...alternately, Seems fram'd of ebon and ivory ; When silver edges the imagery, And the scrolls that teach thec to live and die ; When distant Tweed is heard to rave,...soothly swear, Was never scene so sad and fair ! THE LAST SONG, Supposed to be sung by a young and innocent Girl, who is dying of long-cherished and undisclosed...

...go—but go alone the while, And the owlet to hoot o'er the dead man's grave; Then view St. David's ruined pile; And, home returning, soothly swear, Was never scene so sad and fair. Is it not obvious, from this description of Melrose Abbey, compared with that of the Sibyl's temple,...

...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 ;...returning, soothly swear, Was never scene so sad and fair ! n. Short halt did Deloraine make there ; Little reck'd he of the scenes so fair : With dagger's hilt,...

...white; , When the cold light's uncertain shower Streams on the ruin d central tower; Then gaze thy fill, and home returning, soothly swear, Was never scene so sad and fair. Kenilworth Castle, as it now stands, presents a vast and magnificent range of ruins, seated proudly...

...hoot o'er the dead man's grave, Then gr> — but go alone the while — Then view St. David's mined pile ; And, home returning, soothly swear, Was never scene so sad and fair I The roof of the chancel, of which a part is still remaining, was supported by clustered pillars,...

...And the scrolls that teach thee to live and die ; When distant Tweed is heard to rave, And the howlet to hoot o'er the dead man's grave, Then go— but...returning, soothly swear, Was never scene so sad and fair. * * • * By a steel-clench'd postern door, They enter'd now the chancel tall ; The darken'd roof rose...

...heard to rave, And the howlet to hoot o'er the dead man's grave, Then go— but go alone the whileThen view St David's ruin'd pile ; And, home returning, soothly swear, Was never scene so sad and fair. • • • * By a steel. clench'd postern door, They enter'd now the chancel tall ; The darken'd roof...

...o'er the dead man's grave Then go— but go alone the while — Then view St Davids ruin'd pile; (2) And, home returning, soothly swear, Was never scene so sad and fair ! II. Short huit did Del о raine make there , Little reck'd he of the scene so fair! With dagger's...

...And each shafted oriel glimmers white ; When the cold light's uncertain shower Streams on the ruined central tower ; When buttress and buttress alternately,...soothly swear, Was never scene so sad and fair ! THE POET'S FAREWELL TO HIS HARP. HARP of the north, farewell ! the hills grow dark, On purple peaks a deeper...

...the dead man's grave; Then go — but go alone the while — Then view St David's ruin'd pile; (a) And, home returning, soothly swear, Was never scene so sad and fair! II Short halt did Deloraine make there ; Lillle reck'd he of the scene so fair! With dagger's hilt,...