W. J. Mickle. 1734-1788.
The dews of summer nights did fall,
The moon, sweet regent of the sky,[426:3]
Silvered the walls of Cumnor Hall
And many an oak that grew thereby.
Cumnor Hall.
For there 's nae luck about the house,
There 's nae luck at a';
[427]There 's little pleasure in the house
When our gudeman 's awa'.
The Mariner's Wife.[427:1]
His very foot has music in 't
As he comes up the stairs.
The Mariner's Wife.
Footnotes
[426:3] Jove, thou regent of the skies.—Pope: The Odyssey, book ii. line 42.
Now Cynthia, named fair regent of the night.—Gay: Trivia, book iii.
And hail their queen, fair regent of the night.—Darwin: The Botanic Garden, part i. canto ii. line 90.
[427:1] "The Mariner's Wife" is now given "by common consent," says Sarah Tytler, to Jean Adam (1710-1765).