| Cyril L. C. Locke - 1883 - عدد الصفحات: 124
...his nimble steed, full slowly pacing o'er the stones with caution and good heed. The dews of summer night did fall: the moon, sweet regent of the sky, silvered the walls of Cumnor Hall. But from the mountain's grassy side a guiltless feast I bring : a scrip with herbs and fruits supplied,... | |
| Familiar quotations - 1883 - عدد الصفحات: 942
...•VV. J. MICKLE. 1734-1788. The dews of summer nights did fall, The moon, sweet regent of the sky,1 Silvered the walls of Cumnor Hall And many an oak that grew thereby. Cumnor Hall. For there 's nae luck about the house, There 's nae luck at a' ; There 's little pleasure... | |
| Girls - 1883 - عدد الصفحات: 162
...HALL. T CUMNOR HALL. 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 life were still), Save an unhappy lady's... | |
| Henry Martyn Field - 1884 - عدد الصفحات: 280
...now entirely spent." This we can well believe as we read these musical lines : " The dews of Summer night did fall; The moon, sweet regent of the sky,...of Cumnor Hall, And many an oak that grew thereby." Repeating these lines a thousand times, he finally wrote this romance of the time of Elizabeth, as... | |
| sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1884 - عدد الصفحات: 544
...prosaic. CUMNOR HALL. Tn R 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... | |
| David Charles Bell - 1885 - عدد الصفحات: 344
...when he next doth ride abroad, may I be there to see ! M.— CUMNOR HALL.— WicKU. The dews of summer night did fall, the moon (sweet regent of the sky)...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... | |
| Cyril L. C. Locke - 1885 - عدد الصفحات: 114
...his nimble steed, full slowly pacing o'er the stones with caution and good heed. The dews of summer night did fall : the moon, sweet regent of the sky, silvered the walls of Cumnor Hall. But from the mountain's grassy side a guiltless feast I bring : a scrip with herbs and fruits supplied,... | |
| John Veitch - 1887 - عدد الصفحات: 388
...Eskdale Braes.' The first stanza of the former poem has the exquisite lines — " The dews of summer night did fall ; The moon, sweet regent of the sky,...of Cumnor Hall, And many an oak that grew thereby." The lines in ' Eskdale Braes ' referring to places known in his youth have some fine touches, suggesting... | |
| William Black - 1888 - عدد الصفحات: 284
...haunting her brain, it is as likely as not that these were the familiar lines : — " The dews of summer night did fall, The moon, sweet regent of the sky,...of Cumnor Hall, And many an oak that grew thereby." But perhaps it was just as well that she had not encountered the ghost of poor Amy Eobsart. CHAPTEE... | |
| William Black - 1888 - عدد الصفحات: 284
...were the familiar lines : — " The dews of summer night did fall, The moon, sweet regent of the isky, Silvered the walls of Cumnor Hall, And many an oak that grew thereby." But perhaps it was just as well that she had not encountered the ghost of poor Amy Robsart. CHAPTEE... | |
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