand'ring... | |
 | Rossiter Johnson - English poetry - 1890 - 394 pages
...day, sir, That whatsoever king shall reign, Still I'll be Vicar of Bray, sir. ANONYMOUS. Cumnor 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... | |
 | Nicholas Murray Butler, Frank Pierrepont Graves, William McAndrew - Education - 1909 - 582 pages
...first stanza runs : 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. Of this Lewes gives alternative versions, one literal and one free :— The nightly dews commenced... | |
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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. 
