 | Walter Scott - 1833 - 1104 pagine
...thus, the Aged Man, After meet rest, again began. CANTO SECOND. I. IF thou would'st view fair Melrose aright,* Go visit it by the pale moonlight : For 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... | |
 | Mr. Forsyth - 1833 - 354 pagine
...emphasis, the following well-known lines of the poet of Abbotsford .— 'Ifthou wouldst view fair Melrose aright, Go visit it by the pale moonlight, For the gay beams of lightsome day, Gild, but to flaunt the ruins grey. When the broken arches are black in night, And each shatter oriel glimmers white... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1833 - 412 pagine
...emphasis, the following well-known lines of the poet of Abbotsford:— " If thou wouldst view fair Melrose aright, Go visit it by the pale moonlight, For the gay beams of lightsome day, Gild, but to flaunt the ruins grey. When the broken arches are black in night, And each shatter oriel glimmers white... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1833 - 416 pagine
...emphasis, the following well-known lines of the poet of Abbotsford:— " If thou wouldst view fair Melrose aright, Go visit it by the pale moonlight, For the gay beams of lightsome day, Gild, but to flaunt the ruins grey. When the broken arches are black in night, And each shafter oriel glimmers white... | |
 | 1833 - 372 pagine
...ABBEY. BY DELLA CRUSCA. If them wouldst view fair Mclrose aright, G« visit it by the pale moon's light, For the gay beams of lightsome day Gild, but to flout the ruins grey. SIR WALTER SCOTT. FAIR Abbey, thou art beautiful ! Though time's strong hand hath torn The deckings... | |
 | William Craig Brownlee - 1833 - 242 pagine
...sorrow ! CHAPTER XIV. "If thou wouldst view fair Melrose aright, Go visit it by the pale moon light; "When the broken arches are black in night, And each shafted oriel glimmers while;" SIR WALTER SCOTT. Master James, meantime, had placed himself opposite the middle tower of the... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1833 - 418 pagine
...aright, Go visit it by the pale moonlight, For the gay beams of lightsome day, Gild, but to flaunt the ruins grey. When the broken arches are black in night, And each shafter oriel glimmers white ; When the cold light's uncertain shower, Streams in the ruined central... | |
 | Samuel Griswold Goodrich - 1834 - 440 pagine
...other over hopes and joys, Whose beauty was as brief. MELROSE ABBEY. IF thou wouldst view fair Melrose aright, Go visit it by the pale moonlight ; For the...beams of lightsome day Gild, but to flout the ruins gray. When the broken arches are black in night, And each shafted oriel glimmers white 3 When the cold... | |
 | Samuel Griswold Goodrich - 1834 - 432 pagine
...other over hopes and joys, Whose beauty was as brief. MELROSE ABBEY. IF thou wouldst view fair Melrose aright, Go visit it by the pale moonlight ; For the...beams of lightsome day Gild, but to flout the ruins gray. VENICE. :#r When the broken arches arc black in nighi, And each shafted oriel glimmers white... | |
 | Samuel Griswold Goodrich - 1834 - 440 pagine
...brief. MELROSE ABBEY. IF thou wouldst view fair Melrosc arigiit, Go visit it by ihe pale moonlight j For the gay beams of lightsome day Gild, but to flout the ruins gray. When the broken arches are black in night, And each shafted oriel glimmers white ; When the cold... | |
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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... 
