 | Rossiter Johnson - English poetry - 1908 - 398 pages
...regent of the sky, Silvered the walls of Cumnor Hall, And many an oak that grew thereby. Now naught was heard beneath the skies, The sounds of busy life were still, CUMNOR HALL. Save an unhappy lady's sighs, That issued from that lonely pile. " Leicester," she cried,... | |
 | William Stanley Braithwaite - English poetry - 1909 - 1334 pages
...of summer night did fall ; -^- The moon, sweet regent of the sky, Silvered the walls of Cumnor Hall, Now nought was heard beneath the skies — The sounds...'Leicester,' she cried, ' is this thy love That thou so oft hast sworn to me, To leave me in this lonely grove, Immured in shameful privity ? 'No more thou com'st... | |
 | Recitations - 1909 - 636 pages
...regent of the night, Silvered the walls of Cumnor Hall, And many an oak that grew thereby. Now naught was heard beneath the skies. The sounds of busy life...unhappy lady's sighs That issued from that lonely pile. To leave me in this lonely grove, Immured iii shameful privity ? " No more thou com'st with lover's... | |
 | Marion Harland - Historic buildings - 1910 - 382 pages
...her "faithless husband." Her residence in the "lonely pile" in the obscure village is thus deplored: "Leicester!" she cried, "is this thy love That thou...in this lonely grove, Immured in shameful privity?" Three of the best verses are familiar to all who have lent an attentive ear to the pitiful tragedy:... | |
 | Robert D. Blackman - American literature - 1912 - 1230 pages
...order to free the Earl to aspire to the hand of Queen Elizabeth. Now naught was heard beneath the skioa The sounds of busy life were still, Save an unhappy lady's sighs That issued from that lonely pile. " Lester," she cried, " is this thy love That thou so oft hast sworn to me, To leave me in this lonely... | |
 | Walter Scott - Great Britain - 1923 - 716 pages
...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. Now nought was heard beneath...grove, Immured in shameful privity? 'No more thou com'st with lover's speed, Thy once beloved bride to see; But be she alive, or be she dead, I fear,... | |
 | Sir Walter Scott - 1902 - 378 pages
...lady's sighs, That issued from that lonely pile. ' Leicester/ she cried, 'is this thy love That them so oft has sworn to me, To leave me in this lonely...grove, Immured in shameful privity ? ' No more thou com'st with lover's speed, Thy once beloved bride to see ; But be she alive, or be she dead, I fear,... | |
 | Harry Thurston Peck, Frank R. Stockton, Julian Hawthorne - Anthologies - 1901 - 446 pages
...regent of the sky — Silvered the walls of Cumnor Hall, And many an oak that grew thereby. Now naught was heard beneath the skies — The sounds of busy...Leicester," she cried, " is this thy love That thou so oft hast sworn to me, To leave me in this lonely grave, Immured in shameful privity ? "No more thou com'st,... | |
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Silver'd the walls of Cumnor Hall, And many an oak that grew thereby. Now nought 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... 
