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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 ruin'd central tower; When buttress and buttress, alternately, Seem framed of ebon and ivory; When silver edges the... "
The Monthly Magazine - Page 451
1812
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The London Magazine, Volume 7

English literature - 1823 - 734 pages
...thou would'st view fair Melrose aright, Go visit it by the pale moonlight, When the broken arches arc black in night, And each shafted oriel glimmers white...tower ; When buttress and buttress, alternately, Seem framed of ebon and ivory ; When silver edges the imagery, Arid the scrolls that teach thee to live...
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The London Magazine, Volume 7

1823 - 732 pages
...fair Mclrose aright, Go visit it by the pale moonlight, V.' hun the broken arches are black in sight, And each shafted oriel glimmers white ; When the cold...tower ; When buttress and buttress, alternately, Seem framed of ebon and ivory ; When sDver edges the imagery, And the scrolls that teach thee to live and...
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The Visitors' New Guide to the Spa of Leamington Priors, and Its Vicinity ...

William Thomas Moncrieff - Health resorts - 1824 - 396 pages
...visit it by the pale moonlight; For the gay beams of lightsome day Gild, hut to flout, the ruins gray. When the broken arches are black in night, And each...When the cold light's uncertain shower Streams on the ruin d central tower; Then gaze thy fill, and home returning, soothly swear, Was never scene so sad...
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The natural and artificial wonders of the United Kingdom, by J ..., Volume 3

sir Richard Phillips - 1825 - 408 pages
...visit it by the pale moonlight ; For the gay beams of lightsome day Gild, but to flout, the ruins grey. When the broken arches are black in night, And each...When the cold light's uncertain shower Streams on the ruined central tower ; When buttress and buttress, alternately, Seemed framed of ebon and ivory ; When...
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The Scotsman's Library: Being a Collection of Anecdotes and Facts ...

James Mitchell - Scotland - 1825 - 798 pages
...ihower Streams on the ruined central tower ; When buttress and buttress, alternately, Seemed framed of ebon and ivory ; When 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'igrave,...
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The Picture of Scotland, Volume 1

Robert Chambers - 1827 - 412 pages
...the niches are all filled with statues. Slezer took his drawing early in the reign of king William. When the cold light's uncertain shower Streams on...• When buttress and buttress, alternately, Seem framed of ebon and ivory; When silver edges the imagery, And the scrolls that teach thee to live and...
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The picture of Scotland

Robert Chambers - Scotland - 1827 - 416 pages
...uncertain shower Streams on the ruin'd central tower ; When buttress and buttress, alternately, Seem framed of ebon and ivory; When silver edges the imagery, And the scrolls that teach thee to live and die ; When distant Tweed is heard to rave, And the howlet to hoot o'er the dead man's...
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The Poetical Melange

English poetry - 1828 - 814 pages
...it by the pale moon-light ; For the gay beams of lightsome day Gild, but to flout, the rains gray. When the broken arches are black in night, And each...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...
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Modern Athens! Displayed in a Series of Views: Or Edinburgh in the ...

John Britton, Thomas Hosmer Shepherd - Architecture - 1829 - 368 pages
...has read them in the scroll of ruin, by the pale light of the moon, " When the broken arches are dark in night, And each shafted oriel glimmers white ,...tower ; When buttress and buttress, alternately, Seem framed of ebon and ivory." 70 EDINBURGH. HERIOT'S HOSPITAL, FROM THE CASTLE HILL. This beautiful structure...
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Modern Athens! Displayed in a Series of Views: Or Edinburgh in the ...

John Britton - Architecture - 1829 - 378 pages
...has read them in the scroll of ruin, by the pale light of the moon, " When the broken arches are dark in night, And each shafted oriel glimmers white ;...When the cold light's uncertain shower Streams on the niin'd central tower ; When buttress and buttress, alternately, Seem framed of ebon and ivory." •...
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