When the broken arches are black in night, And each shafted oriel glimmers white; When the cold light's uncertain shower Streams on the ruined central tower; When buttress and buttress, alternately, Seem framed of ebon and ivory... The poetical works of sir Walter Scott - Стр. 39авторы: sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1823Полный просмотр - Подробнее о книге
| sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1812 - Страниц: 362
...OF THE LAST MINSTREL. CANTO SECOND. THE LAY OF THE LAST MINSTREL. CANTO SECOND. I. IF thou would'st view fair Melrose aright, Go visit it by the pale...When the cold light's uncertain shower Streams on the ruined central tower ; 2 When buttress and buttress, alternately, Seem framed of ebon and ivory ; When... | |
| Sir Walter Scott - 1813 - Страниц: 366
...OF THE LAST MINSTREL. CANTO SECOND. THE LAY OF THE LAST MINSTREL. CANTO SECOND. 1. IF thou would'st view fair Melrose aright, Go visit it by the pale...When the cold light's uncertain shower Streams on the ruined central tower; When buttress and buttress, alternately, Seem framed of ebon and ivory ; When... | |
| Arthur Jewitt - Страниц: 376
...to ilelrcse la} ing aside the locality of the Tweed. " If thou wouldst view fsir ileliosc arjgbt, " Go visit it by the pale moonlight ; « For the gay...glimmers white; " When the cold light's uncertain shower, " Xfreaais on the ruined central tower ; " Whe-J butlress and buttress alternately, " Seeui framed... | |
| 1838 - Страниц: 884
...described Abbeys and Cathedrals, within and without, much better than Walter Scott. " If thou wouldst view fair Melrose aright, Go visit it by the pale moonlight ; For the guy beams of lightsome day Gild, but to flout, the ruins grey. When the broken arches are black in... | |
| 1828 - Страниц: 454
...1828. CratolUr. ULSOSE ABBEY AND THE EILDON HILLS. » If thou woaldst view fair Melrose right, Co rtalt it by the pale moonlight , For the gay beams of lightsome day Gild, but to flout, the ruins gray-" — Scott. TO TBS EDITOR. Jra,— Who has perused the works of the celebrated iv: of my motto, and... | |
| 1847 - Страниц: 480
...masterly style. Nor is he less successful with Scott's description of Melrose Abbey. ' If thou wouldst view fair Melrose aright, Go, visit it by the pale...When the cold light's uncertain shower Streams on the ruined central tower ; When buttress and buttress, alternately, Seem framed of ebon and ivory ; When... | |
| Walter Scott - 1819 - Страниц: 322
...For the gay heams of lightsome day Gild hut to flout the ruins gray. When the hroken arches are hlack in night, And each shafted oriel glimmers white ;...When the cold light's uncertain shower Streams on the ruined central tower ; When huttress and huttress, alternately, Seem framed of ehon and ivory; When... | |
| sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1820 - Страниц: 264
...OF THE LAST MINSTREL. CANTO SECOND. THE LAY OF THE LAST MINSTREL. CANTO SECOND. I. IF thou would'st view fair Melrose aright, Go visit it by the pale...When the cold light's uncertain shower Streams on the ruined central tower ; When buttress and buttress, alternately, Seem framed of ebon and ivory; When... | |
| Mrs. Jamieson (Frances Thurtle) - 1820 - Страниц: 538
...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... | |
| 1822 - Страниц: 418
...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 it by the pale...central tower ; When buttress and buttress, alternately, Seems fram'd of ebon and ivory ; When silver edges the imagery, And the scrolls that teach thec to... | |
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