...the scrolls 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...soothly swear, / Was never scene so sad and fair!' (The Poetical Works of Sir Walter scott, ed. J. Logic Robertson. Humphrey Milford, Oxford University...

...And the scrolls 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. (2: 3-15) No longer a scene of ruination, this is a ruin scene and a deeply melancholy one, shot through...

...And the scrolls 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...returning, soothly swear, Was never scene so sad and fair! CANTO FOURTH i Sweet Teviot! on thy silver tide The glaring bale-fires blaze no more; No longer steel-clad...

...And the scrolls 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...view St David's ruin'd pile; And, home returning, sootbly swear, Was never scene so sad and fair!4* 4* Scott, Poetical Works, 44-3. i 3 . George Washington...

...uncertain shower Streams on the ruined central tower; 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 Saint David's ruined pile; (Lay 2: 1-8, 13-16) Inviting his readers to know "what should ne'er be known,"...