| Thomas Allen - 1832 - 356 sider
...imagination. Sir Walter Scott, in describing a night scene in Melrose Abbey, thus alludes to this theory : — "The moon on the east Oriel shone, Through slender...thought some fairy's hand, 'Twixt poplars straight, the ozier wand In many a freakish knot had twined ; Then framed a spell, when the work was done, And changed... | |
| Thomas Allen - 1832 - 230 sider
...Sir Walter Scott, in describing a night scene in Melrose Abbey, thus alludes to this theory : — " The moon on the east Oriel shone, Through slender...combined ; Thou would'st have thought some fairy's hand, Twist poplars straight, the ozier wand In many a freakish knot had twined ; Then framed a spell, when... | |
| Walter Scott - 1833 - 1104 sider
...And thine, dark Knight of Liddesdale !§ O fading honours of the dead ! 0 high ambition, lowly laid ! XI. The moon on the east oriel shone Through slender shafts of shapely Btone, of armes by hut dedea ; he bnro always of usage three fethered dartea, and rychte well ho could... | |
| Henry Blake McLellan - 1834 - 416 sider
...and now they seem to be rather like a painting than a mere verbal description. " The moon on the cast oriel shone, Through slender shafts of shapely stone,...combined ; Thou wouldst have thought some fairy's band, 'Twixt poplars straight the ozier wand, In many a freakish knot had twined ; Then framed a spell... | |
| John Claudius Loudon - 1835 - 570 sider
...refers, in his description of Melrose Abbey, in the Lay of 'the Last Minstrel : — 221 " The i) loi ni on the east oriel* shone Through slender shafts of...poplars straight the osier wand In many a freakish knot had twined ; Then framed a spell when the work was done, And turn'd the willow wreaths to stone." v... | |
| sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1835 - 380 sider
...And thine, dark Knight of Liddesdale ! O fading honours of the dead ! O high ambition, lowly laid ! XI. The moon on the east oriel shone, Through slender...thought some fairy's hand 'Twixt poplars straight the ozier wand, In many a freakish knot, had twined ; Then framed a spell, when the work was done, And... | |
| Alexander Whitelaw - 1835 - 476 sider
...With base and capital furnish'd around, Secm'd bundies of lances which garlands had bound. * * » * The moon on the east oriel shone, Through slender...shapely stone, By foliaged tracery combined ; Thou wouldat have thought some fairy's hand 'Twixt poplars straight the osier wand In many a freakish knot... | |
| Leitch Ritchie - 1835 - 356 sider
...trim, With base and with capital flourished around, Seem'd bundles of lances which garlands had bound. The moon on the east oriel shone, Through slender shafts of shapely stone, By foliag'd tracery combin'd ; Thou wouldst have thought some fairy's hand 'Twixt poplars straight the... | |
| John Claudius Loudon - 1835 - 594 sider
...so beautifully refers, in his description of Melrose Abbey, in the Lay of the Last Minstrel : — " The moon on the east oriel* shone Through slender shafts of shapely stone By toliaged tracery combined ; Thou wouldst have thought some fairy's hand 'Twixt poplars straight the... | |
| Leitch Ritchie - 1835 - 350 sider
...trim. With base and with capital flourished around, Sccut'd bundles of lances which garlands had bound. The moon on the east oriel shone, Through slender shafts of shapely stune, By foliag'd tracery eombin'd ; Thon wouldst have thuught some fairy's hand 'Twixt poplars straight... | |
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