History of St. Mary's Abbey, Melrose, the Monastery of Old Melrose, and the Town and Parish of Melrose

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T. C. Jack, 1861 - 400 pagina's

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Pagina 201 - I have put off my coat; how shall I put it on? I have washed my feet; how shall I defile them?
Pagina 55 - His Prince's nearest joy and grief, He had, yet wanted all relief; The prop and ruin of the state; The people's violent love and hate; «° One in extremes loved and abhorred. Riddles lie here, or in a word — Here lies blood; and let it lie Speechless still and never cry.
Pagina 336 - There is a calm for those who weep, A rest for weary pilgrims found ; And while the mouldering ashes sleep Low in the ground...
Pagina 165 - The glorious company of the Apostles, The goodly fellowship of the Prophets, The noble army of Martyrs praise thee.
Pagina 304 - The moon on the east oriel shone Through slender shafts of shapely stone, By foliaged tracery combined : Thou wouldst have thought some fairy's hand 'Twixt poplars straight the osier wand In many a freakish knot had twined, Then framed a spell when the work was done, And changed the willow wreaths to stone.
Pagina 335 - The Earth goes on the Earth glittering with gold ; The Earth goes to the Earth sooner than it wold ; The Earth builds on the Earth castles and towers ; The Earth says to the Earth, All this is ours.
Pagina 323 - The boast of heraldry, the pomp of power, And all that beauty, all that wealth e'er gave, Await alike the inevitable hour: The paths of glory lead but to the grave.
Pagina 37 - Fair Maiden Lilliard lies under this Stane, Little was her Stature, but great her Fame. On the English Lads she laid many Thumps, And when her Legs were off, she fought upon her Stumps.
Pagina 259 - He came into the world not to do his own will, but the will of his Father. His meat and drink was, to ' do the will of Him that sent him, and to finish his work.
Pagina 55 - Here lies wise and valiant dust Huddled up 'twixt fit and just, Strafford, who was hurried hence 'Twixt treason and convenience.

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