 | George Harris - 1849 - 540 pàgines
...the beauties of which have been immortalized by the "Wizard of the North." " If thou would'st view 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... | |
 | Walter McLeod - 1850 - 170 pàgines
...excellence, been surpassed, or even equalled, by the edifices of any land."— Gazetteer of Scotland. If thou would'st view fair Melrose aright, Go visit...beams of lightsome day Gild but to flout' the ruins gray. When the broken arches are black in night, And each shafted oriel 2 glimmers white ; When the... | |
 | John Aikin - 1850 - 764 pàgines
...longed the rest to hear. Encouraged thus, the aged man, After meet rest, again began. CANTO II. I. Ir thou wouldst view fair Melrose aright, Go visit it...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... | |
 | 1851 - 704 pàgines
...churchyard, and from the grounds of Prior Bank (W. Tait, Esq.) But, in the words of Sir W. Scott, " If thou would'st view fair Melrose aright, Go visit...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 Shillinglaw Crockett, Sir James Lewis Caw - 1903 - 66 pàgines
...belonged, and of which the author gives a charming picture in "The Lay of the Last Minstrel " : — If thou wouldst view fair Melrose aright Go visit...; For the gay beams of lightsome day Gild, but to flcut, the ruins gray. When the broken arches are black in night, And each shafted oriel glimmeis white;... | |
 | Sir Walter Scott, edited by J. Logie Robertson, M.A. - 1904 - 986 pàgines
...long'd the rest to hear. Encourag'd thus, the aged man, After meet rest, again began. Canto Second. IP thou would'st view fair Melrose aright, Go visit it...are black in night, And each shafted oriel glimmers When the cold light's uncertain shower Streams on the ruin'd central tower ; When buttress and buttress,... | |
 | Rolf Boldrewood - 1905 - 484 pàgines
...Banneret's suggestive smile of approval, and, without further delay, began with the opening lines :— ' If thou wouldst view fair Melrose aright, Go visit...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 SMITH, JR., W.S. CROCKETT - 1905 - 348 pàgines
...habit, he borrowed from his brother John, raising the remainder on the security of THE ABBEY, MELROSE ' If thou would'st view fair Melrose aright, Go visit...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... | |
 | William Shillinglaw Crockett - 1905 - 336 pàgines
...borrowed from his brother John, raising the remainder on the security of THE ABBEY, MELROSE ' If than would'st view fair Melrose aright, Go visit it by...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... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1906 - 616 pàgines
...Knd much they longed the rest to hear, Encouraged thus, the Aged Man, after meet rest, again hegan. CANTO SECOND. I. If thou would'st view fair Melrose...flout, the ruins grey. When the broken arches are black i:i And each shafted oriel glimmers white; When the cold light's uncertain shower Streams on the ruined... | |
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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... 
