 | Sir James MacPherson Le Moine - 1894 - 532 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 ! " Here is what our intelligent guide tells us : — " Melrose Abbey, now the property of the Duke... | |
 | Myra Soper Woodley, Oscar Israel Woodley - 1906 - 376 sider
...ebon and ivory; When silver edges the imagery, And the scrolls that teach thee live and die. ****** Then go — but go alone the while — Then view St....returning, soothly swear Was never scene so sad and fair ! — SCOTT. In the following quotations the writers refer to various color impressions. Select these... | |
 | Lucia Ellen Barney Downing - 1907 - 210 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." But, unwillingly, we leave the quaint little town of Melrose with its wonderful ruin and interesting... | |
 | William Stebbing - 1907 - 428 sider
...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 ! • His mind was a treasure-house of tradition and romance from which a poet's magic conjured up... | |
 | 1908 - 554 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 ! Sir Walter Scott. 107 Rosabelle *^ ^ ^> *c* *o -< (Roslin Chapel) O LISTEN, listen, ladies gay! No... | |
 | Esther Singleton - 1908 - 458 sider
...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...returning, soothly swear Was never scene so sad and fair." Before leaving this section of the Tweed, we must not forget to mention that the Knights Templars had... | |
 | Sir Walter Scott - 1908 - 992 sider
...that teach thee to live and die ; When distant Tweed is heard to rave, And the owlet to hoot o'er the l England's arrow-flight like rain ; Crests rose, and stoop'd, and rose again, ruin'd pile ; And, home returning, soothly swear, Was never scene so sad and fair ! Short halt did... | |
 | Robert Maynard Leonard - 1909 - 636 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 ! 804. LOVE IN peace, Love tunes the shepherd's reed ; In war, he mounts the warrior's steed •, In... | |
 | Max Kaluza - 1909 - 418 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 ! (W. Scott, The Lay of the Last Minstrel II, 1 ff.) And he saw the lean dogs beneath the wall Hold... | |
 | 1910 - 1016 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 EILDON HILLS The gardens and orchards and rich green meadows that surround Melrose remind us... | |
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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... 
