Streams on the ruined central tower; When buttress and 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 is heard to rave, And the owlet to hoot o'er... The Poetical Works of Sir Walter Scott - Página 317por Walter Scott - 1842 - 699 páginasVista completa - Acerca de este libro
| 1866 - 956 páginas
...thee to live and die ; When distant Tweed is heard to rave, And the owlet to hoot o'er the dead man's grave, Then go ; but go alone the while, Then view St. David's ruin'd pile, And home returning, soothly swear Was never scene so sad and fair." The sentiment soon, in fact, came... | |
| 1923 - 850 páginas
...the ruined central tower. Then go — but go alone the while — Then view St. David's ruined pile; And home returning, soothly swear, Was never scene so sad and fair! . . . The art of his novels is an equally superficial one, as in Ivanhoe, which begins with a journey... | |
| Robert Chambers - 1844 - 746 páginas
...thee to live and die ; When distant Tweed is heard to rave, And the owlet to hoot o'er the dead man'» ould endow them with every species of virtue, and free them from e ruined pile ; And, home returning, soothly swear, Was never scene so nad and fair ! The moon on the... | |
| 1844 - 288 páginas
...thee to live and dio When distant Tweed is heard to rave, And the owlet to hoot o'er the dead man's grave, Then go — but go alone the while — Then view St. David's ruined pile ; And, home returning, soothly swear Wan never scene so sad and fair ! Sui WALTER SCOTT.... | |
| English poetry - 1844 - 110 páginas
...thee to live and die ; When distant Tweed is heard to rave, And the owlet to hoot o'er the dead man's grave, Then go — but go alone the while — Then view St. David's ruined pile : And, home returning, soothly swear, Was never scene so sad and fair ! SCOTT'S LAY OF... | |
| Robert Chambers - 1844 - 738 páginas
...thee to live and die ; When distant Tweed is heard to rave, And the owlet to hoot o'er the demi man's g 0. ruined pile ; And, home returning, soothly swear, Was never scene so sad and fair 1 The moon on the... | |
| Lord Francis Jeffrey Jeffrey - 1844 - 540 páginas
...thee to live and die ; When distant Tweed is heard to rave, And the owlet to hoot o'er the dead man's grave ; Then go ! — but go alone the while — Then view St. David's ruined pile! And, home returning, soothly swear, Was never scene so sad and fair!" — p. 35, 36. In... | |
| Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1845 - 558 páginas
...thee to live and die ; When distant Tweed \s heard to rave, And the owlet to hoot o'er the dead man's grave ; Then go ! — but go alone the while — Then view St. David's ruin'd pile ! And, home returning, soothly swear, Was never scene so sad and fair ! JAMES MONTGOMERY. JAMES MONTGOMERY... | |
| John Walker Ord - 1845 - 434 páginas
...teach us to live or die ; When distant Tweed is heard to rave, And the owl to hoot o'er the dead man's grave ; Then go — but go alone the while — Then view St. David's ruin'd pile ; And, home returning, soothly swear, Was never scene, so sad, so fair." Lay of the Last Minstrel.... | |
| William Coombs Dana - 1845 - 408 páginas
...thee to live and die ; When distant Tweed is heard to rave, And the owlet to hoot o'er the dead man's grave, Then go — but go alone the while — Then view St. David's ruined pile ; And home, returning, soothly swear, Was never scene so sad and fair!" As again and again... | |
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