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" The dews of summer night did fall ; The moon, sweet regent of the sky, Silver'd the walls of Cumnor Hall, And many an oak that grew thereby. "
Kenilworth - Page viii
by Walter Scott - 1836
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Specimens with Memoirs of the Less-known British Poets, Volume 3

George Gilfillan - English poetry - 1860 - 360 pages
...moon, sweet regent of the sky, Silvered the walls of Cumnor Hall, And many an oak that grew thereby. 2 Now nought was heard beneath the skies, The sounds...were still, Save an unhappy lady's sighs, That issued from that lonely pile. 3 ' Leicester/ she cried, ' is this thy love That thou so oft hast sworn to...
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A Book of Favourite Modern Ballads

J. C. - Ballads, English - 1860 - 218 pages
...moon, sweet regent of the sky. Silver' d the walls of Cumnor Hull. And many an oak that grew thereln-. Now nought was heard beneath the skies The sounds...were still Save an unhappy lady's sighs, That issued from that lonely pile. " Leicester!" she cried, "is this thy love. That thou so oft hast sworn to me,...
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Third period - From Dryden to Cowper

George Gilfillan - English poetry - 1860 - 362 pages
...poet.' 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. 2 Now nought was heard beneath the skies, The sounds of busy life were still, Save an unhappy lady's...
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Fraser's Magazine, Volume 64

1861 - 882 pages
...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 oak that grew thereby. Not a remarkable verse, I think. However, it at least presents a pleasant picture. But I remember well...
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Leisure hours in town, by the author of The recreations of a country parson

Andrew Kennedy Hutchison Boyd - 1862 - 400 pages
...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 oak that grew thereby. Not a remarkable verse, I think. However, it at least presents a pleasant picture. But I remember well...
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Old English Ballads: A Collection of Favourite Ballads of the Olden Time

Ballads, English - 1863 - 302 pages
...welcome grave. CUMNOR HALL. By WJ Micktc. HE dews of summer night did fall; The moon, sweet regent of the sky, Silver'd the walls of Cumnor Hall, And...still — Save an unhappy lady's sighs, That issued from that lonely pile. "Leicester!" she cried, "is this thy love That thou so oft hast sworn to me,...
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An index to familiar quotations selected principally from British authors ...

John Cooper Grocott - 1863 - 562 pages
...SHAESPERE. — King John, Act IV. Scene 2. The dews of summer night did fall ; The moon, sweet regent of the sky, Silver'd the walls of Cumnor Hall, And many an oak that grew thereby. MICELE. — See Scott's Introduction to Kenil worth. 1. By yonder blessed moon I swear. 2. O, swear...
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Waverley Novels, Volume 1

Walter Scott - 1867 - 354 pages
...apartment. CHAPTER VI. The dews of summer night did fall, The moon, sweet regent of the sky, Silrer'd the walls of Cumnor Hall, And many an oak that grew thereby. • HICKLK. FOUR apartments, which occupied the western side of the old quadrangle at Cumnor-Place,...
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Leisure Hours in Town

Andrew Kennedy Hutchison Boyd - 1863 - 446 pages
...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 oak that grew thereby. Not a remarkable verse, I think. However, it at least presents a pleasant picture. But I remember well...
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Old English ballads, favourite ballads of the olden time

English ballads - 1864 - 296 pages
...welcome grave. CUMNOR HALL. By WJ Mickle. HE dews of summer night did fall; The moon, sweet regent of the sky, Silver'd the walls of Cumnor Hall, And...still— Save an unhappy lady's sighs, That issued from that lonely pile. " I^icester!" she cried, "is this thy love That thou so oft hast sworn to me,...
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