 | 1835 - 550 sider
...that perplexed him sadly. It was the opening of one of the cantos : — " If thou wouldst view fair Melrose aright, Go, visit it by the pale moonlight...lightsome day, Gild but to flout the ruins grey," &c. In consequence of this admonition, many of the most devout pilgrims to the ruin could not be contented... | |
 | sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1835 - 380 sider
...LonAon; Charles Till, Fleet S THE LAY OF THE LAST MINSTREL. CANTO SECOND. I. If thou wouldst view fair Melrose aright, Go visit it by the pale moonlight...beams of lightsome day Gild, but to flout, the ruins gray. When the broken arches are black in night, And each shafted oriel glimmers .white ; When the... | |
 | Alexander Whitelaw - 1835 - 476 sider
...description which Sir Walter Scott has given of it in his Ley of the Lest Minstrel. If thou wonldst view fair Melrose aright, Go visit it by the pale moonlight...beams of lightsome day Gild but to flout the ruins gray. When the broken arches are dark in nigh', And each shafted oriel glimmers white j When the cold... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1835 - 352 sider
...that perplexed him sadly. It was the opening of one of the cantos : — " If thou wouldst view fair Melrose aright, Go, visit it by the pale moonlight...beams of 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... | |
 | 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 be contented... | |
 | Charles Samuel Stewart - 1835 - 578 sider
...— " 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 arches are black in night, And each shafted Oriel glimmers white: When the cold... | |
 | George Newenham Wright - 1836 - 374 sider
...Rorough-Conan : Conan probably signifying, royal or chief. MELROSE ABBEY. " If thou wouldst view fair Melrose aright, Go visit it by the pale moonlight:...beams of lightsome day Gild but to flout the ruins gray." SCOTT. [Mon»<tery, Vol. tp 12*. " As, strong in his feelings of duty, Father Eustace approached... | |
 | Louis Désiré Véron - 1836 - 738 sider
...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
...also, is executed in the most perfect style of the descriptive art : — " If thou would'st view fair Melrose aright, Go visit it by the pale 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... | |
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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 ruined central tower; When buttress and buttress, alternately, Seem framed of ebon and ivory... 
