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" Darke, dolefull, dreary, like a greedy grave, That still for carrion carcases doth crave : On top whereof ay dwelt the ghastly Owle, Shrieking his balefull note, which ever drave Far from that haunt all other chearefull fowle, And all about it wandring... "
The Saint Petersburg English Review of Literature, the Arts and Sciences - Page 200
1842
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The Theory of the Arts: Or, Art in Relation to Nature ..., Volume 2

George Harris - Aesthetics - 1869 - 338 pages
...where that same wicked wight His dwelling has, low in an hollow cave, Far underneath a craggy cliff ypight, Darke, dolefull, dreary, like a greedy grave,...note, which ever drave Far from that haunt all other chearefull fowle ; And all about it wandring ghostes did wayle and howle. " And all about old stockes...
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Complete Works of Edmund Spenser

Edmund Spenser, John Wesley Hales - English poetry - 1869 - 804 pages
...wight His dwelling has. low in an hollow cave, For underneath a craggy cliff ypight, Darke, dolt-lull, dreary, like a greedy grave, That still for carrion...top whereof ay dwelt the ghastly Owle, Shrieking his baleful! note, which ever drove Far from that haunt nil other chearefull fowle . In which a rusty knife...
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Book I of The Faery Queene

Edmund Spenser - 1869 - 308 pages
...wicked wight His dwelling has, low in an hollow cave, Far underneath a craggy cliff ypjght, f**-*^- Darke, dolefull, dreary, like a greedy grave, That...still for carrion carcases doth crave : On top whereof aye dwelt the ghastly owle, Shrieking his balefull note, which ever drave Far from that haunt all other...
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Virgil in English Rhythm: With Illustrations from the British Poets, from ...

Virgil - Agriculture - 1871 - 376 pages
...580 554. In his magnificent description of the Cave of Despair, Spenser finely introduces the owl : "On top whereof ay dwelt the ghastly owle, Shrieking his balefull note." Faerie Qneene, i. 9, 33. " And when the hleating lamb doth bid good night Unto the closing day, then...
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The Works of Edmund Spenser

Edmund Spenser - 1872 - 640 pages
...wight His dwelling has, low in an hollow cave, Far underneath a craggy cliff ypight, Darke, doleful!, dreary, like a greedy grave, That still for carrion...top whereof ay dwelt the ghastly owle, Shrieking his baleful! note, which ever drave Far from that haunt all other cliearefull fowle ; And all about it...
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Book 1 of the Faery Queene

Edmund Spenser - 1875 - 292 pages
...where that same wicked wight His dwelling has, low in an hollow cave, Far underneath a craggy cliff ypight, Darke, dolefull, dreary, like a greedy grave,...still for carrion carcases doth crave : On top whereof aye dwelt the ghastly owle, Shrieking his balefull note, which ever drave Far from that haunt all other...
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Memorials of Robert Burns and of some of his contemporaries and their ...

Peter Freeland Aiken - 1876 - 468 pages
...where that same wicked wight, His dwelling has low in a hollow cave, Far underneath a craggy cliff ypight,* Darke, dolefull, dreary, like a greedy grave,...top whereof ay dwelt the ghastly owle, Shrieking his baleful note, which ever drave Far from that haunt all other chearefull fowle, And all about it wand'ring...
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Memorials of Robert Burns and His Contemporaries with Selections from His Poems

P. F. Aiken - 1876 - 454 pages
...where that same wicked wight, His dwelling has low in a hollow cave, Far underneath a craggy cliff ypight,* Darke, dolefull, dreary, like a greedy grave,...top whereof ay dwelt the ghastly owle, Shrieking his baleful note, which ever drave Far from that haunt all other chearefull fowle, And all about it wand'ring...
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Cassell's library of English literature, selected, ed ..., Volume 4; Volume 80

Cassell, ltd - 1876 - 470 pages
...where that same wicked wight His dwelling has, low in an hollow cave, For underneath a craggy cliff ypight, Darke, dolefull, dreary, like a greedy grave,...top whereof ay dwelt the ghastly Owle, Shrieking his bnlefull note, which ever drave Far from that haunt all other chearcf nil fowle ; And all about it...
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Cassell's library of English literature, selected, ed ..., Volume 2; Volume 77

Cassell, ltd - 1876 - 466 pages
...wight His dwelling has, low in an hollow cave, Far underneath a craggy clift ypight,3 Dark, doleful, dreary, like a greedy grave, That still for carrion carcases doth crave : On top whereof aye dwelt the ghastly owl, Shrieking his baleful note, which ever drave Far from that haunt all other...
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