 | Walter Scott - 1833 - 416 sider
...under suitable action and emphasis, the following well-known lines of the poet of Abbotsford:— " If thou wouldst view fair Melrose aright, Go visit...moonlight, For the gay beams of lightsome day, Gild, but to flaunt the ruins grey. When the broken arches are black in night, And each shafter oriel glimmers white... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1833 - 412 sider
...under suitable action and emphasis, the following well-known lines of the poet of Abbotsford:— " If thou wouldst view fair Melrose aright, Go visit...moonlight, For the gay beams of lightsome day, Gild, but to flaunt the ruins grey. When the broken arches are black in night, And each shatter oriel glimmers white... | |
 | Mr. Forsyth - 1833 - 348 sider
...forth, under suitable action and emphasis, the following well-known lines of the poet of Abbotsford .— 'If thou wouldst view fair Melrose aright, Go visit...moonlight, For the gay beams of lightsome day, Gild, but to flaunt the ruins grey. When the broken arches are black in night, And each shatter oriel glimmers white... | |
 | Mr. Forsyth - 1833 - 354 sider
...suitable action and emphasis, the following well-known lines of the poet of Abbotsford .— 'Ifthou wouldst view fair Melrose aright, Go visit it by the...moonlight, For the gay beams of lightsome day, Gild, but to flaunt the ruins grey. When the broken arches are black in night, And each shatter oriel glimmers white... | |
 | William Craig Brownlee - 1833 - 242 sider
...busy memory,—he leaned on this staff; and yielded himself up to a flood of sorrow ! CHAPTER XIV. "If thou wouldst view fair Melrose aright, Go visit it by the pale moon light; "When the broken arches are black in night, And each shafted oriel glimmers while;" SIR... | |
 | 1833 - 372 sider
...ABBEY. BY DELLA CRUSCA. If them wouldst view fair Mclrose aright, G« visit it by the pale moon's light, For the gay beams of lightsome day Gild, but to flout the ruins grey. SIR WALTER SCOTT. FAIR Abbey, thou art beautiful ! Though time's strong hand hath torn The deckings... | |
 | Samuel Griswold Goodrich - 1834 - 440 sider
...One o'er a flower and leaf; The other over hopes and joys, Whose beauty was as brief. MELROSE ABBEY. IF thou wouldst view fair Melrose aright, Go visit...black in night, And each shafted oriel glimmers white 3 When the cold light's uncertain shower Streams on the ruined central tower ; When buttress and buttress... | |
 | Samuel Griswold Goodrich - 1834 - 432 sider
...brief. MELROSE ABBEY. IF ihou wouldst view fair ftlelrose aright, Go visit it by the pale moonlight 5 For the gay beams of lightsome day Gild, but to flout...When the cold light's uncertain shower Streams on (he ruined central tower; When buttress and buttress alternately Seem framed of ebon and ivory 3 When... | |
 | Samuel Griswold Goodrich - 1834 - 432 sider
...One o'er a flower and leaf; The other over hopes and joys, Whose beauty was as brief. MELROSE ABBEY. IF thou wouldst view fair Melrose aright, Go visit...of lightsome day Gild, but to flout the ruins gray. VENICE. :#r When the broken arches arc black in nighi, And each shafted oriel glimmers white ; When... | |
 | Charles Samuel Stewart - 1834 - 286 sider
...overlooking the quadrangle, fully to appreciate the force of the oft quoted passage, by Scott — " If thou woulds't view fair Melrose aright, Go visit it by the pale moonlight ; ABBOT9FORD. 77 For the gay beams of lightsome day Gild, but to flout, the ruins gray. When the broken... | |
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IF thou would'st view fair Melrose aright, Go visit it by the pale moon-light ; For the gay beams of lightsome day Gild, but to flout, the ruins gray. 
