The nocturnal minstrel; or, The spirit of the wood, Band 21810 |
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... with dark blue cloth of gold . The night was cold , for it had been stormy ; he drew it close to the fire , after having secured by its bolt the large folding doors by by which he had entered , as also the window 6 THE NOCTURNAL MINSTREL .
... with dark blue cloth of gold . The night was cold , for it had been stormy ; he drew it close to the fire , after having secured by its bolt the large folding doors by by which he had entered , as also the window 6 THE NOCTURNAL MINSTREL .
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... doors of the closets , so that nothing could enter by natural means . Having secured , as he believed , every possible means of access , he took possession of his seat ; and open- ing to an ancient legend , which chanced to lie in one ...
... doors of the closets , so that nothing could enter by natural means . Having secured , as he believed , every possible means of access , he took possession of his seat ; and open- ing to an ancient legend , which chanced to lie in one ...
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... door , which aroused him from a pleasing reverie . Who is there ? " cried the Earl aloud . " Bless your honour , it is only I , " returned a voice ; " my name is Peter ; please you , my Lord , open the door ; I have brought a little ...
... door , which aroused him from a pleasing reverie . Who is there ? " cried the Earl aloud . " Bless your honour , it is only I , " returned a voice ; " my name is Peter ; please you , my Lord , open the door ; I have brought a little ...
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... his fellow - 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 .
... his fellow - 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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... door , which seemed won- derful to the Earl ; nor could he conjec- ture how he could follow where there was no passage , nor yet , how the phantom could have entered , when all the doors . had been fastened by himself . The whole was ...
... door , which seemed won- derful to the Earl ; nor could he conjec- ture how he could follow where there was no passage , nor yet , how the phantom could have entered , when all the doors . had been fastened by himself . The whole was ...
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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.