...that Mr. Walter Scott has so elegantly said on the subject of moonlight visits to such structures : " If thou wouldst. view fair Melrose aright, Go visit it by the pale moonlight." &c. We repaired to the cathedral again in the morning. The interior is extremely spacious, and the...

...that Walter Scott has so elegantly said on the sutyeotHjf ^moonlight visits to such structures : " If thou would'st view fair Melrose aright, • Go visit it by the pale moon-light." &c. W<' repaired -tpjlie, cathedral -again ifi'th^- morning. The interior is exfrcfflely ;^pSc^e^s>...

...establishments in Scotland. You remember Walter Scott's lines upon this abbey: " If thou wonldst \iew fair Melrose aright Go visit it by the pale moonlight;...beams of lightsome day Gild, but to flout the ruins grey. . , When the broken arches are black in night, And each shaded oriel glimmers white ; When buttress...

...the girl grew sick, and pin'd away, And drown'd herself for love. MELKOSE ABBEY. SIR WALTER SCOTT. IF thou wouldst view fair Melrose aright, Go visit...When the cold light's uncertain shower Streams on the ruin'd central tower ; When buttress and buttress, alternately, Seems fram'd of ebon and ivory ; When...

...is a work of art, and much less beautiful than the far-famed temple of the Sibyl : If thou wouklst view fair Melrose aright, Go visit it by the pale...the cold light's uncertain shower, Streams on the ruin'd central tower, When buttress and buttress alternately, Seem framed of ebon and ivory, When silver...

...yet the subject is a work of art, and much less beautiful than the far-famed temple of the Sibyl : If thou wouldst view fair Melrose aright, Go visit...the gay beams of lightsome day Gild but to flout the rums gray. When the broken arches are black in night, And each shafted Oriel glimmers white ; When...

...the beauty and grandeur of the ruins of Meirose Abbey, says—- If thou would st view fair Meirose aright, Go visit it by the pale moon-light ; For the...beams of lightsome day Gild, but to flout, the ruins grey. When the broken arches are black in night, And each shafted oriel glimmers white ; When the cold...

...by the pale moon-light; When the broken arches are black in night, Gild but to flout the ruins gray. And each shafted Oriel glimmers white; When the cold light's uncertain shower, Streams on the ruin'd central tower, • Seem framed of ebon and ivory, When buttress and buttress alternately, When...

...LAY THE LAST MINSTREL. CANTO SECOND. THE LAY or THE LAST MINSTREL. CANTO SECOND. I. IF thou wouM'st view fair Melrose aright, Go visit it by the pale...When the cold light's uncertain shower Streams on the ruin'd central tower ; When buttress and buttress, alternately, Seem framed of ebon and ivory; When...

...determined to visit this superb ruin according to the recommendation of the poet : " If thou wouldst see fair Melrose aright, Go visit it by the pale moon-light...lightsome day Gild, but to flout the ruins gray." Accordingly the travellers presented themselves before the Abbey about the same time that William of...