 | Jean Froissart - 1847 - 378 sider
...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 — 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 eastern window... | |
 | Louisa Caroline Tuthill - 1848 - 512 sider
...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, but go alone the while,...returning soothly swear, Was never scene so sad and fair." " The darkened roof rose high aloof On pillars, lofty, and light, and small ; The keystone, that locked... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1848 - 754 sider
...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 — 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 ! SELECT MOTTOES... | |
 | sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1848 - 330 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 ! 216 SELECT MOTTOES AND IMAGES. REMORSE — she ne'er forsakes us — A bloodhound stanch — she... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1848 - 772 sider
...been demolished. VOL. I. e Then go — but go alone the while — Then view St. David's ruin'd pile;1 And, home returning, soothly swear, Was never scene so sad and fair ! .' ' Short halt did Deloraine make there; Little reck'd he of the scene so fair : With dagger's hilt,... | |
 | George Harris - 1849 - 540 sider
...that teach thee to live and die, When distant Tweed is heard to rave And the owlet to hoot oe'r the dead man's grave, Then go, but go alone the while,...returning, soothly swear Was never scene so sad and fair." The general dissolution of the English monasteries took place, as we all know, in the reign of Henry... | |
 | Bernard Barton - 1849 - 454 sider
...instead of the usual ending, " 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 poet had penned this amusing variation, Then go — and meditate with awe On scenes the author... | |
 | Bernard Barton, Edward FitzGerald - 1849 - 456 sider
...instead of the usual ending, " 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 poet had penned this amusing variation, Then go — and meditate with awe On scenes the author... | |
 | John Aikin - 1850 - 764 sider
...hoot o'er the dead man's gr»vt, Then go—but go alone the while— Then view Saint David's ruin'd pile; And, home returning, soothly swear, Was never...fair.' II. Short halt did Deloraine make there; Little reck'd he of the scene so fair: With dagger's hilt, on the wicket strong, He struck full loud, and... | |
 | Walter McLeod - 1850 - 170 sider
...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 — but go alone the while...view St. David's ruined pile': And, home returning, eoothly swear, Was never scene so sad and fair! Scott's Lay of the Last Minstrel (Canto II.). MELROSE... | |
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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 to live and die ; When distant Tweed is heard to rave, And the owlet to hoot o'er... 
