 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 - Page 211by Walter Scott - 1833Full view - About this book
 | Thomas Evans - 1810 - 386 pages
...were still standing. — It had been anciently a place of retirement for the monks of Abington. JL HE 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... | |
 | Robert Laneham - 1821 - 158 pages
...modernized, and from that, the present excerpt has been made which is now presented to the reader : — CUMNOR HALL. The dews of summer night did fall, The...sweet regent of the sky, Silver'd the walls of Cumnor Hall, And miny an oak that grew thereby. Now nought was heard beneath the skies, The sounds of busy... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1821 - 330 pages
...muttering, " Now for a close heart, and an open and unruffled brow," he left the apartment. CHAPTER VI. 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. Mickle. FOUR apartments, which occupied the western... | |
 | Hugh Usher Tighe - 1821 - 100 pages
...to the poor has been substituted in lieu of it. • Bibl. Topog. Brit.— Lyson's Berkshire. JL HE dews of summer night did fall, The moon (sweet regent of the sky) Silver'd the walls of Cumner Hall, And many an oak that grew thereby. Now nought was heard beneath the skies, (The sounds... | |
 | sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1821 - 412 pages
..., « Now for a close heart , and an open and unruffled brow, » he left the apartment. CHAPTER VI. 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. Miekle. FOUR apartments , which... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1821 - 608 pages
...heart, and an open aad unruffled brow,' he left the apartment. CHAPTER VI. The dewi of summer niglit did fall, The moon, sweet regent of the sky, Silver'd the walls of Cumnor-hnll, And many an oak that grew thereby. MICKLE. FOUR apartments, which occupied the western... | |
 | Joseph Robertson - 1822 - 414 pages
...will not, it is hoped, be deemed out of place. In the following copy, the antique spelling is dropped. 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... | |
 | British poets - 1822 - 282 pages
...Her heart struck at her side, And burst — low bow'd her listless head, And down she sunk, and died. 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... | |
 | Richard Alfred Davenport - 1823 - 470 pages
...struck at her side, And burst — low bow'd her listless head, And down she sunk, and died. SUCKLE. 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... | |
 | Richard Alfred Davenport - 1823 - 406 pages
...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... | |
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