 | John Gibson Lockhart - 1882
...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 to preserve these... | |
 | Mary Russell Mitford - 1883 - Страниц: 516
...muckle pot ; Oi'e little Kate her cotton gown, And Jock his Sundav coat. " The dews of summer night did fall. The moon, sweet regent of the sky, Silvered...of Cumnor Hall, And many an oak that grew thereby. And mak' their shoon as black as slaes, Their hose as white as snaw; It's a' to please my ain gudeman—... | |
 | Cyril L C. Locke - 1883 - Страниц: 96
...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
...•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
...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 - Страниц: 243
...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, Silvered...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
...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
...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) Silvered...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 - Страниц: 96
...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
...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, Silvered...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... | |
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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. 
