 When buttress and buttress, alternately, Seem framed of ebon and ivory; When silver edges the imagery, And the scrolls that teach thee to live and die: ; When distant Tweed is heard to rave, And the owlet to hoot o'er the dead man's grave, Then go —...  Littell's Living Age - Pagina 2481866Volledige weergave - Over dit boek
 | Staffa - 1850 - 186 pagina’s
...owlet to hoot o'er the dead man's grave; Then go— but go alone the while — Then view lona's ruined pile ; And, home returning, soothly swear, Was never scene so sad and fair.' The Chapter-house is a little, dark, vaulted chamber, with four stalls on each side. Above it was, probably,... | |
 | William Enfield, James Pycroft - 1851 - 422 pagina’s
...uncertain shower Streams on the ruin'd central tower ; When buttress and buttress, alternately, Seem fram'd of ebon and ivory ; When silver edges the imagery,...returning, soothly swear, Was never scene so sad and fair ! SIR W. SCOTT. CHAPTER XXXVIII. HOHENLINDEN. , ON Linden when the sun was low, All bloodless lay the... | |
 | 1851 - 704 pagina’s
...When distant Tweed is heard to rave, And the owlet to hoot o'er the dead man's grave, Then go—but go alone the while— Then view St. David's ruin'd...returning, soothly swear, Was never scene so sad and fair !" Within the Abbey lie the remains of many a gallant warrior and venerable priest. A large slab of... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1851 - 764 pagina’s
...hoot o'er the dead man's grave, Then go — but go alone the while — Then view St David's ruined pile ; And, home returning, soothly swear, Was never scene so sad and fair t The moon on the east oriel shone, Through slender shafts of shapely stone, By foliaged tracery combined... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1851 - 780 pagina’s
...hoot o'er the dead man's grave, Then RO — but go alone the while — Then view St. David's ruined pile ; And, home returning, soothly swear, Was never scene so sad and fiiir! LOVE OF COUNTRY. Breathes there a man with soul so dead, Who never to himself hath said, This... | |
 | Class-book - 1852 - 152 pagina’s
...For the gay beams of lightsome day Gild but to flout the ruins grey. When the broken arches are black in night, And each shafted oriel glimmers white ;...returning, soothly swear Was never scene so sad and fair! %obe of flatti1t (f ounlrj). From the Lay of the Last Minstrel, Canto VI. BREATHES there the man with... | |
 | 1852 - 782 pagina’s
...o'er the de«d man'« grave ; Then go! — but go alone the while — Then view St. David's ruined pile! And. home returning, soothly swear, Was never scene so sad and fair !" -pp. 35, 36. In the following passage he is less ambitious ; and confines himself, аз an ancient... | |
 | Henry Philip Tappan - 1852 - 318 pagina’s
...o'er the dead man's grave, Then go — but go alone the while — • Then view St. David's ruined pile ; And home returning, soothly swear, Was never scene so sad and fair !" There •was no bright moon, but there was a soft summer twilight, and so I rose and took a stroll,... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1852 - 594 pagina’s
...hoot o'er the dead man's gravef Then go — but go alone the while — Then view St. David's ruined pile: And, home returning, soothly swear, Was never scene so sad and fair ! Short halt did Deloraine make there ; Little recked he of the scene so fair. With dagger's hilt,... | |
 | bernard barton - 1853
...granted; but instead of the usual ending, " Then go — but go alone the whileThen view St. David's rain'd pile ; And, home returning, soothly swear Was never scene so sad and fair ! " the poet had penned this amusing variation, Then go — and meditate with awe On scenes the author never... | |
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