 | Robert Burns, John Gibson Lockhart - 1837 - 628 pàgines
...Hu ble^t my glorious day : And shall a glimmering planet fix My worship to it« ray ? A VISION. 4> I stood by yon roofless tower, Where the wa'-flower scents the dewy air, Where th* howlet mourns in her ivy bower, And teils the midnight moon her care. The winds were laid, the... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1839 - 352 pàgines
...heart. A VISION.* TUNE — ' CCMNOCK PSALMS.' As I stood by yon roofless tower, Where the wa' flower scents the dewy air, Where the howlet mourns in her ivy bower, And tells the midnight moon her care ; * This fragment was founded on a Poem by Allan Ramsay. The scenery is from nature. The Poet is supposed... | |
 | 1839 - 892 pàgines
...As I stood by yon roofless tower, Where the wa'lluwer scents the dewy air, Where th' howlet mourus in her ivy bower, And tells the midnight moon her care. " The winds were laid, tke air wss still, The stars they thot alang the sky ; The fnx was howling on the hill, And the distant... | |
 | 1839 - 880 pàgines
...that attains to the sublime, and appears to place it very high in the scale of song-writing: — " As I stood by yon roofless tower, Where the wa'flower scents the dewy air, Where th' howlet mourns in her ivy bower, And tells the midnight moon her care. "jThe winds were laid, the... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1840 - 872 pàgines
...coming of something more than human : — " As l stood by yon roofless tower. Where the wa' flower scents the dewy air, Where the howlet mourns in her...the sky. The fox was howling on the hill, And the distant-echoing glens reply." While enjoying the scene, and looking on the northern streamers, the... | |
 | John Wilson, Robert Chambers - 1840 - 364 pàgines
...in his grand fragment entitled " A Vision," he has conferred immortal interest on these ruins. • * As I stood by yon roofless tower, Where the wa'-flower scents the dcwy air ; Where the howlet mourns in her ivy bower. And telle the midnight moon her care ; ' The winds... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1841 - 354 pàgines
...stars they shot alang the sky, The fox was howling on the hill, And the distant-echoing glens reply. As I stood by yon roofless tower, Where the wa'-flower...her ivy bower, And tells the midnight moon her care ; A lassie all alone was making her moan, Lamenting our lads beyond the sea, In the bluidy wars they... | |
 | John Wilson - 1842 - 380 pàgines
...quote that attains to the sublime, and appears to place it very high in the scale of song- writing. " As I stood by yon roofless tower, Where the wa'flower scents the dewy air, Where th' howlet mourns in her ivy bower, And tells the midnight moon her care. " The winds were laid, the... | |
 | John Wilson - 1842 - 384 pàgines
...of song-writing. Where th' howlet mourns in her ivy bower, And tells the midnight moon her care. " As I stood by yon roofless tower, Where the wa'flower scents the dewy air, " The winds were laid, the air was still, The stars they shot alang the sky; The fox was howling on... | |
 | Robert Burns, James Currie - 1844 - 706 pàgines
...the twelfth century, in the reign of Malcolm IV. Tune. — Cnmnoci psalmt, As I stood by yon roolless tower, Where the wa'-flower scents the dewy air, Where...were laid, the air was still, The stars they shot alang the sky ; The fox was howling on the hill, And the distant-echoing glens reply. The stream, adown... | |
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As I stood by yon roofless tower, Where the wa'-flower scents the dewy air, Where the howlet mourns in her ivy bower, And tells the midnight moon her care. The winds were laid, the air was still, The stars they shot alang the sky ; The fox was howling... 
