...shafts of shapely stone, By foliage tracery combined: Thou wouldst have thought some fairy's hum), 'Twixt poplars straight, the osier wand, In many a...was done, And changed the willow-wreaths to stone." But as I can neither talk of Melrose without spouting Scott's verses, nor write about it without quoting...

...the Last Minstrel : " Thou would'st 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." Canto ii. St. 11. Ver. 11. My grave Lord-Keeper led the brawls.] Sir Christopher Hatton, promoted by...

...With base and capital furnish'd around, Seem'd bundles of lances which garlands had bound. • * » . The moon on the east oriel shone, Through slender...was done, And changed the willow-wreaths to stone. At the time- of the Reformation the inmates of this abbey shared in the general reproach of sensuality...

...all the striking parts of the building, so picturesquely described in the Lay of the last Minstrel. The moon on the east oriel shone, Through slender...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...

...tracery combined ; Thou wouldst have thought, some fairy's hand, "I'wixi poplars straight, the ozier wand, In many a freakish knot had twined ; Then framed...was done, And changed the willow-wreaths to stone. CHAPTER IX. WHEN Mrs. Martin and Captain Elliott arrived at Kelso, they went directly to Mr. Lamont's....

...wouldst have thought some fairy's liand Tviit poplars straight the oxierwand, ID many * freakish kuot, had twined; Then framed a spell, when the work was...willow-wreaths to stone. The silver light so pale and faint, Sbow'd many a prophet, and many a saint, Whote image on the glass was dyed; Full in the midst bis cross...

...posterity in those exquisite lines of the last and greatest of minstrels, in his description of Melrose. " The moon on the east oriel shone Through slender shafts...thought some fairy's hand, 'Twixt poplars straight, the ozier wand In many a freakish knot had twin'd ; Then framed a spell when the work was done, And changed...

...following lines: — The moon on the east oriel shone Through slender shafts of shapely stone By foliage tracery combined; Thou wouldst have thought some fairy's...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. The silver light so...

...imagination. Sir Walter Scott, in describing a night scene in Melrose Abbey, thus alludes to this theory : — "The moon on the east Oriel shone, Through slender...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...

...Sir Walter Scott, in describing a night scene in Melrose Abbey, thus alludes to this theory : — " The moon on the east Oriel shone, Through slender...combined ; Thou would'st have thought some fairy's hand, Twist poplars straight, the ozier wand In many a freakish knot had twined ; Then framed a spell, when...