 My spirits flag — my hopes decay — Still that dread death-bell smites my ear ; And many a boding seems to say, ' Countess, prepare, thy end is near...  Lives of Scottish Poets - Page 100by Joseph Robertson - 1822 - 378 pagesFull view - About this book
 | J. C. - Ballads, English - 1860 - 218 pages
...The village death-bell smote my ear : They wink'd aside, and seem'd to say, ' Countess, prepare : thy end is near ! ' " And now, while happy peasants sleep,...Still that dread death-bell smites my ear And many a boding seems to say, ' Countess, prepare : thy end is near !' " Thus, sore and sad, that lady grieved... | |
 | J. C. - Ballads, English - 1860 - 196 pages
...The village death-bell smote my ear: They wink'd aside, and seem'd to say, ' Countess, prepare: thy end is near! * " And now, while happy peasants sleep,...Still that dread death-bell smites my ear And many a boding seems to say, ' Countess, prepare : thy end is near!'' Thus, sore and sad, that lady grieved... | |
 | 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...soothe me as I weep, Save Philomel on yonder thorn. 23 ' My spirits flag, my hopes decay ; Still that dread death-bell smites my ear; And many a body seems... | |
 | George Gilfillan - English poetry - 1860 - 362 pages
...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 smites my ear; And many a body seems to say, "Countess, prepare—thy end is near."' 24 Thus sore and sad that lady grieved In... | |
 | Ballads, English - 1863 - 302 pages
...The village death-bell smote my ear : They winked aside, and seemed to say, ' Countess, prepare ; thy end is near ! ' " And now, while happy peasants sleep,...Still that dread death-bell smites my ear; And many a boding seems to say, 'Countess, prepare; thy end is near!'" Thus, sore and sad, that lady grieved In... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1867 - 354 pages
...The village death-bell smote my ear; They wiuk'd aside, and seem'd to say, ' Countess, prepare, thy end is near! ' " And now, while happy peasants sleep,...Still that dread death-bell smites my ear; And many a boding seems to say, ' Countess, prepare, thy end is near! ' " Thus sore and sad that lady grieved,... | |
 | English ballads - 1864 - 296 pages
...The village death-bell smote my ear: They winked aside, and seemed to say, ' Countess, prepare; thy end is near!' " And now, while happy peasants sleep,...Still that dread death-bell smites my ear; And many a boding seems to say, " Countess, prepare ; thy end is near!"' Thus, sore and sad, that lady grieved... | |
 | 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,...Still that dread death-bell smites my ear ; And many a boding seems to say, " Countess, prepare ; thy end is near ! " ' Thus, sore and sad, that lady grieved... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1864 - 356 pages
...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, while happy peasants sleep,...soothe me as I weep, Save Philomel on yonder thorn. " Sly spirits flag— my hopes decay — Still that dread death-bell smites my ear; And many a boding... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1869 - 696 pages
...The village death-bell smote my ear; They wink'd aside, and seem'd to say, ' Countess, prepare, thy end is near ! ' " And now, while happy peasants sleep,...Still that dread death-bell smites my ear; And many a boding seems to say, 4 Countess, prepare, thy end is near! ' " Thus sore and sad that lady grieved,... | |
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