 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
 | sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1835 - 380 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 ! II. Short halt did Deloraine make there ; Little recked he of the scene so fair. With dagger's hilt,... | |
 | Robert Walsh - 1837 - 504 pagina’s
...hoot o'er the dead man's grave, Then go — but go alone the while — Then view Saint David's ruined pile; And, home returning, soothly swear, Was never scene so sad and fair !" The opening of the tomb, by the warrior, in Melrose Abbey, also exemplifies the accuracy of Scott's imagination... | |
 | 1838 - 938 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 second couplet has no business there — and forcibly brings before us an image which should have been... | |
 | Walter Scott, J. W. Lake - 1838 - 496 pagina’s
...to hoot o'er the dead man's grave, Then go — but go alone the whileThen view Saint David's ruined pile; And, home returning, soothly swear, Was never scene so sad and fair ! П. Short halt did Deloraine make there; Little recked he of the scene so fair With dagger's hilt,... | |
 | Samuel Griswold Goodrich - 1839 - 322 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 ! LESSON LVIII. The Set of Diamonds. 1. MR. E , a physician of Paris, well known for his skill in curing... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1841 - 848 pagina’s
...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 ! II. Short halt did Deloraine make there ; Little reck'd he of the scene so fair : With dagger's hilt,... | |
 | 1842 - 480 pagina’s
...For the gay beams of lightsome day Gild but to flout the rums grey. When the broken arches are black in night, And each shafted oriel glimmers white ;...swear, Was never scene so sad and fair ! » * * * The pillar'd arches were over their head, And beneath their feet were the bones of the Spreading herbs... | |
 | Adam and Charles Black (Firm) - 1842 - 598 pagina’s
...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 ! " Within the Abbey lie the remains of many a gallant warrior and venerable priest. A large slab of... | |
 | 1842 - 504 pagina’s
...alternately Seem framed 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,...swear, Was never scene so sad and fair ! » * * * The pillar'd arches were over their head, And beneath their feet were the bones of the dead. Spreading... | |
 | Readings - 1843 - 466 pagina’s
...to 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! BATTLE OF BEAL' AN DUINE. From THE LADY OF THK LAKE. THE Minstrel came once more to view The eastern... | |
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