..."Twist poplars straight the osier wand, In many a freakish knot, had twined ; Then framed a spoil, when the work was done, And changed the willow wreaths to stone. Of the whole scene he thus writes : — If thou would'at view fair Melrose aright, Go visit it by the...

...straight, the osier wand In many a freakish knot had twined ; Then formed a spell, when the work waa done, And changed the willow wreaths to stone. The...earnest of an immense landed estate to the church — this horn I had the pleasure of sounding. I sat also in an old chair * A few months after my visit...

...freakish knot had twined ; Then formed a spell, when the work waa done, And changed the willow wreathe to stone. The silver light so pale and faint Showed...curiosities of the cathedral shown to strangers, is a larçe ivory horn, made of an elephant's tusk, presented by Prince L'lphus, in 1036, as an earnest...

...of shapely stone; By foliage tracery combined ; Thou would'st have thought some fairy's hand "J'wixt poplars straight, the osier wand In many a freakish...silver light, so pale and faint, Showed many a prophet and many a saint,. Whose image on the glass was dyed ; The moon-beam kissed the holy pane, And threw...

...fairy's hand, 'Twixt poplars straight, the ozier wand In many a freakish knot had twin'd ; Then framed a spell when the work was done, And changed the willow wreaths to stone." The fourth and last theory is one highly flattering to our national feelings — but I fear it " wants...

...fairy's hand, Twist poplars straight, the ozier wand In many a freakish knot had twined ; Then framed a spell, when the work was done, And changed the willow wreaths to stone." This church has free sittings for 11/1 persons, and accommodation in pews for 831. The architect's...

...fairy's hand 'Twixt poplars straight the ozier wand, In many a freakish knot, had twined ; Then framed a spell, when the work was done, And changed the willow...wreaths to stone. The silver light, so pale and faint, i Shewed many a prophet, and many a saint, Whose image on the glass was dyed ; Full in the midst, his...

...fairy's hand 'Twixt poplars straight the ozier wand In many a freakish knot had twined, Then framed a spell, when the work was done, And changed the willow wreaths to stone." The Abbey Church is built in the form of a Latin cross, but the ground plan is not quite uniform, as the...

...fairy's hand 'Twixt poplars straight the osier wand, In many a freakish wreath had twin'd ; Then framed a spell when the work was done. And changed the willow wreaths to stone. • "Nature," says a Southron author in 1776, "is stndied throughout the whole, and the tlowers and...

...fairy's hand, "Twixt poplars straight the osier wand, In many a freakish knot, had twined ; Then framed a spell, when the work was done, And changed the willow wreaths to stone." As the older masters often repeated their best pieces, the circumstance of there being two or three...