 | Sir Walter Scott - 1813 - 366 ページ
...again began. THE LAY OF THE LAST MINSTREL. CANTO SECOND. THE LAY OF THE LAST MINSTREL. CANTO SECOND. 1. IF thou would'st view fair Melrose aright, Go visit...beams of lightsome day Gild, but to flout, the ruins gray. When the broken arches are black in night, And each shafted oriel glimmers white; When the cold... | |
 | 1838 - 884 ページ
...Scott. " If thou wouldst view fair Melrose aright, Go visit it by the pale moonlight ; For the guy beams of lightsome day Gild, but to flout, the ruins...When the cold light's uncertain shower Streams on the ruin'd central tower ; When buttress and buttress, alternately, Seem framed of ebon and ivory ; When... | |
 | Arthur Jewitt - 376 ページ
...to ilelrcse la} ing aside the locality of the Tweed. " If thou wouldst view fsir ileliosc arjgbt, " Go visit it by the pale moonlight ; « For the gay...beams of lightsome day " Gild but to flout, the ruins gray. " When the broken arches are black in night, " And each shafted Oriel glimmers white; " When... | |
 | 1828 - 454 ページ
...it " When the broken arches ore black In night. And each shafted oriel glimmer* white; When the void light's uncertain shower Streams on the ruined central...buttress alternately Seem framed of ebon and ivory ;" but to see it as a traveller ought to see it; to be able to examine its minor beauties; to view... | |
 | 1847 - 480 ページ
...both in very masterly style. Nor is he less successful with Scott's description of Melrose Abbey. ' If thou wouldst view fair Melrose aright, Go, visit...beams of lightsome day Gild, but to flout, the ruins gray. When the broken arches are black in night, And each shafted oriel glimmers white; When the cold... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1819 - 322 ページ
...For the gay heams of lightsome day Gild hut to flout the ruins gray. When the hroken arches are hlack in night, And each shafted oriel glimmers white ;...shower Streams on the ruined central tower ; When huttress and huttress, alternately, Seem framed of ehon and ivory; When silver edges the imagery, And... | |
 | Mrs. Jamieson (Frances Thurtle) - 1820 - 538 ページ
...establishments in Scotland. You remember Walter Scott's lines upon this abbey: " If thou wonldst \iew fair Melrose aright Go visit it by the pale moonlight;...When the broken arches are black in night, And each shaded oriel glimmers white ; When buttress and buttress alternately, Seemed formed of ebon and ivory... | |
 | sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1820 - 264 ページ
...again began. THE LAY OF THE LAST MINSTREL. CANTO SECOND. THE LAY OF THE LAST MINSTREL. CANTO SECOND. I. IF thou would'st view fair Melrose aright, Go visit...beams of lightsome day Gild, but to flout, the ruins gray. When the broken arches are black in night, And each shafted oriel glimmers white; When the cold... | |
 | John Bower (of Melrose.) - 1822 - 152 ページ
...the beauty and grandeur of the ruins of Meirose Abbey, says—- If thou would st view fair Meirose aright, Go visit it by the pale moon-light ; For the...each shafted oriel glimmers white ; When the cold lights uncertain shower Streams on the ruin'd central tower ; When buttress and buttress, alternately,... | |
 | 1822 - 418 ページ
...the girl grew sick, and pin'd away, And drown'd herself for love. MELKOSE ABBEY. SIR WALTER SCOTT. IF thou wouldst view fair Melrose aright, Go visit...beams of lightsome day Gild but to flout the ruins gray. When the broken arches are black in night, And each shafted oriel glimmers white ; When the cold... | |
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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... 
