...slender shafts of shapely stone, By foliaged tracery combined ; Thou wouldst have thought some fairy's hand 'Twixt poplars straight the osier wand, In many...was done, And changed the willow wreaths to stone." And this testimony is the more valuable, as it is clear that the great poet took a very different view...

...tracery combined : Thou wouldst have thought tome fairy's hand 'Twist poplan straight tho osier wanJ In many a freakish knot had twined ; Then framed a...the work was done, And changed the willow wreaths to itone. But descriptions of buildings, however beautiful they may be, are at best uninteresting ; and...

...foliaged tracery combined ; Thou would'st have thought some fairy's hand 'Twixt poplars straight the ozier wand, In many a freakish knot, had twined; Then framed...wreaths to stone. The silver light, so pale and faint, Shewed many a prophet, and many a saint, Whose image on the glass was dyed ; Full in the midst, his...

...the middle of the fourteenth century. Of it may be said: — " Thou wouldst have thought some fairy hand 'Twixt poplars straight the osier wand In many...was done, And changed the willow wreaths to stone." • Browne's History of the Metropolitan Church of St Peter, York, 1839. The usual entrance is on the...

...slender shafts of shapely stone By foliaged tracery combined : Thou would'st have thought some fairy's hand 'Twixt poplars straight the osier wand In many...done, And changed the willow wreaths to stone." The original beautifully fretted and sculptured stone roof of the east end of the chancel is still standing,...

...wouldst have thought some fairy hand, 'Twixt poplars straight, the ozier wand In many a freakish note had twined ; Then framed a spell when the work was done, And changed the willow wreaths to stone." 3* Under the spot where the high altar stood is the grave of Alexander II., of Scotland. Here also...

...and would justify the verse of Sir Walter, when he says : 'Тпои wouldst have thought some fairy's hand 'Twixt poplars straight the osier wand In many a freakish knot had twined ; Then framed н spell when the work was done, Aud changed the willow wreaths to stone.' Many of the Douglas family,...

...shafts of shapely stone, By foliage tracery combined ; Thou would'st have thought some fairy's Land 'Twixt poplars straight the osier wand, In many a freakish knot had twined ; Then formed a spell, when the work was done. And changed the willow wreaths to stone !7' The beautifully...

...fairy creation, and would justify the verse of Sir Walter. "Thou wouldst have thought some fairy's hand 'Twixt poplars straight the osier wand In many...was done, And changed the willow wreaths to stone." Many of the Douglas family, as well- as other noted persons in Scotch annals, including Alexander II.,...

...of shapely stone, By foliaged tracery combined ; Thou wouldst have thought some fairy's hand 'Twist poplars straight the osier wand, In many a freakish...framed a spell, when the work was done, And changed the willow-wreaths to stone," Lost in admiration, and in many strange thoughts, I scarcely heeded the young...