...Walter Scott in his " Lay of the Last Minstrel," occasioned by a moonlight scene at Melrose, — " The moon on the east oriel shone Through slender shafts of shapely stone, By foliagod tracery combined ; Thou would YI have thought some fairy's hand 'Twixt poplars straight the...

...base and with capital flourished around, Seemed bundles of lances which garlands had bound." And— " The moon on the east oriel shone Through slender shafts...thought some 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...

...whole elaborately finished. Sir Walter Scott describes such an oriel in Melrose Abbey, Scotland: — " The moon on the east oriel shone Through slender shafts of shapely stone, By foliaged tracery combined j Thou wouldst have thought Borne fairy's hand 'Twixt poplars straight the osier wand In many a freakish...

...admired for its lightness, grace, aud elegant beauty. Sir Walter Scott has thus finely described it : — The moon on the east oriel shone, Through slender shafts of shapely stone, . By foliaeed tracery combined : Thou wouldst have thought tome fairy's hand 'Twist poplan straight tho...

...And thine, dark knight of Liddesdale. 4 O fading honours of the dead! 0 high ambition, lowly laid! The moon on the east oriel shone. Through slender...thought some 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...

...And thine, dark knight of Liddesdale ! O fading honours of the dead ! O high ambition, lowly laid ! The moon on the east oriel shone, Through slender shafts of shapely stone, By foliage tracery combined ; Thou wouldst have thought some fairy's baud 'Twist poplars straight the...

...uncommonly elegant and beautiful. Sir Walter Scott, in describing this part of the building, says— " The moon on the east oriel shone Through slender shafts...thought some 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...

...and other conveniences, were enclosed within a lofty wall, which extended about a mile in circuit. " The moon on the east oriel shone, Through slender...thought some 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...

...view St David's ruined pile ; And, home returning, soothly swear, Was never scene so sad and fair t eed his sacred flame. Oft in my waking dreams do I...the mount I lay, Beside the ruined tower. The moons Twiit poplars straight the ozier wand, In mauy a freakish knot, had twined ; Then framed a spell, when...

...Otterburne, And thine, dark Knight of Liddesdale! O fading honors of the dead! O high ambition, lowly laid ! The moon on the east oriel shone, Through slender...thought some 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...