...view St David's ruined pile ; And, home returning, soothly swear, Was never scene so sad and fair t eed his sacred flame. Oft in my waking dreams do I...the mount I lay, Beside the ruined tower. The moons Twiit poplars straight the ozier wand, In mauy a freakish knot, had twined ; Then framed a spell, when...

...as it were some fairy creation, and would justify the verse of Sir Walter, when he says : 'Тпои wouldst have thought some fairy's hand 'Twixt poplars...wand In many a freakish knot had twined ; Then framed н spell when the work was done, Aud changed the willow wreaths to stone.' Many of the Douglas family,...

...Otterburne, And thine, dark Knight of Liddesdale! O fading honors of the dead! O high ambition, lowly laid ! The moon on the east oriel shone, Through slender...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,...

...enchain the beholder, as it were some fairy creation, and would justify the verse of Sir Walter. " Thou wouldst have thought some fairy's hand 'Twixt...framed a spell when the work was done, And changed the willow wreaths to stone." Many of the Douglas family, as well as other noted persons in Scotch annals,...

...perfect, wanting only the stained glass. Here again the description of the poet answers to the reality : "The moon on the east oriel shone Through slender...combined ; Thou wouldst have thought some fairy's hand 'Twist poplars straight the osier wand, In many a freakish knot, had twined ; Then framed a spell,...

...Each glance at the lovely east window recalled in like manner the stanzas from the same poem : — " The moon on the east oriel shone, Through slender...fairy's hand, 'Twixt poplars straight the osier wand, 1n. many a freakish knot had twined ; Then framed a siKil when the work was done, And changed the willow...

...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 o/ier wand, In many a freakish knot had twined ; Then framed a spell, when the work was done, And changed...

...Crossing over to the Eastern or 'Prentice's window, so beautifully described by Sir Walter, who says, " The moon on the east oriel shone Through slender shafts...tracery combined; Thou would'st have thought some fairy hand 'Twixt poplars straight, the osier wand In many a freakish knot had twined, Then framed...

...east oriel shone, Through slender shafts of shapely stone, By foliaged tracery combined ; Thou wouliUt have thought some fairy's hand, 'Twixt poplars straight...wand, In many a freakish knot had twined ; Then framed as[>ell when the work was done, And changed the willow wreaths to stone.'* The figures and heads which...

...edifices, is termed " the apprentice's window"* — uses the no less beautiful than just figure — " Thou wouldst have thought some fairy's hand, 'Twixt...framed a spell when the work was done, And changed the willow wreaths to stone.'' Lay of the Last Minstrel. The cloisters formed a quadrangle on the north-west...