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" That whistle mournful thro' the empty halls, And piecemeal crumble down the tow'rs to dust. Perhaps in some lone, dreary, desert tower, That time has spar'd, forth from the window looks, Half hid in grass, the solitary fox ; While from above, the owl,... "
The Beauties of Scotland: Containing a Clear and Full Account of the ... - Page 42
by Robert Forsyth - 1806
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The Monthly Review, Or, Literary Journal

Books - 1799 - 618 pages
...some lone, dreary, desert tower That time has sparM, forth from the window looks, Half hid in glass, the solitary Fox ; While from above the Owl, musician...! Screams hideous, harsh, and grating to the ear." BRUCE. The sublime Ferdousi, the Homer of Persia, says, " The spider hath hung with tapestry the palace...
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The Monthly review. New and improved ser, Volume 29

1799 - 614 pages
...some lone, dreary, desert tower That time has spar'd, forth from the window looks, Half hid in glass, the solitary Fox ; While from above the Owl, musician...! Screams hideous, harsh, and grating to the ear." BRUCE. The sublime Ferdousi, the Homer of Persia, says, " The spider hath hung with tapestry the palace...
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Literary Hours: Or, Sketches Critical and Narrative, Volume 2

Natham Drake - English literature - 1800 - 510 pages
...year. • Perhaps in some lone, dreary, desert tower That time has spar'd, forth from the window looks Half hid in grass, the solitary fox; While from above...dire! Screams hideous, harsh, and grating to the ear. NUMBER XXIII. Queen of every moving measure Sweetest source of purest pleasure, Music ! why thy powers...
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Literary Hours; Or, Sketches Critical, Narrative, and Poetical, Volume 3

Nathan Drake - English literature - 1804 - 572 pages
...towers to dust. Perhaps in some lone, dreary, desert tower, That time has spar'd, forth from the window Half hid in grass, the solitary Fox ; While from above...ear. .Equal in age, and sharers of its fate, A row of moss-grown trees around it stand. Scarce here and there, upon their blasted tops, A shrivell'd leaf...
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The muses' bower, embellished with the beauties of English poetry, Volume 3

English poetry - English poetry - 1809 - 308 pages
...dust. Perhaps in some lone, dreary, desert tow'r, That time has spar'd, forth from the window looks,. Half hid in grass, the solitary fox: While from above,...grating to the ear.. Equal in age, and sharers of its i'nte, s' A row of moss-green trees around it stand. Scarce here and there, upon their blasted tops,...
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Observations on a Tour Through the Highlands and Part of the ..., Volume 2

Thomas Garnett - Clyde, Firth of (Scotland) - 1811 - 354 pages
...happy." Perhaps in some lone, dreary, desert tower, That time has spared, forth from the window looks, Half hid in grass, the solitary fox ; While from above,...ear. Equal in age, and sharers of its fate, A row of moss-grown trees around it stand ; Scarce here and there upon their blasted tops A shrivelled leaf...
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The history of Stirling. To which is added, a sketch of a tour to Callander ...

Stirling town - 1812 - 328 pages
...dust. Perhaps in some lone dreary desart tower That time has spared, forth from the windowlooks, « Half hid in grass, the solitary fox : While from above,...it stand : Scarce here and there upon their blasted tops, A shrivelled leaf distinguishes the year. LOCHLEVEN abounds with trout of a richness and delicacy...
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The Port Folio

Philadelphia (Pa.) - 1813 - 716 pages
...lone, dreary, desert tower, That time hud spar'd, /orf A from t/ie -window foots, Half hid in graft, the solitary fox; « While from above, the o-wl, musician dire, Screams hideous, bars!), and grating to the ear. The idea with which this quotation concludes, seems to have been borrowed...
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The Eclectic Review, Volume 12; Volume 30

Samuel Greatheed, Daniel Parken, Theophilus Williams, Josiah Conder, Thomas Price, Jonathan Edwards Ryland, Edwin Paxton Hood - 1819 - 636 pages
...dust. Perhaps in some lone, dreary, desert tow'r, That time has spar'd, forth from the window looks, Half hid in grass, the solitary fox ; While from above,...! Screams hideous, harsh, and grating to the ear. 1 Equal in age, and sharers of its fate, A row of moss-grown trees around it stand, Scarce here and...
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Spirit of the English Magazines, Volume 6

1820 - 496 pages
...Perhaps in some lone, drear}', desert tower, That time has epar'd, forth from the window look*, Half hiil in grass, the solitary fox ; While from above, the owl, musician dire ! Si n .HIM hideous, harsh, and grating to the rar. ' Equal in age, and sharers of ill fate, A row...
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