Quote#Death
The death-bell thrice was heard to ring
Quote byWilliam Julius Mickle · 1734–1788
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Cumnor Hall (1784), Stanza 26, quoted in Walter Scott's Kenilworth, Ch. 41..
English (original)
The death-bell thrice was heard to ring, An aerial voice was heard to call, And thrice the raven flapp'd its wing Around the towers of Cumnor Hall.
— William Julius Mickle
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