| Walter Scott - 1833 - 474 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 ! '...sleep, Here I sit lonely and forlorn ; No one to soothe mi; as I weep, Save Philomel on yonder thorn. " My spirits flag — my hopes decay — Still that dread... | |
| Walter Scott - 1836 - 564 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 !' " And...I sit lonely and forlorn ; No one to soothe me as I weep, Save Philomel on yonder thorn. " My spirits flag*— my hopes decayStill that dread death-bell... | |
| England - 1840 - 784 pages
...death-bell smote my ear ; Thev wink'd aside, and seemed to say, • Countess, prepare, thy end : , near !' "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... | |
| Book - 1841 - 164 pages
...By sullen frowns, or prating rude. " Last night, as sad I chanc'd to stray, The village death-bell smote my ear : They wink'd aside, and seem'd to say,...is near !' " And now, while happy peasants sleep, " My spirits flag, my hopes decay — Still that dread death-bell smites my ear ; And many a boding... | |
| Walter Scott - 1853 - 406 pages
...By sullen frowns or pratings rude. " Last night, as sad I chanced to stray, The village death-bell smote my ear ; They wink'd aside, and seem'd to say, * Countess, prepare, thy end ia near 1* ** And now, while happy peasants sleep, Here I sit lonely and forlorn ; No one to soothe... | |
| Walter Scott - Historical fiction, Scottish - 1844 - 658 pages
...By sullen frowns or pratings rude. ' Last night, as sad I chanced to stray, The village death-bell smote my ear; They wink'd aside, and seem'd to say, ' Countess, prepare, thy end is near !' 1 And now, while happy peasants sleep, Here I sit lonely and forlorn; No one to sooth me as I weep,... | |
| Walter Scott - 1844 - 662 pages
...peace destroy, By sullen frowns orpratings rude. ' Last night, as sad I chanced to stray, The village death-hell smote my ear ; They wink'd aside, and seem'd...peasants sleep, Here I sit lonely and forlorn; No one to sooth me as I weep, Save Philomel on yonder thorn. " My spirits flag— my hopes decay — Still that... | |
| Robert Chambers - 1844 - 746 pages
...night, as sad I chanced to stray, The village death-bell smote my ear ; They winked aside, and seemed )3+ * - - I weep, Save Philomel on yonder thorn. My spirits flag, my hopes decay ; Still that dread death-bell... | |
| Robert Chambers - Authors, English - 1844 - 738 pages
...night, as sad I chanced to stray, The village death-bell smote my ear ; They winked aside, and seemed se, which never in that sort Had handled been before,...upon hie back had got Did wonder more and more. Awa ; Тч'о one to soothe me as I weep, Save Philomel on yonder thorn. My spirits flag, my hopes decay... | |
| Book - English poetry - 1847 - 216 pages
...frowns or prating rude. CUMNOR HALL. 131 Last night, as sad I chanc'd to stray, The village death-bell smote my ear : They wink'd aside, and seem'.d to say,...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... | |
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