IF thou would'st view fair Melrose aright, Go visit it by the pale moon-light ; For the gay beams of lightsome day Gild, but to flout, the ruins gray. Anthologia oxoniensis - Side 102redigeret af - 1846 - 306 siderFuld visning - Om denne bog
| Washington Irving - 1835 - 262 sider
...passage that perplexed him sadly. It was the opening of one of the cantos : — " If thou wouldstview fair Melrose aright, Go, visit it by the pale moonlight;...lightsome day, Gild but to flout the ruins gray,-" &c. In consequence of this admonition, many of the most devout pilgrims to the ruin could not be contented... | |
| 1835 - 746 sider
...sadly. It was the opening of one of the cantos. " If thou would' st view Melrose aright, Go, visit it at pale moonlight, For the gay beams of lightsome day Gild, but to flout the ruins grey," &c. In consequence of this admonition, many of the most devont pilgrims to the ruin would not... | |
| Charles Samuel Stewart - 1835 - 578 sider
...overlooking the quadrangle, fully to appreciate the force of the oft quoted passage, by Scott — " If thou woulds't view fair Melrose aright, Go visit it by the pale moonlight ; ABBOTSFORD. 77 For the gay beams of lightsome day Gild, but to flout, the ruins gray. When the broken... | |
| George Newenham Wright - 1836 - 356 sider
...of Gloucescer calls it Borough-Conan : Conan probably signifying, royal or chief. MELROSE ABBEY. " If thou wouldst view fair Melrose aright, Go visit...of lightsome day Gild but to flout the ruins gray." SCOTT. [Monastery, Vol. tp 1!8. " As, strong in his feelings of duty, Father Eustace approached the... | |
| George Newenham Wright - 1836 - 308 sider
...calls it Borough-Conan : Conan probably signifying, royal or chief. MELROSE ABBEY. " If them wouUUt view fair Melrose aright, Go visit it by the pale...of lightsome day Gild but to flout the ruins gray." SCOTT. [Мопачегу, Vol. I. p. 12«. " As, strong in his feelings of duty, Father Eustace approached... | |
| Louis Désiré Véron - 1836 - 738 sider
...coDteuip'e noyées dans le brouillard ou se dégageant sous la paie lumière de la lune : Ifthon -wonldt view fair Melrose aright, Go visit it by the pale moon-light ; For the gay beamsof liglit some day Gi)ii but to flout the rmos grajr (1). Tout cela brillait encore à la fin... | |
| Robert Walsh - 1837 - 504 sider
...road." The sketch of Melrose, also, is executed in the most perfect style of the descriptive art : — " If thou would'st view fair Melrose aright, Go visit...moonlight ; For the gay beams of lightsome day Gild, bat to flout, the ruins gray. 1837.] Lockharfs Life of Scott. 219 When the broken arches are black... | |
| 1837 - 372 sider
...American cities in the evening is particularly interesting, and .. ' " Would you view Saint Martha right, Go visit it by the pale moonlight; For the gay beams of garish day Gild, but to flout, the filtKy way" — frequent; the numerous parties of soldiers marching... | |
| 1837 - 236 sider
...favourable for enjoying its beauties ; nor should the tourist forget the poet's injunction, — " If thrm wouldst view fair Melrose aright, Go visit it by the pale moon-light. The small town of Melrose contains nothing of interest to the stranger, only that its commodious inn... | |
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