The moon on the east oriel shone, Through slender shafts of shapely stone, By foliaged tracery combined ; Thou would'st have thought some fairy's hand, "Twixt poplars straight, the osier wand, In many a freakish knot, had twined ; Then framed a spell,... The Poetical Works of Walter Scott, Esq - Página 34por Walter Scott - 1819Vista completa - Acerca de este libro
| Walter Scott - 1841 - 848 páginas
...foliaged tracery combined ; Thou would'st have thought some fairy's hand TwUt poplars straight the ozier le his house, and under it covcret:. himself from...wrath of heaven, from the offence of the earth, an willow-wreaths to stono. The silver light, so pale and faint, Shcw'd many a prophet, and many a saint,... | |
| 1841 - 240 páginas
...foliaged tracery combined, Thou would'st have 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 the willow-wreaths to stone.' " So much for the general effect of this fine edifice upon a mind peculiarly... | |
| Adam and Charles Black (Firm) - 1842 - 598 páginas
...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...And changed the willow wreaths to stone." .• The original beautifully fretted and sculptured stone roof of the east end of the chancel is still standing,... | |
| 1839 - 490 páginas
...tracery combined ; Thou would'st have thought some fairy's haud T' wirt poplars itraight the ozier wand, In many a freakish knot, had twined; Then framed a spell when the work wai donv. de l'abbaye des Dunes fussent répandus au loin , pour que la plus magnifique abbaye de l'Ecosse... | |
| Henry Rose - 1843 - 174 páginas
...foliagcd tracery combined ; Thou wouldst have thought some fairy's hand Twixt poplars straight the ozier wand, In many a freakish knot had twined ; Then framed...was done, And changed the willow wreaths to stone." Sir James Hall, however, was the great champion of this opinion, and wrote a volume to explain, illustrate,... | |
| Edward Shaw - 1843 - 216 páginas
...arches, which seem as if " Some fairy's hand 'Twixt poplars straight, the ozier wand, In many a prankish knot, had twined ; Then framed a spell, when the work...was done, And changed the willow wreaths to stone-" Those beauties of England's Gothic churches, as well as the more chaste and simple, and yet more enduring... | |
| Isaac Nicholson Allen - 1843 - 522 páginas
...comparison of the tracery of Melrose Abbey to the work of a fairy, entwining willows and flowers, who " Framed a spell when the work was done And changed the willow wreaths to stone." The hill, on the other side of which the town of Kabul abuts, rose bold and rocky behind, with a summer-house,... | |
| 1844 - 788 páginas
...the hour when " The moon on the east oriel shone, Through slender shafts of shapely stone, By foliage tracery comhined. Thou wouldst have thought some fairy's...was done, And changed the willow wreaths to stone." SCOTT. Why, then, class among hase imitations the exquisite copies of stonework forms, in the equally,... | |
| English poetry - 1844 - 110 páginas
...tracery combined ; Thou would'st have thought some fairy's hand ' Twixt poplars straight the ozier wand, In many a freakish knot, had twined ; Then framed...wreaths to stone. The silver light, so pale and faint, Shewed many a prophet, and many a saint, Whose image on the glass was dyed ; Full in the midst, his... | |
| James Miller - 1844 - 536 páginas
...heroic Douglas,* and where " Througb slender shafts of shapely stone, By foilaged tracery combined, Thou wouldst have thought some fairy's hand 'Twixt...poplars straight the osier wand In many a freakish note had twined ; , Then framed a spell when the work was done, And changed the willow-wreathes to... | |
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