...interlaced by tracery of such delicacy that it has been compared to an imitation of wicker work : — " Thou would'st have thought some fairy's hand Twixt poplars straight the osier wand In many a freaking knot had twined ; Then framed a spell when the work was done, t And changed the willow wruaths...

...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...framed a spell, when the work was done, And changed the willow-wreaths to stone. The silver light, so pale and faint, Showed many a prophet, and many a saint,...

...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...framed a spell, when the work was done. And changed the willow-wreaths to stone. The silver light, so pale and faint, Showed many a prophet, and many a saint,...

...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...framed a spell, when the work was done. And changed the willow-wreaths to stone.'' Not far from "Scott's stone" lies an old-fashioned slab which covers the...

...t Corbells, the projections from which the arches spring, usually cut in a fantastic face, or mask. Then framed a spell, when the work was done, And changed...wreaths to stone. The silver light, so pale and faint, Show'd many a prophet, and many a saint, Whose image on the glass was dyed ; Full in the midst, his...

...shapely stone. By follagcd tracery combined: Thou '.<. , iu ' I- 1 have thought some fairy's hand Twlxt poplars straight the osier wand In many a freakish...; Then framed a spell when the work was done. And clumped the willow wreaths to stone." The scene of Scott's novel of " The Monastery " is laid at Melrose...

...stately stone, By foliaged tracery combined ; Thou would'st have thought some i,mi ' hand, "I « iM poplars straight, the osier wand In many a freakish...knot had twined; Then framed a spell when the work wus done, And changed the willow -wreaths to stone." A catalogue of old trees, the calendar kept by...

...would'si have thought some fairy's hand 'Twixt poplars straight, the o/ier wand In many a freaking knot had twined ; Then framed a spell when the work...was done, And changed the willow wreaths to stone.' As we walked over the graves of Alexander, Bruce, James and Douglas, we felt as if the cloistered spirits...

...moon on the east oriel shone Through slender shafts of shapely atone, By foliage tracery combined ; Thou wouldst have thought some fairy's hand 'Twixt...was done, And changed the willow wreaths to stone. 16. " The silver light, so pale and faint, Showed many a prophet and many a saint, "Whose image on...

...moon on the east oriel shone Through slender shafts of shapely stone, liy foliaged tracery combined ; Thou wouldst have thought some fairy's hand, 'Twixt...was done, And changed the willow wreaths to stone." Through a door in the north aisle we entered the space formerly occupied by the cloisters; now nothing...