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
| Aleksander Przezdziecki - 1845 - 276 Seiten
...ilay Gild, bnt to flont, Ibe ruins y ray. When Ibe broken nrebes are black in ui;;hl, And each suited oriel glimmers white; When the cold light's uncertain shower Streams on the ruined central tower; When bnttress and buttress, alternately, Seem fremcd of ehon and ivory; When... | |
| William Chambers, Robert Chambers - 1846 - 282 Seiten
...; A contrite heart, a humble thought, Are mine accepted sacrifice. MELROSE ABBEY. IP thou would'st view fair Melrose aright, Go visit it by the pale...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... | |
| William Linwood - 1846 - 372 Seiten
...jubent, citharœ sacra fila, diuque Plena Deo, in nostras degenerasse manus ? JGL LX. IF thou wouldst view fair Melrose aright, Go, visit it by the pale...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... | |
| Lady Frances Winckley Shelley - 1913 - 464 Seiten
...at this relic of a bygone age, I could not help thinking of the poet's lines l : " If thou would'st view fair Melrose aright, Go visit it by the pale...central tower ; When buttress and buttress, alternately, Seemed framed of ebon and ivory ; When silver edges the imagery, And the scrolls that teach thee to... | |
| Lady Frances Shelley - 1913 - 462 Seiten
...at this relic of a bygone age, I could not help thinking of the poet's lines 1 : " If thou would'st view fair Melrose aright, Go visit it by the pale...central tower ; When buttress and buttress, alternately, Seemed framed of ebon and ivory ; When silver edges the imagery, And the scrolls that teach thee to... | |
| Alma Blount - 1914 - 406 Seiten
...Abbey compare these lines from Scott's Lay of the Last Minstrel, published in 1805. If them would'st view fair Melrose aright, Go visit it by the pale...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... | |
| Richard Henry Spencer - 1914 - 250 Seiten
...walls, enshrouded in ivy, Sir Walter Scott often lingered and mused awhile. •'if thou would•st view fair Melrose aright, Go visit it by the pale...And each shafted oriel glimmers white; When the cold light•s uncertain shower Streams on the ruined central tower; Then go — but go alone the while... | |
| Bret Harte - 1914 - 474 Seiten
...THE PLAZA1 (SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA, 1864) (After Sir Walter Scott) IF thou wouldst view the Plaza aright, Go visit it by the pale moonlight; For the gay beams of lightsome day Show that the fountain does not play. When the broken benches are hid in shade, With many a vagrant... | |
| Bret Harte - 1914 - 488 Seiten
...THE PLAZA1 (SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFOBNIA, 1864) (After Sir Walter Scott) IF thou wouldst view the Plaza aright, Go visit it by the pale moonlight; For the gay beams of lightsome day Show that the fountain does not play. When the broken benches are hid in shade, With many a vagrant... | |
| Keith Clark - 1916 - 504 Seiten
...surely there was a budding morrow in this midnight — I remembered the lines — "If thou would'st view fair Melrose aright, Go visit it by the pale...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... | |
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