 When the broken arches are black in night, And each shafted oriel glimmers white; When the cold light's uncertain shower Streams on the ruined central tower; When buttress and buttress, alternately, Seem framed of ebon and ivory ; When silver edges the...  Sketches of Society in Great Britain and Ireland - Page 77by Charles Samuel Stewart - 1834Full view - About this book
 | 1805 - 948 pages
...[From the same.] I. IF thou wouldst view fair Melrose aright, Go visit it by the pale moon-light ; For the gay beams of lightsome day Gild, but to flout,...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 die dead man's grave ; Then go —... | |
 | 1812 - 762 pages
...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, And the scrolls that teach i.iee to live acd die; When distant Tweed is heard to rave, And the uwlet to boot o'er the dead man's... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1805 - 334 pages
...MINSTREL. CANTO SECOND. I. IF thou would'st view fair Melrose aright, Go visit it by the pale moon-light; For the gay beams of lightsome day Gild, but to flout,...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—but... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1805 - 344 pages
...white ; When the cold light's uncertain shower Streams on the ruined central tower ; THE • • 36 When buttress and buttress, alternately, Seem framed...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 —... | |
 | 1805 - 570 pages
...light's uncertnin shower Streams on the ruined central towsr ; When butlresaand buttress, alicrnately, Seem framed of ebon and ivory, When silver edges the imagery, And the scrolls, that ttach tlice to live and die; When distant Tweed is hi'ard to rave. And the owlet to hoot o'er the dead... | |
 | Samuel Cooper Thacher, David Phineas Adams, William Emerson - 1806 - 796 pages
...oriel glimmers white ; When the cold light's uncertain shower Streams on the ruined central tower 4 When buttress and buttress, alternately, Seem framed...edges the imagery, And the scrolls that teach thee tolive and die ; When distant Tweed is heard to rave, And the owlet to hoot o>r the dead mun's grave... | |
 | sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1811 - 456 pages
...ale, As long as their neighbour's lasted. * Kale, Broth. NOTES TO CANTO II. Note I. When silver edge! the imagery, And the scrolls that teach thee to live and die. — P. 44, The buttresses, ranged along the sides of the ruins of Melrose Abbey, are, according to... | |
 | sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1812 - 362 pages
...oriel glimmers white ; When the cold light's uncertain shower Streams on the ruined central tower ; 2 When buttress and buttress, alternately, Seem framed...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 —... | |
 | Sir Walter Scott - 1813 - 366 pages
...MINSTREL. CANTO SECOND. 1. IF thou would'st view fair Melrose aright, Go visit it by the pale moon-light; For the gay beams of lightsome day Gild, but to flout,...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—but... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1819 - 322 pages
...Streams on the ruined central tower ; When huttress and huttress, alternately, Seem framed of ehon 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—... | |
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