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" The oaks were shatter'd on the green ; Woe was the hour — for never more That hapless Countess e'er was seen ! And in that Manor now no more Is cheerful feast and sprightly ball ; For ever since that dreary hour Have spirits haunted Cumnor Hall. The... "
Introductions, and Notes and Illustrations to the Novels, Tales, and ... - Page 208
by Walter Scott - 1833
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Kenilworth

Walter Scott - 1877 - 482 pages
...were shattered on the green ; Wo was the hour— for never more That hapless Countess e'er was seen ! And in that Manor now no more Is cheerful feast and...groves of Cumnor Hall. Full many a traveller oft hath sighed. And pensive wept the Countess' fall, As wandering onwards they've espied The haunted towers...
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Single Famous Poems

Rossiter Johnson - 1877 - 312 pages
...were shattered on the green ; Woe was the hour, for nevermore That hapless Countess e'er was seen. And in that manor now no more Is cheerful feast and...dance, Among the groves of Cumnor Hall. Full many a traveler oft hath sighed, And pensive wept the Countess' fall, As wandering onward they 've espied...
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Around and about Old England

Clara L. Matéaux - 1877 - 276 pages
...place was long left uncared-for — it was thought to be haunted, and ballad writers tell us that — " The village maids, with fearful glance, Avoid the...the groves of Cumnor HalL " Full many a traveller has sighed, And pensive wept the countess' fall, As wandering onward they've espied The haunted towers...
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Poems of Places Oceana 1 V.; England 4; Scotland 3 V: Iceland ..., Volume 1

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1877 - 294 pages
...were shattered on the green; Woe was the hour; for never more That hapless countess e'er was seen! And in that manor now no more Is cheerful feast and...For ever since that dreary hour Have spirits haunted Cumuor Hall. The village maids with fearful glance Avoid the ancient moss-grown wall, Nor ever lead...
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First (Second) poetry book, selected and arranged by C. Geikie, Volume 1

John Cunningham Geikie - 1878 - 242 pages
...were shatter'd on the green ; Woe was the hour ! for never more That hapless Countess e'er was seen. And in that manor now no more Is cheerful feast and...sprightly ball : For ever since that dreary hour Have stories hannted Cnmnor Hall. The village maids, with fearful glance, Avoid the ancient moss-grown wall,...
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The Book of Scottish Poems: Ancient and Modern

John Ross - 1878 - 816 pages
...more That hapless Countess e'er was seen. XXY1tt. And in that manor, now no more Is cheerful feast or sprightly ball; For ever since that dreary hour Have spirits haunted Cumnor Hall. XX1X. The village maids with fearful glance Avoid the ancient moss-grown wall; Nor ever lead the merry...
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The Book of Scottish Poems: Ancient and Modern

John Ross - 1878 - 786 pages
...more That hapless Countess e'er was seen. XXYIIt. And in that manor, now no more Is cheerful feast or sprightly ball ; For ever since that dreary hour Have spirits haunted Cumnor Hall. XXIX. The village maids with fearful glance Avoid the ancient moss-grown wall ; Nor ever lead the merry...
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Gems of national poetry. Compiled and ed. by mrs. Valentine

Laura Valentine - 1880 - 634 pages
...shattered on the green ; Woe was the hour — for never more That hapless countess e'er was seen I And in that manor now no more Is cheerful feast and...groves of Cumnor Hall. Full many a traveller oft hath sighed, And pensive wept the countess' fall. As wandering onward they 've espied The haunted towers...
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Prescott's Paragon Reciter: An Unusually Attractive Collection of the Very ...

1880 - 404 pages
...never more That hapless countess e'er was seen. And in that manor now no more Is cheerful feast or sprightly ball ; For ever since that dreary hour Have...many a traveller oft hath sigh'd, And pensive wept the countess' fall. As wandering onwards they've espied The haunted towers of Cumnor Hall, THE DEOOPnm...
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The Fireside Encyclopaedia of Poetry: Comprising the Best Poems of the Most ...

Henry Troth Coates - 1881 - 1138 pages
...were shatter'd on the green ; Woe was the hour — for never more That hapless Countess e'er was seen. e bittern sound his drum, Booming from the sedgy shallow....Ruder sounds shall none be near, Guards nor warders the Countess' fall, As wandering onward they've espied The haunted towers of Cumnor Hall. WILLIAM JULIUS...
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