 | 1842 - 480 ページ
...such as few literary men have undergone, Sir Walter Scott died on the 2lst of September, 1832. SCOTT. MELROSE ABBEY. If thou wouldst view fair Melrose aright,...the gay beams of lightsome day Gild but to flout the rums grey. When the broken arches are black in night, And each shafted oriel glimmers white ; When... | |
 | Adam and Charles Black (Firm) - 1842 - 598 ページ
...cloister. The best view of the Abbey is obtained from the south-east corner of the churchyard ; but " If thou would'st view fair Melrose aright, Go visit...beams of lightsome day Gild, but to flout, the ruins grey. When the broken arches are black in night, And each shafted oriel glimmers white ; When the cold... | |
 | Valentine Mott - 1842 - 490 ページ
...reminded of those well-known beautiful lines, where the author of Ivanhoe thus speaks : " If tbou wooldst view fair Melrose aright, Go visit it by the pale...of lightsome day Gild but to flout the ruins gray. " From thence we proceeded a little farther on to Dryburg Abbey, where all that there is of mortal... | |
 | Valentine Mott - 1842 - 504 ページ
...well-known beautiful lines, where the author of Ivanhoe thus speaks : " If tbou wouldst view fair Melrtwe aright, • ' Go visit it by the pale moonlight ;...of lightsome day Gild but to flout the ruins gray. " From thence we proceeded a little farther on to Dryburg Abbey, where all that there is of mortal... | |
 | 1842 - 504 ページ
...Scott died on the 2Ist of Septemher, I832. SCOTT. MELROSE ABBEY. If thou wouldst view fair Melrosc aright, Go visit it by the pale moonlight ; For the...beams of lightsome day Gild but to flout the ruins grey. When the broken arches are black in night, And each shafted oriel glimmers white ; When the cold... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1842 - 746 ページ
...re«t to hear. Encouraged thus, the Aged Man, After meet rest, again began. CANTO SECOND. I. IP thnu would'st view fair Melrose aright,* Go visit it by the pale moonlight ; For the Ray beams of lightsome day Gild, but to flout, ibe nuns gray. When the broken arches ore black in night,... | |
 | John Sydney Taylor - 1843 - 568 ページ
...world to converse with the spirit of past times, in the ruins of Melrose Abbey :— ' If you would view fair Melrose aright, Go visit it by the pale...lightsome day, Gild but to flout the ruins gray.' And surely if Melrose, with all the associations of romantic history clinging to its relicts, and interwoven... | |
 | 1923 - 850 ページ
...harp, his sole remaining joy. Was carried by an orphan boy. . . . Again, there is his description of Melrose Abbey : — If thou would'st view fair Melrose...lightsome day Gild, but to flout, the ruins gray. 'Where the broken arches are blank in night. And each shafted oriel glimmers white; When the cold light's... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1844 - 738 ページ
...picturesque are the following passages, which instantly became popular : — [Description of Mdrox eide, The fountain's murmure, and the vul lev's pride...think we these less pleasing to behold Than dreary When the broken arches are black in ni«ht, And each shafted oriel glimmers white; When the cold light's... | |
 | Lord Francis Jeffrey Jeffrey - 1844 - 540 ページ
...sentimental associations to heighten the effect of the picture which he presents to the eye : — " If thou wouldst view fair Melrose aright, Go visit...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 light's... | |
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IF thou would'st view fair Melrose aright, Go visit it by the pale moon-light; For the gay beams of lightsome day Gild, but to flout, the ruins gray. 
