 | George William McClelland - 1925 - 1178 pages
...ebon and ivory; I0 When silver edges the imagery, 4 And the scrolls that teach thee to live and die; for I did not much think against it; and this lasted till I went to Oxford, where it would go—but go alone the while— Then view Saint David's ruined pile; And, home returning, soothly swear... | |
 | Robert Borneman Ludy - 1926 - 578 pages
...the ruined central tower; When buttress and buttress alternately, Seem framed of ebon and ivory ***** When distant Tweed is heard to rave, And the owlet...— but go alone the while — Then view St. David's lonely pile; And home returning soothly swear, Was never scene so sad and fair. — Sir Walter Scott... | |
 | Frederick Earle Emmons, Thomas Waterman Huntington - 1928 - 454 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...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 ! SIR... | |
 | 1923 - 850 pages
...the ruined central tower. 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 art of his novels is an equally superficial one, as in Ivanhoc, which begins with a journey... | |
 | Max Kaluza - 1911 - 422 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! (W. Scott, The Lay of the Last Minstrel II, Iff.) And he saw the lean dogs beneath the wall Hold o'er... | |
 | Jerome Mitchell - 1987 - 284 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 to hoot o'er the dead man's grave, Then go—but go alone the while— Then view St. David's ruin'd pile; And, home returning, soothly swear,... | |
 | T. R. Malthus - 2004 - 372 pages
...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 Poetical Works of Sir... | |
 | Ina Ferris - 2002 - 223 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...dead man's grave, Then go - but go alone the while. (2: 3-15) No longer a scene of ruination, this is a ruin scene and a deeply melancholy one, shot through... | |
 | Sir Walter Scott - 2003 - 258 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! CANTO FOURTH i Sweet Teviot! on... | |
 | Helen Groth - 2003 - 266 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, sootbly swear, Was never scene so sad and fair!4* 4* Scott, Poetical Works, 44-3.... | |
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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... 
