| English poetry - 1844 - 110 páginas
...in the eyes, Pierced the full heart, and forced them still to rise. CRABBE. MELROSE ABBEY AS IT IS. IF thou would'st view fair Melrose aright, Go visit...buttress, alternately, Seem framed of ebon and ivory ; When silver edges the imagery, And the scrolls that teach thee to live and die ; When distant Tweed... | |
| Lord Francis Jeffrey Jeffrey - 1844 - 540 páginas
...sentimental associations to heighten the effect of the picture which he presents to the eye : — " 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 fram'd of ebon and ivory ; When... | |
| Robert Chambers - 1844 - 738 páginas
...beams of lightsome day Gild, but to flout, the ruins gray. When the broken arches are black in ni«ht, And each shafted oriel glimmers white; When the cold...and buttress, alternately, Seem framed of ebon and i ; When silver edges the imagery, And the scrolls that teach thee to live and die ; When distant Tweed... | |
| William Coombs Dana - 1845 - 408 páginas
...the scene was one altogether of enchantment — a perfect realization of the poet's description. " If thou would'st view fair Melrose aright, Go visit...buttress, alternately, Seem framed of ebon and ivory ; When silver edges the imagery, And the scrolls that teach thee to live and die ; When distant Tweed... | |
| John Walker Ord - 1845 - 434 páginas
...throws an inexpressible charm on every fragment that has dropt from his pen : — "If thou wouldst view Melrose aright, Go, visit it by the pale moonlight...When the cold light's uncertain shower Streams on the ruin'd central tower, When buttress and arch alternately Seem fram'd of ebon and ivory ; When silver... | |
| Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1845 - 558 páginas
...Farewell then, enchant! ess ! I meet thee no more ! MELROSE ABBEY. IF thou wouldst view fair Mclrose aright, Go visit it by the pale moonlight : For the...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 Chambers, Robert Chambers - 1846 - 922 páginas
...fair Melrose aright, Go visit it by the pale moonlight ; For the gay beams of lightsome day Gild, hut to flout, the ruins gray. "When the broken arches...buttress, alternately, Seem framed of ebon and ivory ; When silver edges the imagery, And the scrolls that teach thee to live and die ; When distant Tweed... | |
| Walter Scott - 1845 - 382 páginas
...visit it by the pale moonlight; For the gay beams of lightsome day Gild, but to flout, the ruins grey. When the broken arches are black in night, And each...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 Linwood - 1846 - 340 páginas
...quoque fata jubent, citharsc sacra fila, diuque Plena Deo, in nostras dégénérasse manus ? JGL LIX. IF thou wouldst view fair Melrose aright, Go, visit...buttress, alternately, Seem framed of ebon and ivory ; When silver edges the imagery, And the scrolls that teach thee to live and die ; When distant Tweed... | |
| William Linwood - 1846 - 372 páginas
...Hoc quoque fata jubent, citharœ sacra fila, diuque Plena Deo, in nostras degenerasse manus ? JGL LX. IF thou wouldst view fair Melrose aright, Go, visit...buttress, alternately, Seem framed of ebon and ivory ; When silver edges the imagery, And the scrolls that teach thee to live and die ; When distant Tweed... | |
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