 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
 | Myra Soper Woodley, Oscar Israel Woodley - 1906 - 376 pagina’s
...teach thee live and die. ****** 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 ! — SCOTT. In the following quotations the writers refer to various color impressions. Select these... | |
 | William Stebbing - 1907 - 428 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 ! • His mind was a treasure-house of tradition and romance from which a poet's magic conjured up... | |
 | Lucia Ellen Barney Downing - 1907 - 210 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." But, unwillingly, we leave the quaint little town of Melrose with its wonderful ruin and interesting... | |
 | Sir Walter Scott - 1908 - 992 pagina’s
...uncertainshower Streams on the ruin'd central tower ; When buttress and buttress, alternately, Seem fram'd of chieftains brave, Boating like foam upon the wave...and stoop'd, and rose again, Wild and disorderly. ! Short halt did Deloraine make there; Little reck'd he of the scene so fair : With dagger's hilt,... | |
 | Esther Singleton - 1908 - 454 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." Before leaving this section of the Tweed, we must not forget to mention that the Knights Templars had... | |
 | 1908 - 554 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 ! Sir Walter Scott. 107 Rosabelle *^ ^ ^> *c* *o -< (Roslin Chapel) O LISTEN, listen, ladies gay! No... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1909 - 992 pagina’s
...coldlight'suncertainshower 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 ! Short halt did Deloraine make there ; Little reck'd he of the scene so fair : With dagger's hilt,... | |
 | Robert Maynard Leonard - 1909 - 636 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 ! 804. LOVE IN peace, Love tunes the shepherd's reed ; In war, he mounts the warrior's steed •, In... | |
 | Max Kaluza - 1909 - 418 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 ! (W. Scott, The Lay of the Last Minstrel II, 1 ff.) And he saw the lean dogs beneath the wall Hold... | |
 | 1910 - 1016 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 !" THE EILDON HILLS The gardens and orchards and rich green meadows that surround Melrose remind us that the... | |
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