 | Books - 1772 - 620 pages
...; perchance (he faid) Some tidings I may bear ; For oft when human hopes have fail'd, Then heavenly comfort's near. Behind yon hills fo fteep and high, Down in a lowly glen, There (lands a cattle fair and ftrong, Far from th'abode of men. As late I chanc'd to crave an alms About... | |
 | Thomas Evans - Ballads, English - 1784 - 352 pages
...; perchance (he faid) Some tidings I may bear : For oft when human hopes have fail'd, Then heavenly comfort's near. Behind yon hills, fo fteep and high,...Methought I heard a Lady's voice Lamenting in the tower. And when I aik'J, what harm had happ'd, What Lady fick there lay ? They rudely drove me from the gate,... | |
 | Thomas Evans - Ballads, English - 1784 - 346 pages
...perchance (he faid) Some tidings I may bear : For oft when human hopes have 1'ail'd, Then heavenly comfort's near. Behind yon hills, fo fteep and high, Down in a lowly glen, There Hands a caftle fair and ftrong, Far from th' abode of men. As late I chanc'd to crave an a\ms About... | |
 | 1785 - 304 pages
...perchance, (he faid) Some tidings I may bear : For oft when human hopes have fail'd, Then heavenly comfort's near. Behind yon hills fo fteep and high,...from th' abode of men. As late I chanc'd to crave an alm' About this evening hour, Me-thought I heard a Lady's voice Lamenting in the tower. And when I... | |
 | English poetry - 1785 - 316 pages
...perchance, (he faid) Some tidings I may bear : For oft when human hopes have fail'rl, Then heavenly comfort's near. Behind yon hills fo fteep and high,...ftrong, Far from th' abode of men. As late I chanc'd to cra»e an alms About this evening hour, Me-thought I heard a Lady's voice Lamenting in the tower. Q... | |
 | English poetry - 1785 - 320 pages
...near. Down in a lowly glen, There flands a caftle fair and ftrong, Behind yon hills fo fleep and high, Far from th' abode of men. As late I chanc'd to crave....Me-thought I heard a Lady's voice Lamenting in the tower. And when I afk'd, what harm had hap'd, There tidings caught Sir Bertram's car, He thank'd him for hit... | |
 | Robert Burns, Hester Lynch Piozzi - English poetry - 1790 - 308 pages
...; perchance, (he faid) Some tidings I may bear: For oft when human hopes have fail'd, Then heavenly comfort's near. Behind yon hills fo fteep and high,...Down in a lowly glen, There ftands a caftle fair and flrong, Far from th' abode of men. As late I chanc'd to crave an alms About this evening hour, Me-thought... | |
 | Robert Burns, Hester Lynch Piozzi - English poetry - 1790 - 308 pages
...; perchance, (he faid) Some tidings I may bear: For oft when human hopes have fail'd, Then heavenly comfort's near. Behind yon hills fo fteep and high,...Down in a lowly glen, There ftands a caftle fair and flrong, Far from th' abode of men. As late I chanc'd to crave an alms About this evening hour, Me-thought... | |
 | James Roach - English poetry - 1792 - 284 pages
...near. Behind yon lulls fo fleep and high, Down in a lowly glen, There flands a caflle fair and flrong, Far from th' abode of men. As late I chanc'd to crave an alms About this evening hour, Me- thought I heard a lady's voice Lamenting in the tover. And when I afk'd what harm had hap'd, What... | |
 | 1796 - 246 pages
...near. o Bebind yon Mils fo fieep and high, Down in a lowly glen, There ftands a cafilc has and urong, Far from th* abode of men. As late I chanc'd to crave an alms About this erening hour, Methoaght I beard a lady's voice Lamenting in the tower. And when I afk'd, what harm... | |
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' As late I chanc'd to crave an alms About this evening hour, Me-thought I heard a Lady's voice Lamenting in the tower. " 'And when I ask'd, what harm had hap'd, What Lady sick there lay? They rudely drove me from the gate, And bade me wend away. 
