 | Arthur Jewitt - 376 páginas
...to ilelrcse la} ing aside the locality of the Tweed. " If thou wouldst view fsir ileliosc arjgbt, " Go visit it by the pale moonlight ; « For the gay...beams of lightsome day " Gild but to flout, the ruins gray. " When the broken arches are black in night, " And each shafted Oriel glimmers white; " When... | |
 | 1838 - 884 páginas
...our opinion, described Abbeys and Cathedrals, within and without, much better than Walter Scott. " If thou wouldst view fair Melrose aright, Go visit it by the pale moonlight ; For the guy beams of lightsome day Gild, but to flout, the ruins grey. When the broken arches are black in... | |
 | 1828 - 454 páginas
...1828. CratolUr. ULSOSE ABBEY AND THE EILDON HILLS. » If thou woaldst view fair Melrose right, Co rtalt it by the pale moonlight , For the gay beams of lightsome day Gild, but to flout, the ruins gray-" — Scott. TO TBS EDITOR. Jra,— Who has perused the works of the celebrated iv: of my motto,... | |
 | Thomas Raffles - 1818 - 374 páginas
...that Mr. Walter Scott has so elegantly said on the subject of moonlight visits to such structures : " If thou wouldst. view fair Melrose aright, Go visit it by the pale moonlight." &c. We repaired to the cathedral again in the morning. The interior is extremely spacious, and the... | |
 | 1847 - 480 páginas
...both in very masterly style. Nor is he less successful with Scott's description of Melrose Abbey. ' If thou wouldst view fair Melrose aright, Go, visit...beams of lightsome day Gild, but to flout, the ruins gray. When the broken arches are black in night, And each shafted oriel glimmers white; When the cold... | |
 | Thomas Raffles - 1819 - 370 páginas
...that Walter Scott has so elegantly said on the sutyeotHjf ^moonlight visits to such structures : " If thou would'st view fair Melrose aright, • Go visit it by the pale moon-light." &c. W<' repaired -tpjlie, cathedral -again ifi'th^- morning. The interior is exfrcfflely ;^pSc^e^s>... | |
 | sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1820 - 264 páginas
...again began. THE LAY OF THE LAST MINSTREL. CANTO SECOND. THE LAY OF THE LAST MINSTREL. CANTO SECOND. I. IF thou would'st view fair Melrose aright, Go visit...beams of lightsome day Gild, but to flout, the ruins gray. When the broken arches are black in night, And each shafted oriel glimmers white; When the cold... | |
 | Mrs. Jamieson (Frances Thurtle) - 1820 - 538 páginas
...establishments in Scotland. You remember Walter Scott's lines upon this abbey: " If thou wonldst \iew fair Melrose aright Go visit it by the pale moonlight;...of lightsome day Gild, but to flout the ruins grey. . , When the broken arches are black in night, And each shaded oriel glimmers white ; When buttress... | |
 | 1822 - 418 páginas
...the girl grew sick, and pin'd away, And drown'd herself for love. MELKOSE ABBEY. SIR WALTER SCOTT. IF thou wouldst view fair Melrose aright, Go visit...beams of lightsome day Gild but to flout the ruins gray. When the broken arches are black in night, And each shafted oriel glimmers white ; When the cold... | |
 | Abraham John Valpy - 1822 - 582 páginas
...yet the subject is a work of art, and much less beautiful than the far-famed temple of the Sibyl : If thou wouldst view fair Melrose aright, Go visit...the gay beams of lightsome day Gild but to flout the rums gray. When the broken arches are black in night, And each shafted Oriel glimmers white ; When... | |
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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. 
