The Tyrolese Minstrels
- ISBN-10
- 1458908747
- ISBN-13
- 9781458908742
- Pages
- 88
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2012-01
- Publisher
- General Books
- Authors
- Lady, Catherine Ann Turner Dorset
Description
Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: CHAPTER III. THE SERENADE. And how speeds the wooing ? Oh, ill, but ill, my lord; She will be won by noue of all her lovers. Old Plat. Oh, Ellen, at thy window be, It is the wished, the trysted hour: Those smiles and glances let me see, That make the miser's treasure poor. How blylhely would I byde the stoure, A weary slave, frae morn till e'en, Could I the rich reward secure, And call the lovely Ellen mine. Burns, slightly altered. Is that you ? said Murdock, as Bancroft touched his hat to his would be rival, the same evening. He was in haste, and did not welcome the interruption of his walk. Stop, persisted Murdock; I have made arrangements to have a splendid serenade to-night, under Ellen's window;and if she does not wake, be sure to call her. Bancroft readily promised to do so, for it occurred to him that it would be a fine opportunity to see her alone, if he called her before he did the rest of the family. Full of his scheme, he chose not to retire to his bed. And as the household, one after another, separated for the night, he placed himself in an easy chair- and waited patiently the slow arrival of two o'clock, when the promised music was to commence. The faint glimmering of a lamp from Ellen's window showed, that for some reason, she had not yet sought her couch; and its ray served to guide the nocturnal minstrels to the place of their destination. Ellen was entirely ignorant of the preparation that had been making- to render her last night agreeable, as well as of the lateness of the hour. She had been busy in getting ready for her departure, the next day; and, meditating upon the various scenes which had transpired, was leaning her head on her hand, when the serenade commenced. Ellen was passionately fond of music; and after wai...
