 | George Gilfillan - English poetry - 1860 - 360 pages
...smote my ear; They winked aside, and seemed to say, " Countess, prepare — thy end is near." 22 ' 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. 23 ' My spirits flag, my hopes decay ; Still that dread death-bell... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1867 - 354 pages
...pratings rude. " Last night, as sad I chanced to stray, The village death-bell smote my ear; They wiuk'd aside, and seem'd to say, ' Countess, prepare, thy...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... | |
 | Ballads, English - 1863 - 302 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 ! '...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... | |
 | English ballads - 1864 - 296 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...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... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1864 - 356 pages
...sad I chanced to stray, The village death-bell smote my ear; They wink'd aside, and seem'd to say, 1 Countess, prepare, thy end is near ! ' " And now,...I sit lonely and forlorn ; No one to soothe me as I weep, Save Philomel on yonder thorn. " Sly spirits flag— my hopes decay — Still that dread death-bell... | |
 | English ballads - 1864 - 306 pages
...village death-bell smote my ear: They winked aside, and seemed to say, ' Countess, prepare ; thy elid is near ! ' " And now, while happy peasants sleep,...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... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1869 - 696 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,...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... | |
 | George Adlard - 1870 - 402 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 !'...now, while happy peasants sleep, Here I sit lonely aud forlorn ; No one to soothe me as I weep, Save Philomel on yonder thorn. " My spirits flag — my... | |
 | George Adlard - 1870 - 386 pages
...death-bell smote my ear ; They wink'd aside, and seemed to say, ' Countess, prepare — thy end is near P " And now, while happy peasants sleep, Here I sit lonely and forlorn ; " My spirits flag — my hopes decay — Still that dread death-bell smites my ear, And many a boding... | |
 | Samuel Orchart Beeton - American poetry - 1873 - 782 pages
...night, as sad I chanced to stray, » The village death-bell smote my ear ; They wink'd aside, and scem'd pression shares the crime ! ' ' " The material images...Darwin are often less happy than the above, being I weep, Save Philomel on yonder them. My spirits flag, my hopes decay ; Still that dread death-bell... | |
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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,... 
