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" 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 - Page 202
by William Beattie - 1849 - 480 pages
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Miscellanea Perthensis

Miscellanea Perthensis - 1801 - 242 pages
...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...
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The Pleasures of Hope: With Other Poems

Thomas Campbell - 1804 - 182 pages
...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...
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Blackwood's Magazine, Volume 65

1849 - 792 pages
...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...
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The New Monthly Magazine and Literary Journal, Volume 31

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...
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The Literary magnet of the belles lettres, science, and the ..., Volumes 1-2

Tobias Merton (pseud) - 1826 - 550 pages
...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...
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The Portfolio of Entertaining & Instructive Varieties in History ..., Volume 1

1827 - 492 pages
...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...
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The Poetical Melange

1828 - 814 pages
...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...
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The Poetical Album: And Register of Modern Fugitive Poetry, Volume 2

Alaric Alexander Watts - 1829 - 424 pages
...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...
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The Literary magnet of the belles lettres, science, and the fine ..., Volume 1

1829 - 348 pages
...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...
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The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction, Volume 14

1829 - 488 pages
...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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