 | 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
...pin'd away, And drown'd herself for love. MELKOSE ABBEY. SIR WALTER SCOTT. IF thou wouldst view fair Melrose aright, Go visit it by the pale moonlight...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... | |
 | Abraham John Valpy - 1822 - 584 ページ
...of art, and much less beautiful than the far-famed temple of the Sibyl : If thou wouklst view fair Melrose aright, Go visit it by the pale moon-light;...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... | |
 | Abraham John Valpy - 1822 - 582 ページ
...of art, and much less beautiful than the far-famed temple of the Sibyl : If thou wouldst view fair Melrose aright, Go visit it by the pale moon-light;...the 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... | |
 | 1822 - 580 ページ
...by the pale moon-light; When the broken arches are black in night, Gild but to flout the ruins gray. And each shafted Oriel glimmers white; When the cold light's uncertain shower, Streams on the ruin'd central tower, • Seem framed of ebon and ivory, When buttress and buttress alternately, When... | |
 | sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1823 - 354 ページ
...LAST MINSTREL. CANTO SECOND. THE LAY or THE LAST MINSTREL. CANTO SECOND. I. IF thou wouM'st view fair Melrose aright, Go visit it by the pale moon-light...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... | |
 | George Wilkins - 1823 - 376 ページ
...to visit this superb ruin according to the recommendation of the poet : " If thou wouldst see fair Melrose aright, Go visit it by the pale moon-light...beams of lightsome day Gild, but to flout the ruins gray." Accordingly the travellers presented themselves before the Abbey about the same time that William... | |
 | 1823 - 734 ページ
...thou would'st view fair Melrose aright, Go visit it by the pale moonlight, When the broken arches arc black in night, And each shafted oriel glimmers white...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... | |
 | 1823 - 732 ページ
...fair Mclrose aright, Go visit it by the pale moonlight, V.' hun the broken arches are black in sight, And each shafted oriel glimmers white ; 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... | |
 | William Thomas Moncrieff - 1824 - 396 ページ
...remarkable ruins, we should say in the words of Scott, — ,Jf thou woulds't view fair " Kenil worth" right, Go visit it by the pale moonlight; For the gay beams of lightsome day Gild, hut to flout, the ruins gray. When the broken arches are black in night, And each shafted oriel glimmers... | |
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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... 
