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" Though the blood-hound be mute, and the rush beneath my foot, And the warder his bugle should not blow, Yet there sleepeth a priest in a chamber to the east, And my footstep he would know.'— " 'O fear not the priest, who sleepeth to the east! "
Tales of wonder [in verse] written and collected by M.G. Lewis - Page 158
by Matthew Gregory Lewis - 1801 - 220 pages
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Tales of Wonder;, Volume 1

Matthew Gregory Lewis - 1801 - 254 pages
...chain the blood-hound, and the warder shall not sound, " And rushes shall be strew'd on the stair, " So by the rood-stone,* and by holy St. John, " I conjure thee, my love, to be there." — HI — " Though the blood-hound be mute, and the rush beneath my foot, ' ' And the warder his bugle...
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Tales of Wonder, Volume 1

Matthew Gregory Lewis - 1801 - 236 pages
...and the warder fhall not found, " And rufhes fhall be ftrew'd on the flair, " So by the rood-ftone,* and by holy St. John, " I conjure thee, my love, to be there." — • — " Though the blood. hound be mute, and the rufh beneath my foot, " And the warder his bugle fhould not blow, " Yet...
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Tales of Wonder, Volume 2

Matthew Gregory Lewis - 1805 - 264 pages
...chain the blood-hound , and the warder shall not sound. " And rushes shall be strew'd on the stair , " So by the rood-stone , * and by holy St. John , "I...love, to be there."— —"Though the blood-hound be mute.and the rush beneath jny foot, " And the warder his bugle should no* blow , "Yet there sleepeth...
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The Poetical Works of Walter Scott, Esq, Volume 2

Sir Walter Scott - 1818 - 306 pages
...the warder shall not sound, And rushes shall be strewed on the stair; So, by the blackrood stone,* and by holy St. John, I conjure thee, my love, to...my foot, And the warder his bugle should not blow, * The blackrood of Melrose was a crocifix of black marble, and of superior sanctity. Vet there sleepeth...
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The Scottish Ballads

1829 - 432 pages
...the warder shall not sound, And rushes shall be strewed on the stair, And, by the Black Rood Stone,* and by holy St John, I conjure thee, my love, to be...not blow, Yet there sleepeth a priest in the chamber in the east, And my footstep he would know.' ' O fear not the priest, who sleepeth in the east ! For...
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The Scottish Ballads

Robert Chambers - 1829 - 430 pages
...not sound, And rushes shall be strewed on the stair, And, by the Black Rood Stone,* and by holy Si John, I conjure thee, my love, to be there !' ' Though the blood-hound be mate, and the rush beneath my foot, And the warder his bugle should not blow, Yet there sleepeth a...
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The Poetical Works of Sir Walter Scott

Walter Scott - 1831 - 582 pages
...rtishessh.il! bcstrew'd on thesiair; 1 So by the black rood-stone,1 and by holy St John, * 1 conjure, ihee, my love, to be there !' • 'Though the blood-hound be mute, and the rush beii!' .•!> my foot, 'And the warder his bugle should not blow, 'Yet there steepeth a priest in the...
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Melrose and Its Vicinity: Being an Account of Such Objects of Historical and ...

1841 - 240 pages
...blood-hound, and the warder shall not sound, And lushes shall be strew'd on the stair ; So, by the black rood-stone,* and by holy St John, I conjure thee,...And the warder his bugle should not blow, Yet there slecpeth a priest in the chamber to the east And my footstep he would know. * The black rood of Melrose...
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The Book of British Ballads

Samuel Carter Hall - 1844 - 178 pages
...blood-hound, And the warder shall not sound, And rushes shall be strew'd on the stair ; So, by the black rood-stone, and by holy St. John, I conjure thee,...my foot, And the warder his bugle should not blow, There sleepeth a priest in the chamber to the east, And my footstep he would know.' — " ' O fear...
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Chambers's Miscellany of Useful and Entertaining Tracts

William Chambers, Robert Chambers - 1845 - 900 pages
...the warder shall not sound, And rushes shall be strewed on the stair ; And, by the Black Hood Stone,* and by holy St John, I conjure thee, my love, to be...not blow, Yet there sleepeth a priest in the chamber in the east, And my footstep he would know.' ' O fear not the priest who sleepeth in the east ! For...
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