 They lighted a taper at dead of night. And chanted their holiest hymn ; But her brow and her bosom were damp with affright, Her eye was all sleepless and dim, And the Lady of Elderslie wept for her lord, When a death-watch beat in her lonely room, When...  Life and Letters of Thomas Campbell - Seite 202von William Beattie - 1849 - 480 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | Miscellanea Perthensis - 1801 - 242 Seiten
...Her bofom were damp with affright—- Her eye was all flec-plefs and dim ! And the lady of Elderflie wept for her lord, When a death-watch beat in her lonely room, When her curtain had fhook of its own accord, And the raven had flapp'd at her window-board— To tell of her warrior's... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - 1804 - 182 Seiten
...taper at the dead of night, And chanted their holiest hymn ; But her brow and her bosom were clamp with affright.... Her eye was all sleepless and dim...curtain had shook of its own accord, And the raven had flapp'd at her window board, To tell of her warrior's doom! " Now sing ye the death song, and loudly... | |
 | 1849 - 792 Seiten
...and her bosom wen damp with affright, Her eye was all sleepless and dim 1 And the Lady of Ellerslie wept for her lord, When a death-watch beat in her...curtain had shook of its own accord, And the raven had napped at her window board, To tell of her warrior's doom. •" Now sing ye the death-song, and loudly... | |
 | 1831
...against the poet's opinion. THE DIRGE OF WALLACE. They lighted a taper at dead of night, And chanted their holiest hymn ; But her brow and her bosom were...curtain had shook of its own accord ; And the raven had ttapp'd at her.window-board To tell of her warrior's doom ! " Now sing ye the death-song and loudly... | |
 | Tobias Merton (pseud) - 1826 - 550 Seiten
...THE DIRGE OF WALLACE. BY THOMAS CAMPBELL, ESQ. THEY lighted a taper at dead of night, And chaunted their holiest hymn ; But her brow and her bosom were...at her window board, To tell of her warrior's doom ! Now sing ye the death song, and loudly pray For the soul of my knight so dear ; And call me a widow... | |
 | 1827 - 492 Seiten
...value. ©riginal ftortry. THE DIRGE OF WALLACE. They lighted a taper at the dead of night, And chanted their holiest hymn ; But her brow and her bosom were...Lord, When a death-watch beat In her lonely room, When the curtain had shook of its own accord, And the raven had flapp'd at her windowboard, To tell of her... | |
 | 1828 - 814 Seiten
...hearts that clepiare thee ! THE DIRGE OF WALLACE. They lighted a taper at dead of night, And chanted their holiest hymn ; But her brow and her bosom were damp with afirightHer eye was all sleepless and dim ! And the Lady of Elderslie wept for her lord, When a death-watch... | |
 | Alaric Alexander Watts - 1829 - 424 Seiten
...THE DIRGE OF WALLACE. BY THOMAS CAMPBELL, ESQ. THEY lighted a taper at dead of night, And chaunted their holiest hymn ; But her brow and her bosom were...of its own accord, And the raven had flapped at her window-board, To tell of her warrior's doom ! Now sing ye the death-song, and loudly pray For the soul... | |
 | 1829 - 348 Seiten
...THOMAS CAMPBELL, ESQ. THEY lighted a taper at dead of night, And chaunted their holiest hymn ; Bat her brow and her bosom were damp with affright, Her...lonely room, When her curtain had shook of its own acrord, And the raven had flapped at her window board, To tell of her warrior's doom ! Now sing yc... | |
 | 1829 - 488 Seiten
...in periodical publications. DIRGE OF WALLACE. THEY lighted a taper at the dead of night, And chanted their holiest hymn ; But her brow and her bosom were...Elderslie wept for her lord, When a death-watch beat m her lonely room, When her curtain had shook ol its own accord ; And the raven had flapp'd at her... | |
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