...They crossed the court : right glad they were. Outside her kennel, the mastiff old Lay fast asleep, in moonshine cold. The mastiff old did not awake,...the mastiff bitch ? Never till now she uttered yell Beneath the eye of Christabel. Perhaps it is the owlet's scritch : They passed the hall, that echoes...

...They crossed the court : right glad they were. Outside her kennel, the mastiff old Lay fast asleep, in moonshine cold. The mastiff old did not awake,...the mastiff bitch ? Never till now she uttered yell Beneath the eye of Christabel. Perhaps it is the owlet's scritch : They passed the hall, that echoes...

...her kennel, the mastiff old Lay fast asleep, in moonshine cold. The mastiff old did not awake, Vet she an angry moan did make ! And what can ail the...Never till now she uttered yell 150 Beneath the eye of Christabe!. Perhaps it is the owlet's scritch : For what can ail the mastiff bitch ? They passed the...

...crossed the court : right glad they were. Outside her kennel, the mastiff old 145 Lay fast asleep, in moonshine cold. The mastiff old did not awake, Yet she an angry inoan did make ! And what can ail the mastiff bitch? Never till now she uttered yell 150 Beneath the...

...lies, The Cynosure of neighbouring eyes. Coleridge used the freer four-beat verse in Christabel; eg: They passed the hall, that echoes still, Pass as lightly as you will! The brands were flat, the brands were dying, Amid their own white ashes lying ; But when the lady passed,...

...asks questions to which he apparently has no answer, though the answer seems obvious to the reader ("The mastiff old did not awake, / Yet she an angry...moan did make! / And what can ail the mastiff bitch?" [147-49]); or he becomes so caught up in his story that he begins trying to participate in the action...

...They crossed the court: right glad they were. 145 Outside her kennel the mastiff old Lay fast asleep, in moonshine cold. The mastiff old did not awake,...moan did make! And what can ail the mastiff bitch? 150 Never till now she uttered yell Beneath the eye of Christabel. Perhaps it is the owlet's scritch:...

...They crossed the court: right glad they were. Outside her kennel, the mastiff old 135 Lay fast asleep, in moonshine cold. The mastiff old did not awake,...the mastiff bitch? Never till now she uttered yell 140 Beneath the eye of Christabel. Perhaps it is the owlet's scritch: For what can ail the mastiff...

...They crossed the court: right glad they were. Outside her kennel, the mastiff old Lay fast asleep, in moonshine cold. The mastiff old did not awake,...bitch? They passed the hall, that echoes still, Pass as lighdy as you will! The brands were flat, the brands were dying, Amid their own white ashes lying;...

..."protect" her child. Upon Geraldine's entry into the castle, the mastiff uncharacteristically moans: "The mastiff old did not awake, / Yet she an angry...the mastiff bitch? / Never till now she uttered yell / Beneath the eye of Christabel" (ll.147-51). In this and the previous stanza, the word, "beneath"...