 Long may the ruin spare its hallowed guest ! As jars the hinge, what sullen echoes call ! Oh haste, unfold the hospitable hall ! That hall, where once, in antiquated state, The chair of justice held the grave debate.  Poems - Page 3by Samuel Rogers - 1839 - 48 pagesFull view - About this book
 | England - English poetry - 1860 - 532 pages
...held the grave debate, Now stained with dews, with cobwebs darkly hung, Oft has its roof with peels of rapture rung ; When round yon ample board, in due...jest ; And all was sunshine in each little breast. 'T was here we chased the slipper by the sound ; And turned the blindfold hero round and round. 'T... | |
 | William Howitt - Literary landmarks - 1863 - 726 pages
...Now stained with dews, with cobwebs darkly buns;, Oft has its roof with peals of rapture rung ; ffhen round yon ample board in due degree, We sweetened every meal with social glee. The heart'* light laugh pursued the circling jest ; And all was sunshine in each little breast. Twas here... | |
 | Dawn - 1874 - 340 pages
...state, The chair of justice held the grave debate ; Now stained with dews, with cobwebs darkly hung, Oft has its roof with peals of rapture rung, When...degree, We sweetened every meal with social glee. _r\ THE OLD HOUSE. The heart's light laugh pursued the circling jest, And all was sunshine in each... | |
 | Julian Charles Young, Charles Mayne Young - 1875 - 302 pages
...I passed the proudest hours of my life ; ' Where round that ample board, in due degree We sweeten'd every meal with social glee, The heart's light laugh...pursued the circling jest, And all was sunshine in each happy breast.' 2d, Because it was the room in which the household deity had breathed his last. Sad... | |
 | Rossiter Johnson - English poetry - 1876 - 828 pages
...state, The chair of justice held the grave debate. Now stain'd with dews, with cobwebs darkly hung, tes joyous on his way ; no hills are steep, Smooth is each rugged path ; his little ones * sweeten'd every meal with social glee. The heart's light laugh pursued the circling jest, And all was... | |
 | William Howitt - Literary landmarks - 1877 - 732 pages
...state, The chair of Justice held the grave debate. Now stained with dews, with cobwebs darkly hung, Oft has its roof with peals of rapture rung ; When round yon ample board in due degree, W« sweetened every meal with social glee. The heart's light laugh pursued the circling jest ; And... | |
 | Laura Valentine - 1880 - 634 pages
...state The chair of justice held the grave debate. Now stained with dews, with cobwebs darkly hung, Oft has its roof with peals of rapture rung ; When...breast. 'Twas here we chased the slipper by the sound, [round ; And turned the blindfold hero round and 'Twas here, at eve, we formed our fairy ring, And... | |
 | William Robertson (of Rochdale.) - Rochdale (England) - 1881 - 458 pages
...refreshment, which was " sweetened with social glee,'' they exchanged news, discussed passing events, and " The heart's light laugh pursued the circling jest, And all was sunshine in each breast." This inn was in its palmy days during the premiership of Win. Pitt, and the frequenters being... | |
 | Arthur Gilman - American poetry - 1882 - 264 pages
...state, The chair of justice held the grave debate. Now stained \\ith dews, with cobwebs darkly hung, Oft has its roof with peals of rapture rung ; When...the sound ; And turned the blindfold hero round and And fancy fluttered on her wildest wing. Giants and genii chained each wondering ear ; And orphan-sorrows... | |
 | Epes Sargent - American poetry - 1882 - 1002 pages
...cobwebs darkly hung, Oft has its roof with peals of raptnro rung ; When round yon ample board, iu duo hero wo chased the slipper by the sound ; And turned the blindfold hero round and round. 'Twas here,... | |
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