 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...  The poetical works of sir Walter Scott - Seite 39von sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1823Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | Walter Scott - 1833 - 1104 Seiten
...hear. Encouraged thus, the Aged Man, After meet rest, again began. CANTO SECOND. I. IF thou would'st view fair Melrose aright,* Go visit it by the pale...gay beams of lightsome day Gild, but to flout, the rums gray. When the broken arches are black in night, And each shafted oriel glimmers white ; When... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1833 - 418 Seiten
...action and emphasis, the following well-known lines of the poet of Abbotsford :— " If thou wouldst view fair Melrose aright, Go visit it by the pale...moonlight, For the gay beams of lightsome day, Gild, but to flaunt the ruins grey. When the broken arches are black in night, And each shafter oriel glimmers white... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1833 - 412 Seiten
...action and emphasis, the following well-known lines of the poet of Abbotsford:— " If thou wouldst view fair Melrose aright, Go visit it by the pale...moonlight, For the gay beams of lightsome day, Gild, but to flaunt the ruins grey. When the broken arches are black in night, And each shatter oriel glimmers white... | |
 | Mr. Forsyth - 1833 - 348 Seiten
...action and emphasis, the following well-known lines of the poet of Abbotsford .— 'If thou wouldst view fair Melrose aright, Go visit it by the pale...moonlight, For the gay beams of lightsome day, Gild, but to flaunt the ruins grey. When the broken arches are black in night, And each shatter oriel glimmers white... | |
 | William Craig Brownlee - 1833 - 242 Seiten
...sorrow ! CHAPTER XIV. "If thou wouldst view fair Melrose aright, Go visit it by the pale moon light; "When the broken arches are black in night, And each shafted oriel glimmers while;" SIR WALTER SCOTT. Master James, meantime, had placed himself opposite the middle tower of the... | |
 | 1833 - 372 Seiten
...ABBEY. BY DELLA CRUSCA. If them wouldst view fair Mclrose aright, G« visit it by the pale moon's light, For the gay beams of lightsome day Gild, but to flout the ruins grey. SIR WALTER SCOTT. FAIR Abbey, thou art beautiful ! Though time's strong hand hath torn The deckings... | |
 | Samuel Griswold Goodrich - 1834 - 440 Seiten
...and leaf; The other over hopes and joys, Whose beauty was as brief. MELROSE ABBEY. IF thou wouldst view fair Melrose aright, Go visit it by the pale...black in night, And each shafted oriel glimmers white 3 When the cold light's uncertain shower Streams on the ruined central tower ; When buttress and buttress... | |
 | Charles Samuel Stewart - 1834 - 286 Seiten
...— " If thou woulds't view fair Melrose aright, Go visit it by the pale moonlight ; ABBOT9FORD. 77 For the gay beams of lightsome day Gild, but to flout,...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... | |
 | Samuel Griswold Goodrich - 1834 - 440 Seiten
...brief. MELROSE ABBEY. IF thou wouldst view fair Melrosc arigiit, Go visit it by ihe pale moonlight j For the gay beams of lightsome day Gild, but to flout...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... | |
 | Samuel Griswold Goodrich - 1834 - 432 Seiten
...brief. MELROSE ABBEY. IF ihou wouldst view fair ftlelrose aright, Go visit it by the pale moonlight 5 For the gay beams of lightsome day Gild, but to flout...When the cold light's uncertain shower Streams on (he ruined central tower; When buttress and buttress alternately Seem framed of ebon and ivory 3 When... | |
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