...wouldst have thought some fairy hand, 'Twixt poplars straight, the ozier wand In many a freakish note had twined ; Then framed a spell when the work was done, And changed the willow wreaths to stone." 3* Under the spot where the high altar stood is the grave of Alexander II., of Scotland. Here also...

...shafts of shapely stone, By foliage tracery combined ; Thou would'st have thought some fairy's Land 'Twixt poplars straight the osier wand, In many a freakish knot had twined ; Then formed a spell, when the work was done. And changed the willow wreaths to stone !7' The beautifully...

...enchain the beholder, as it were some fairy creation, and would justify the verse of Sir Walter. " Thou wouldst have thought some fairy's hand 'Twixt...was done, And changed the willow wreaths to stone." Many of the Douglas family, as well as other noted persons in Scotch annals, including Alexander II.,...

...of shapely stone, By foliaged tracery combined ; Thou wouldst have thought some fairy's hand 'Twist poplars straight the osier wand, In many a freakish...framed a spell, when the work was done, And changed the willow-wreaths to stone," Lost in admiration, and in many strange thoughts, I scarcely heeded the young...

...slender shafts of shapely stone, By foliaged tracery combined; Thou would'st have thought some fairy hand 'Twixt poplars straight, the osier wand In many...spell when the work was done, And changed the willow wreath to stone." In the roof of the chancel, on the keystones, are some curiously carved figures ;...

...tracen- combined ; ' Thou wouldat have thought some faery's hud, 'Twixt poplars straight the osier vrand, in many a freakish knot had twined ; Then framed a...done, And changed the willow wreaths to stone." The figures and heads which abound throughout the ruin are some of them very beautiful, and others singularly...

...tracery combined ; Thou wouldst have thought some fairy's hand, 'Twixt poplars straight, the o/ier wand, In many a freakish knot had twined ; Then framed a spell, when the work was done, And changed the willow-wreaths to stone." CHAPTER IX. . WHEN Mrs. Martin and Captain Elliott arrived at Kclso, they...

...east oriel shone, Through slender shafts of shapely stone, By foliaged tracery combined ; Thou wouliUt have thought some fairy's hand, 'Twixt poplars straight...wand, In many a freakish knot had twined ; Then framed as[>ell when the work was done, And changed the willow wreaths to stone.'* The figures and heads which...

...moon on the east oriel shone, Through slender shafts of shapely stone, By foliaged tracery combined; Thou wouldst have thought some fairy's hand, 'Twixt poplars straight the osier wand, 1n. many a freakish knot had twined ; Then framed a siKil when the work was done, And changed the willow...

...edifices, is termed " the apprentice's window"* — uses the no less beautiful than just figure — " Thou wouldst have thought some fairy's hand, 'Twixt...was done, And changed the willow wreaths to stone.'' Lay of the Last Minstrel. The cloisters formed a quadrangle on the north-west side of the church ;...