The nocturnal minstrel; or, The spirit of the wood, Band 21810 |
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... servants . As the Earl closed the door , which was secured only by means of a slender bolt , the principal fastenings being on the out- 3 side , side , the castle clock struck twelve . The Earl 12 THE NOCTURNAL MINSTREL .
... servants . As the Earl closed the door , which was secured only by means of a slender bolt , the principal fastenings being on the out- 3 side , side , the castle clock struck twelve . The Earl 12 THE NOCTURNAL MINSTREL .
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Eleanor Sleath. side , the castle clock struck twelve . The Earl then drank to the health of the lovely Baroness , his cup of hippocras , and resuming his seat , again sought amusement by turning over the pages of the legend , which ...
Eleanor Sleath. side , the castle clock struck twelve . The Earl then drank to the health of the lovely Baroness , his cup of hippocras , and resuming his seat , again sought amusement by turning over the pages of the legend , which ...
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... castle . " The Earl , who felt a shuddering sen- sation creep through his veins , while the spectre pronounced these words , which were uttered in a deep and hollow tone , bowed and answered , " Yea . " " Hast thou courage , Sir Knight ...
... castle . " The Earl , who felt a shuddering sen- sation creep through his veins , while the spectre pronounced these words , which were uttered in a deep and hollow tone , bowed and answered , " Yea . " " Hast thou courage , Sir Knight ...
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... castle ; be resolute , and proceed . " The Earl , reassured by these words , and urged on by his wish of accomplishing what he had undertaken , entered the aperture , which was wide enough to admit him without difficulty ; and followed ...
... castle ; be resolute , and proceed . " The Earl , reassured by these words , and urged on by his wish of accomplishing what he had undertaken , entered the aperture , which was wide enough to admit him without difficulty ; and followed ...
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... , and taking a survey of his situation , concluded , from the ex- treme dampness of the walls , that they must have descended several feet beneath the the foundations of the castle , and that they were THE NOCTURNAL MINSTREL . 19.
... , and taking a survey of his situation , concluded , from the ex- treme dampness of the walls , that they must have descended several feet beneath the the foundations of the castle , and that they were THE NOCTURNAL MINSTREL . 19.
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adventure alarmed apartment apparition appeared armour arms arras astrology attainder attend awful Baron and Baroness Baron Fitzwalter behold beloved burial vault castle chamber CHAP chapel conceal Conjuror courage cried Peter cried the Baroness dare dead death desired discover door Earl of Ormond Earl Ormond Earl's Edgar enquiries entered Ethelind exclaimed extraordinary Father Osborne fear Fitzwalter friar Gertrude ghost hand happiness hast thou hath haunted heard heart Heaven hither holy honour hope horrors hour impostor knight Lady Ladyship's lamp Lord magician marriage ment minstrel Motley mourn mysterious nald ness never night's watch noble pannel pardon phantom present received repose seemed seneschal shew Sicilian Sir Regi Sir Reginald Harc solemn soon sorrow sounds spectre spirit steps steward Straits of Messina stranger sumed supernatural tears terror thee thou hast thought tion trembling tremely vault wainscot walls Winifred wish
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Seite 113 - From wandering on a foreign strand? If such there breathe, go mark him well; For him no minstrel raptures swell; High though his titles, proud his name, Boundless his wealth as wish can claim, Despite those titles, power and pelf, The wretch concentred all in self, Living, shall forfeit fair renown, And, doubly dying, shall go down To the vile dust from whence he sprung, Unwept, unhonored, and unsung.
Seite 113 - BREATHES there the man, with soul so dead, Who never to himself hath said, This is my own, my native land ! Whose heart hath ne'er within him burn'd, As home his footsteps he hath turn'd, From wandering on a foreign strand...
Seite 50 - A palmer's amice wrapped him round, With a wrought Spanish baldric bound, Like a pilgrim from beyond the sea: His left hand held his Book of Might, A silver cross was in his right; The lamp was placed beside his knee.
Seite 135 - To man below, beneath the heav'n ; It is not fantasy's hot fire, Whose wishes soon as granted die ; It liveth not in fierce desire, With dead deaiie it doth not die.