 When the broken arches are black in night, And each shafted oriel glimmers white; When the cold light's uncertain shower Streams on the ruined central tower; When buttress and buttress, alternately, Seem framed of ebon and ivory ; When silver edges the...  Littell's Living Age - Pagina 2481866Volledige weergave - Over dit boek
 | Moon - 1848 - 246 pagina’s
...And each shafted oriel glimmers white ; When my cold light's uncertain shower Streams on the ruined central tower. When buttress and buttress, alternately,...and ivory ; When silver edges the imagery, And the .scroll* that teach thee to live and die ; When distant Tweed is heard to rave, And the owlet to boot... | |
 | George Musgrave Musgrave - 1848 - 326 pagina’s
...the fair beams of lightsome day Gild, but to flout, the ruins gray. When the broken arches are black in night, And each shafted oriel glimmers white ;...When the cold light's uncertain shower Streams on the ruined central tower ; When buttress and buttress, alternately, Seem framed of ebon and ivory ; When... | |
 | Louisa Caroline Tuthill - 1848 - 512 pagina’s
...the gay beams of lightsome day Gild, but to flout the ruins gray : When the broken arches are black in night, And each shafted oriel glimmers white ;...the cold light's uncertain shower, Streams on the ruined central tower ; When buttress and buttress, alternately, Seem framed of ebon and ivory ; When... | |
 | Robert Kemp Philp - 408 pagina’s
...beautiful description of Melrose Abbey by moonlight, from which I have just quoted, we read : — " When buttress and buttress alternately Seem framed...And the scrolls that teach thee to live and die." If you look at a good engraving of one of the many crosses erected by Edward 1., to perpetuate the... | |
 | George Harris - 1849 - 540 pagina’s
...the gay beams of lightsome day Gild, but to flout, the ruins gray. When the broken arches are black in night, And each shafted oriel glimmers white, When the cold light's uncertain shower Streams on the ruined central tower, When buttress and buttress alternately Seem framed of ebon and ivory, When silver... | |
 | John Aikin - 1850 - 764 pagina’s
...the gay beams of lightsome day Gild, but to flout, the ruins gray. When the broken arches are black c],Hc], 0c], Seem'd framed of ebon and ivory: When silver edges the imagery, And the scrolls that teach thee to... | |
 | Staffa - 1850 - 186 pagina’s
...description of the great minstrel, by appropriating it to the lonely ruins of the Blessed Isle : — ' When the cold light's uncertain shower Streams on...tower ; When buttress and buttress, alternately, Seem formed of ebon and ivory ; When silver edges the imagery. And the scrolls that teach thee to live and... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1851 - 764 pagina’s
...And each shafted oriel glimmers white ; When the cold light's uncertain shower Streams on the ruined ry season fades and dies, Design« the blooming wonders...bow be went farther than h« intended, and came saf ; Wien distant Tweed is heard to rave, And the owlet to hoot o'er the dead man's grave, Then go —... | |
 | William Enfield, James Pycroft - 1851 - 422 pagina’s
...the gay beams of lightsome day Gild, but to flout, the ruins gray. When the broken arches are black in night, And each shafted oriel glimmers white ;...tower ; When buttress and buttress, alternately, Seem fram'd of ebon and ivory ; When silver edges the imagery, And the scrolls that teach thee to live and... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1851 - 768 pagina’s
...the gay beams of lightsome day Gild, but to flout, the ruins gray. When the broken arches are black in night, And each shafted oriel glimmers white; When the cold light's uneertain shower Streams on the ruined central tower ; When buttress and buttress, alternately, Seem... | |
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