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 owlet to hoot o'er the dead man's grave, Then go—... Sketches of Society in Great Britain and Irleand - Side 53af Charles Samuel Stewart - 1835Fuld visning - Om denne bog
| 1805 - 948 sider
...the owlet to hoot o'er die dead man's grave ; Then go — but go alone the while — Then view St. David's ruined pile ; And, home returning, soothly swear, Was never scene so sad and fair ! II. Short halt did Deloraine make there ; Little recked he of the scene so fair. With dagger's hilt;... | |
| 1812 - 762 sider
...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. . No. 2Ц7, " When the bell toll'd one, and the moon was bright, And I dug his chamber among the dead,... | |
| Walter Scott - 1805 - 344 sider
...And the owlet to hoot o'er the dead man's grave ; Then go — but go alone the while — Then view St David's ruined pile ; And, home returning, soothly swear, Was never scene so sad and fair ! Short halt did Deloraine make there; Little recked he of the scene so fair. With dagger's hilt, on... | |
| Samuel Cooper Thacher, David Phineas Adams, William Emerson - 1806 - 788 sider
...rave, And the owlet to hoot o'er the dead man's grave ; Then pp — but go alone the while — Then view Saint David's ruined pile, And, home returning, soothly swear, Was never scene so sad and fair ! P. 33. But the imagery and language in the following pages are awful and tenifick in the extreme,... | |
| Walter Scott - 1811 - 310 sider
...rave, And the owlet to hoot o'er the dead man's grave, Then go — but go alone the while — Then view Saint David's ruined pile ; And, home returning, soothly swear, Was never scene so sad and fair ! II. Short halt did Deloraine make there ; Little recked he of the scene so fair. With dagger's hilt,... | |
| Walter Scott - 1811 - 254 sider
...to rave, And the owlet to hoot o'er the dead muu grave, Then go— hut go alone the while — Then view Saint David's ruined pile ; And, home returning, soothly swear, Was never seene BO sad and fair I II. Short halt did Deloraine make there; Little reeked he of the seene so fair.... | |
| sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1812 - 362 sider
...And the owlet to hoot o'er the dead man's grave, Then go — but go alone the while — Then view St David's ruined pile ; And, home returning, soothly swear, Was never scene so sad- and fair ! II. Short halt did Deloraine make there ; Little recked he of the scene so fair : With dagger's hilt,... | |
| Sir Walter Scott - 1813 - 366 sider
...rave, And the owlet to hoot o'er the dead man's grave, Then go—but go alone the while— Then view St David's ruined pile ; And, home returning, soothly swear, Was never scene so sad and fair ! II. Short halt did Deloraine make there ; Little recked he of the scene so fair: With dagger's hilt... | |
| 1838 - 884 sider
...to hoot o'er the dead man's grave, Then go— but go alone the while — Then view St David's mined pile ; And, home returning, soothly swear, Was never scene so sad and fair." The second couplet has no business there — and forcibly brings before us an image which should have... | |
| Walter Scott - 1819 - 322 sider
...to rave, And the owlet to hoot o'er the dead man's grave, Then go— hut go alone the while — Then view Saint David's ruined pile ; And home returning, soothly swear, Was never scene so sad and fair ! II. Short halt did Deloraine make there ; Little recked he of the scene so fair. With dagger's hilt,... | |
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