...grimoirc. In Border folklore the 'wondrous wizard' of Sir Walter's Lay is credited with having ' cleft the Eildon Hills in three, and bridled the Tweed with a curb of stone ;' and his grave is of course shown in Melrose Abbey. Nay, the 'Jingler's Room' in Oakwood Tower, near Selkirk,...

...in Notre Dame! Some of his skill he taught to me; And, warrior, I could say to thee The words that never look behind!" Down on thy knees, blasphemer as thou art, And ask f But to speak them were a deadly sin, And for having but thought them my heart within A treble penance...

...his magic wand to wave, The bells would ring in Notre-Dame! It was he also who spoke The words that cleft Eildon Hills in three, And bridled the Tweed with a curb of stone. "It may be added that, as a fitting memorial to the author who loved the Abbey so well, Mr. GM Kemp,...

...the Merrimack, and to grow mills, like early lettuce, all in four weeks. They spoke " The words that cleft Eildon hills in three," "And bridled the Tweed with a curb of stone " : and, when the Salmon and the Shad came up the next spring, they ran their noses against a granite scarp,...

...century that famous wizard, Michael Scott, whose words had such super-natural power : The words that cleft Eildon hills in three, And bridled the Tweed with a curb of stone. This fine old keep was built by Robert Scott in 1602, and afterwards became the property of Wat of...

...escape from performance by the same saving clause. And, warrior, I could say to thee The words that cleft Eildon hills in three, And bridled the Tweed with a curb of stone ) Bnt to speak them were a deadly sin ; And for having but thought them my heart within, A treble penance...

...him. Michael was under the necessity of finding employment for the Demon who, at his bidding, had — cleft Eildon Hills in three, And bridled the Tweed with a curb of stone; but each of these feats was accomplished in a single night, and he was hard put to it by the troublesome...