 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
 | Samuel Griswold Goodrich - 1854 - 264 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 TURKEY AND THE ANT. IN other men we faults can spy, And blame the mote that dims their eye, Each little... | |
 | sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1855 - 590 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,... | |
 | Joseph Middleton (barrister.) - 1855 - 290 pagina’s
...hoot o'er the dead man's grave, Then go — but go alone the while — And view St. David's ruined pile ; And, home returning, soothly swear, Was never scene so sad and fair !" What a g-lorious thing is true and genuine poetry ! It fixes like a great and marvellous truth upon... | |
 | Andrew Dickinson - 1856 - 234 pagina’s
...hoot o'er the dead man's grare, . Then go — but go alone the while — Then vtew St. David's ruined pile ; And home returning, soothly swear, Was never scene so sad and fair !'' 9 The soul is borne back to distant ages by the sight of this majestic ruin, calling up solemn... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1856 - 776 pagina’s
...o'er the dead man's grave. Then go — but go alone the while — Then view St David's ruin'd pile;11 And, home returning, soothly swear, Was never scene so sad and fair I _____ i II. ' Short halt did Deloraine make there ; Little reck'd he of the scene so fair; With dagger's... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1857 - 800 pagina’s
...rave, And the owlet to hoot o'er the dead man's grave, Then go — hut go alone the while — Then vicw St. David's ruin'd pile ; And, home returning, soothly swear, Was never scene so sad and fair ! The lamt. LOVE OF COUNTRY — SCOTLAND. Breathes there a man with soul so dead, Who never to himself hath... | |
 | English poetry - 1857 - 334 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 ! 192 MELEOSE ABBEY AS IT WAS. AGAIN on the Knight looked the Churchman old, And again he sighed heavily... | |
 | Sir Walter Scott - 1857 - 444 pagina’s
...o'er the dead man's grave, Then go — but go alone the while — Then view St David's ruined pile; B 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,... | |
 | John Marius Wilson - 1858 - 100 pagina’s
...the scrolls that teach thee to live and die ; When the distant Tweed is heard to rave, And the howlet to hoot o'er the dead man's grave; Then go — but...soothly swear Was never scene so sad and fair." The Eildon hills, immediately south of Melrose, command an extensive, gorgeous, panoramic view. They are... | |
 | Aubrey Thomas De Vere - 1858 - 298 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 ! MELROSE ABBEY AS IT WAS. Again on the knight looked the churchman old, And again he sighed heavily... | |
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