 | William Linwood - 1846 - 372 pages
...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...- 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. LX. Jttelrosa.... | |
 | Lord Francis Jeffrey Jeffrey - 1846 - 794 pages
...silver edges the imagery, 364 And ihe scrolls lhal leach thee to live and die ; W hen distant Tweed ii heard to rave, And the owlet to hoot o'er the dead man's grave Then po! — but go alone the while — Then view St. David's ruined pile ! Arnl. hume returning, soothly... | |
 | William Linwood - 1846 - 342 pages
...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. Scott. LX. Jttelrosa. Öl vis Melrosam, quam sit formosa, tueri, I, pete cum cœlo pallida luna nitet... | |
 | Jean Froissart - 1847 - 378 pages
...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...alone the while — Then view St. David's ruin'd pile; And, home returning, soothly swear, Was never scene so sad and fair !" The eastern window of this venerable... | |
 | 1847 - 582 pages
...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...— but go alone the while — Then view St. David's ruined pile ; And, home returning, soothly swear, Was never scene «о sad and fair !" Dryburgh abbey,... | |
 | James Thomson - 1847 - 504 pages
...visiting Mclrose : — " If thou wonidst view fair Melrose aright, Go visit it by the pale moonlight ; When distant Tweed is heard to rave, And the owlet to hoot o'er the dead man's grave." The owl, also, was formerly supposed to destroy infants. " Striges," remarks Lavaterus, " as they saye,... | |
 | sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1848 - 330 pages
...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...alone the while — Then view St David's ruin'd pile ; And, home returning, soothly swear, Was never scene so sad and fair ! 216 SELECT MOTTOES AND IMAGES.... | |
 | Louisa Caroline Tuthill - 1848 - 512 pages
...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...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 darkened roof... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1848 - 772 pages
...of ebon and ivory; When silver edges the imagery, And the scrolls that teach thee to live and die;1 When distant Tweed is heard to rave, And the owlet to hoot o'er the dead man's grave, 1 The buttresses, ranged along the sides of the ruins of Melrose Abbey, are, according to the Gothic... | |
 | Moon - 1848 - 246 pages
....scroll* that teach thee to live and die ; When distant Tweed is heard to rave, And the owlet to boot o'er the dead man's grave ; Then go — but go alone the while — To view St. David's ruined pile .' " . "I see the whale sport on Greenland's coast, and the flying... | |
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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 imagery, And the scrolls that teach thee to live and die ; When distant Tweed is... 
