 The dews of 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 the skies, The sounds of busy life were still, * Save an unhappy lady's sighs, ....  Bride of Lammermoor - Peveril of the peak - Seite 211von Walter Scott - 1833Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | New elegant extracts - 1823 - 402 Seiten
...struck at her side, And burst — low bow'd her listless head, And down she sunk, and died. MICKLE. CUMNOR HALL. THE dews of summer night did fall, The...(sweet regent of the sky) 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... | |
 | 1831 - 372 Seiten
...acquaintance with the history was through the medium of one of Mickle's ballads, or elegies, commencing— " The dews of summer night did fall ; The moon, sweet regent of the sky, Silvct'd the walls of Cuinnor Hull, And many an oak that grew thereby." Sir Walter quotes the entire... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1833 - 472 Seiten
...species of chantment for the youthful ear of the author, e force of which is not even now entirely ent ; some others are sufficiently prosaic. CUMNOR HALL....sweet regent of the sky, 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... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1836 - 564 Seiten
...(volume iv. page 130,) to which work Mickle made liberal contributions. The first stanza especially had a peculiar species of enchantment for the youthful...The dews of Summer night did fall ; The moon, sweet recent of the sky, Silver'd the walls of Cumnor Hall, And many an oak that grew thereby. Now nought... | |
 | John Gibson Lockhart - 1839 - 422 Seiten
...especially in the moonlight nights ; and he seemed never weary of repeating the first stanza — ' The dews of summer night did fall — The Moon, sweet regent of the sky, Silvered the walls of Cumnor Hall, And many an oak that grew thereby/ " I have thought it worth while... | |
 | John Gibson Lockhart - 1839 - 426 Seiten
..."especially in the moonlight nights; and he seemed never weary of repeating the first stanza — ' The dews of summer night did fall — The Moon, sweet regent of the sky, Silvered the walls of Cumuor Hall, And many an oak that grew thereby.' " I have thought it worth while... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1853 - 406 Seiten
...(volume iv. page 130,) to which work Mickle made liberal contributions. The first stanza especially had a peculiar species of enchantment for the youthful...sweet regent of the -sky, 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... | |
 | Book - 1841 - 164 Seiten
...victim died : Content with Nature had he rested, He had not been by puss molested. (IT umnov 3ii.aU. THE dews of 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 the skies, The sounds of busy... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1844 - 662 Seiten
...(volume iv. page 130,) to which work Mickle made liberal contributions. The first stanza especially had a peculiar species of enchantment for the youthful...entirely spent; some others are sufficiently prosaic. * A»brnole's Antiquities of Berkshire, vol. ip 149. The tradition as to Leicester's death was thus... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1844 - 746 Seiten
...he truly known his own strength, and trusted to the impulses of his heart instead of hie ambition. fort yet. It seemed no force could wake him from his place ; But there came one, w Silvered the walls of Cumnor Hall, And many an oak that grew thereby. Now nought was heard beneath... | |
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