 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 viiiby Walter Scott - 1836Full view - About this book
 | Francis Turner Palgrave - Children's poetry - 1875 - 168 pages
...Unknown 94 bide, wait * 41 * CUM NOR HALL THE dews of summer night did fall ; The moon, sweet Regent of the sky, Silver'd the walls of Cumnor Hall, And...grew thereby. Now nought was heard beneath the skies ; 5 The sounds of busy life were still, Save an unhappy lady's sighs That issued from that lonely pile.... | |
 | 1875 - 822 pages
...of which is not even now entirely spent." 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. Grainger, who wrote a long and wearisome poem in blank verse on " The Sugar Cane," was the intimate... | |
 | John Bartlett - Quotations - 1875 - 890 pages
...MICKLE. 1734-1788. The dews of summer nights did fall, The moon, sweet regent of the sky,1 Silvered the walls of Cumnor Hall And many an oak that grew thereby. Cumnor Hall. 1 And hail their queen, fair regent of the nigh't. Darwin, The Botanic Garden, Pt. I,... | |
 | James Grant Wilson - English poetry - 1876 - 604 pages
...Mickle. CUMNOR HALL. 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...still), Save an unhappy lady's sighs, That issued from that lonely pile. " Leicester," she cried, " is this the love That thou so oft hast sworn to me,... | |
 | Edward Ford (J.P.) - 1876 - 88 pages
...possibility of " now obtaining from parliament an act of indemnity for "any cruelties." CHAPTER III. Now nought was heard beneath the skies, The sounds...were still, Save an unhappy lady's sighs, That issued from that lonely pile. "Not so the usage I received When happy in my father's hall, No faithless husband... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - English poetry - 1877 - 290 pages
...regent of the sky, Silvered the walls of Cunmor 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, That issued from that lonely pile. " Leicester," she cried, " is this thy love That thou so oft hast sworn to me,... | |
 | Francis Turner Palgrave - Children's poetry, English - 1877 - 326 pages
...Unknown 94 Hde, wait * 41 * CUMNOR HALL THE dews of summer night did fall ; The moon, sweet Regent of the sky, Silver'd the walls of Cumnor Hall, And...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... | |
 | Charles Gibbon - 1877 - 328 pages
...that he could defy all the efforts of Lamington to obtain justice. CHAPTEE V. THE SECRET PASSAGE. " Now, nought was heard beneath the skies, (The sounds...were still) Save an unhappy lady's sighs That issued from that lonely pile. ***** " Thus sore and sad the lady grieved In Cumnor Hall, so lone and drear... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1877 - 294 pages
...regent of the sky, Silvered the walls of Cumuor 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, That issued from that lonely pile. "Leicester," she cried, "is this thy love That thou so oft hast sworn to me,... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1879 - 422 pages
...GEORGE-GOLD NOBLE OF HENRY VIH. CHAPTER THE SIXTH. 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 therehy.* MICKLE. FOUR apartments, which occupied the western side of the old quadrangle at Cumnor-Place,... | |
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