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 - Стр. 317авторы: Walter Scott - 1842 - Страниц: 699Полный просмотр - Подробнее о книге
| Joseph Middleton (barrister.) - 1855 - Страниц: 290
...o'er the dead man's grave, Then go — but go alone the while — And view St. David's ruined pile ; And, home returning, soothly swear, Was never scene so sad and fair !" What a g-lorious thing is true and genuine poetry ! It fixes like a great and marvellous truth upon... | |
| Walter Scott - 1856 - Страниц: 776
...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;11 And, home returning, soothly swear, Was never scene so sad and fair I _____ i II. ' Short halt... | |
| Andrew Dickinson - 1856 - Страниц: 234
...the dead man's grare, . Then go — but go alone the while — Then vtew St. David's ruined pile ; And home returning, soothly swear, Was never scene so sad and fair !'' 9 The soul is borne back to distant ages by the sight of this majestic ruin, calling up solemn... | |
| English poetry - 1857 - Страниц: 334
...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 ! 192 MELEOSE ABBEY... | |
| Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1857 - Страниц: 800
...o'er the dead man's grave, Then go — hut go alone the while — Then vicw St. David's ruin'd pile ; And, home returning, soothly swear, Was never scene so sad and fair ! The lamt. LOVE OF COUNTRY — SCOTLAND. Breathes there a man with soul so dead, Who never to himself... | |
| Sir Walter Scott - 1857 - Страниц: 444
...thee to live and die; A 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; B And, home returning, soothly swear, Was never scene so sad and fair ! Short halt did... | |
| John Marius Wilson - 1858 - Страниц: 100
...live and die ; When the distant Tweed is heard to rave, And the howlet 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 Eildon hills, immediately... | |
| Aubrey Thomas De Vere - 1858 - Страниц: 298
...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 ! MELROSE ABBEY... | |
| Walter Scott - 1858 - Страниц: 952
...thee to live and die ;' When distant Tweed is heard to rave, Ami the owlet to hoot o'er the dead man's grave, Then go — but go alone the while — Then view St. David's ruiu'd pile ;' And, home returning, sootbly swear, Was never scene so sad and fair ! II. Short halt... | |
| 1859 - Страниц: 396
...theo to live and die ; When distant Tweed is heard to rave, A nd the owlet to hoot o'er tho dead man's grave ; Then go — but go alone the while — Then view St. David's ruined pile." Abbotslbrd, the residence, and Dryburgh Abbey, the burial-place, of Sir Walter Scott,... | |
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