 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.  Waverley Novels: Vol. 6 - עמוד 9מאת Walter Scott - 1844 - 617 דפיםתצוגה מלאה - מידע על ספר זה
 | John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell - 1855 - 588 דפים
...tongue will sometimes announce to persons who are about to die their impending doom. *' The death-bell thrice- was heard to ring ; An aerial voice was heard to call ; And thrico the raven flapped its \vintr Around the towers of Cumnor llall." Rogers, in his lines on an... | |
 | William Sidney Gibson - 1858 - 326 דפים
...tongue will sometimes announce to persons who are about to die their impending doom. The death-bell thrice was heard to ring, An aerial voice was heard...flapp'd its wing Around the towers of Cumnor Hall. Rogers, in his lines on an " Old Oak," alludes to the same superstition : — There, once, the steel-clad... | |
 | 1859 - 598 דפים
...owl scriohing loud, Puts the wretch that lies in woe In remembrance of a shroud."* " The death bell thrice was heard to ring, An aerial voice was heard to call, And thrice the raven flapped his wing, Around the towers of Cuinnor Hall. The mastiff howled at village door, The oaks were... | |
 | J. C. - 1860 - 196 דפים
...drear. Full many a piercing scream was heard. And many a cry of mortal fear. OTMNOR HALL. The death-bell thrice was heard to ring; An aerial voice was heard to call: And thrice the raven flapp'd his wing Around the towers of Cumnor Hall: The mastiff howl'd at village door; The oaks were shatter'd... | |
 | J. C. - 1860 - 218 דפים
...drear. Full many a piercing scream was heard, And many a cry of mortal fear. CCMNOK HALL. The death-bell thrice was heard to ring : An aerial voice was heard to call ; And thrice the raven flapp'd his wing Around the towers of Cumnor Hall : The mastiff howl'd at village door ; The oaks were shatter'd... | |
 | George Gilfillan - 1860 - 360 דפים
...appeared, In Cumnor Hall, so lone and drear, Full many a piercing scream was heard, 26 The death-bell thrice was heard to ring, An aerial voice was heard to call, And thrice the raven flapped his wing Around the towers of Cumnor HalL 27 The mastiff howled at village door, The oaks were... | |
 | 1863 - 302 דפים
...lone and drear, Full many a piercing scream was heard, And many a cry of mortal fear. The death-bell thrice was heard to ring ; An aerial voice was heard to call : And thrice the raven flapped his wing Around the towers of Cumnor Hall : The mastiff howl'd at village door; The oaks were... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1864 - 356 דפים
...lone and drear, Full many a piercing scream was heard And many a cry of mortal fear. The death-bell thrice was heard to ring An aerial voice was heard...thrice the raven flapp'd its wing Around the towers of Cnmnor Hall. The mastiff howl'd at village door, The oaks were shatter'd on the greed; Wo was the hour... | |
 | English ballads - 1864 - 306 דפים
...lone and drear, Full many a piercing scream was heard, And many a cry of mortal fear. The death-bell thrice was heard to ring; An aerial voice was heard to call : And thrice the raven flapped his wing Around the towers of Cumnor Hall : The mastiff howl'd at village-door; The oaks were... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1867 - 350 דפים
...became unfit for service. CHAPTER XT.T. Th« death-bell thrice wu heard to line, An aerial Tofoe wu heard to call ; And thrice the raven flapp'd its wing Around the towers of C manor Hall. HICKLJ. WE are now to return to that part of our story where we intimated that Varney,... | |
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