The moon on the east oriel shone Through slender shafts of shapely stone, By 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 a spell, when... The Lay of the Last Minstrel: A Poem - Side 39af Walter Scott - 1811 - 295 siderFuld visning - Om denne bog
| Walter Scott - 1843 - 732 sider
...thought some fairy's hand, Twixt poplars straight, the osier wand, In many a freakish knot, had twined; Then framed a spell, when the work was done, And changed...many a prophet, and many a saint. Whose image on the glas* was dved; Full in the midst, hi, Cross of Red Trinmphant Michael hrandished, And trampled the... | |
| Isaac Nicholson Allen - 1843 - 522 sider
...comparison of the tracery of Melrose Abbey to the work of a fairy, entwining willows and flowers, who " Framed a spell when the work was done And changed the willow wreaths to stone." The hill, on the other side of which the town of Kabul abuts, rose bold and rocky behind, with a summer-house,... | |
| Henry Rose - 1843 - 174 sider
...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 the willow wreaths to stone." Sir James Hall, however, was the great champion of this opinion, and wrote a volume to explain, illustrate,... | |
| Edward Shaw - 1843 - 216 sider
..." Some fairy's hand 'Twixt poplars straight, the ozier wand, In many a prankish knot, had twined ; Then framed a spell, when the work was done, And changed the willow wreaths to stone-" Those beauties of England's Gothic churches, as well as the more chaste and simple, and yet more enduring... | |
| Robert Chambers - 1844 - 746 sider
...thought some fairy's hand 'Twixt poplars straight the ozier wand, In many a freakish knot, had twined ; anube lay ; T/ttve were his young barbarians all at...he, their sire, Butchered to make a Roman holiday. hie cross of red Triumphant Michael brandished, And trampled the apostate's pride. The moonbeam kissed... | |
| Robert Chambers - 1844 - 738 sider
...thought some fairy's hand Twixt poplars straight the ozier wand, In many a freakish knot, had twined ; Then f R0. imago on the glass was dyed ; Full in the midst, his cross of red Triumphant Michael brandished, And... | |
| English poetry - 1844 - 110 sider
...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...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... | |
| 1844 - 788 sider
...thought some fairy's hand, Twixt poplars straight the osier wand, In many a freakish knot had twined ; Then framed a spell when the work was done, And changed the willow wreaths to stone." SCOTT. Why, then, class among hase imitations the exquisite copies of stonework forms, in the equally,... | |
| James Miller - 1844 - 536 sider
...thought some fairy's hand 'Twixt poplars straight the osier wand In many a freakish note had twined ; , Then framed a spell when the work was done, And changed the willow-wreathes to stone." Lay of the Latt Mimtrtl. There are no details of what the fleet and the... | |
| William Coombs Dana - 1845 - 408 sider
...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 the willow wreaths to etone." Within the chancel, a slab of dark green marble marks the spot where it is believed that King... | |
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