 | Sir Walter Scott - 1857 - 444 pages
...silver edges the imagery, And the scrolls that teach thee to live and die; A When distant Tweed is heard to rave, And the owlet to hoot o'er the dead man's...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 Deloraine make... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1857 - 440 pages
...silver edges the imagery, And the scrolls that teach thee to live and die; A When distant Tweed is heard to rave, And the owlet to hoot o'er the dead man's...alone the while — Then view St David's ruined pile ; B And, home returning, soothly swear, Was never scene so sad and fair ! 2 Short halt did Deloraine... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - English literature - 1857 - 800 pages
...silver edges the imagery And the serolls that teach thee to live and dic ; When distant Tweed is heard to rave, And the owlet to hoot 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,... | |
 | Aubrey Thomas De Vere - 1858 - 298 pages
...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 dead man's...view St. David's ruined pile : And, home returning, soothly swear, — Was never scene so sad and fair ! MELROSE ABBEY AS IT WAS. Again on the knight looked... | |
 | John Marius Wilson - 1858 - 100 pages
...the scrolls that teach thee to 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,... | |
 | Sir Walter Scott - 1890 - 612 pages
...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 dead man's...— 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 ! II. 5hort halt... | |
 | Calendar - Calendars - 1893 - 414 pages
...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 dead man's...— 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 ! From The Lay of... | |
 | Thomas Rhys Vickroy - Readers - 1894 - 296 pages
...silver edges the imagery, And the scrolls lhat teach thee to live and die ; When distant Tweed is heard to rave, And the owlet to hoot o'er the dead man's...view St. David's ruined pile; And, home returning, soothly swear, Was never scene so sad and fair ! . . . The moon on the east oriel shone, Through slender... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1894 - 208 pages
...silver edges the imagery, And the scrolls that teach thee to live and die;14 When distant Tweed is heard to rave, And the owlet to hoot o'er the dead man's...— 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 ! Short halt did Deloraine... | |
 | Charles Mackay - English poetry - 1896 - 680 pages
...scrolls that teach thee to live and When distant Tweed is heard to rave, And the owlet to hoot o'erthe dead man's grave, Then go— but go alone the while...view St David's ruined pile ; And home returning, soothly swear, Was never scene so sad and fair I THE MEMORY OF THE BARD. CALL It not vain : — they... | |
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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 ; When silver edges the imagery, And the scrolls that teach thee... 
