 | Sir John Carr - 1807 - 328 páginas
...brightened the scene: frequently we were enveloped in solemn gloom, When the broken arches are as black as night, And each shafted Oriel glimmers white, When the cold light's uncertain show'r, Streams on the min'd central tow'r. Lay of the last Minstrel. 2M CHAPTER XXIV. THE YOUNG CONSCRIPT... | |
 | sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1811 - 456 páginas
...OF THE LAST MINSTREL. CANTO SECOND. THE LAY OF THE LAST MINSTREL. CANTO SECOND. I. IF thou wonld'st view fair Melrose aright, Go visit it by the pale...When the cold light's uncertain shower Streams on the ruined central tower ; 1 When buttress and buttress, alternately, Seem framed of ebon and ivory ; When... | |
 | sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1812 - 362 páginas
...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...When the cold light's uncertain shower Streams on the ruined central tower ; 2 When buttress and buttress, alternately, Seem framed of ebon and ivory ; When... | |
 | Sir Walter Scott - 1813 - 366 páginas
...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...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... | |
 | Arthur Jewitt - 376 páginas
...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...glimmers white; " When the cold light's uncertain shower, " Xfreaais on the ruined central tower ; " Whe-J butlress and buttress alternately, " Seeui framed... | |
 | 1838 - 884 páginas
...Thomas Warton has, in our opinion, described Abbeys and Cathedrals, within and without, much better than Walter 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 grey. When the broken arches are black in... | |
 | 1828 - 454 páginas
...1828. CratolUr. ULSOSE ABBEY AND THE EILDON HILLS. » If thou woaldst view fair Melrose right, Co rtalt it by the pale moonlight , For the gay beams of lightsome day Gild, but to flout, the ruins gray-" — Scott. TO TBS EDITOR. Jra,— Who has perused the works of the celebrated iv: of my motto, and... | |
 | Thomas Raffles - 1818 - 374 páginas
...that Mr. Walter Scott has so elegantly said on the subject of moonlight visits to such structures : " If thou wouldst. view fair Melrose aright, Go visit it by the pale moonlight." &c. We repaired to the cathedral again in the morning. The interior is extremely spacious, and the... | |
 | 1847 - 480 páginas
...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...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... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1819 - 322 páginas
...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 ;...When the cold light's uncertain shower Streams on the ruined central tower ; When huttress and huttress, alternately, Seem framed of ehon and ivory; When... | |
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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 ; When silver edges the... 
