When buttress and buttress, alternately, Seem framed of ebon and ivory; When silver edges the imagery, 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 —... Littell's Living Age - Page 2481866Full view - About this book
| 1805 - 948 pages
...hoot o'er die dead man's grave ; Then go — but go alone the while — Then view St. David's ruined pile ; And, home returning, soothly swear, Was never scene so sad and fair ! II. Short halt did Deloraine make there ; Little recked he of the scene so fair. With dagger's hilt;... | |
| 1812 - 762 pages
...And the scrolls that teach thee to live and die; When distant Tweed is heard to rave, And the uwlet to hoot o'er the dead man's grave; Then go — but...returning, soothly Swear, Was never scene so sad and fair. . No. 2Ц7, " When the bell toll'd one, and the moon was bright, And I dug his chamber among the dead,... | |
| Walter Scott - 1805 - 334 pages
...to hoot o'er the dead man's grave; Then go—but go alone the while— Then view St David's ruined pile; And, home returning, soothly swear, Was never scene so sad and fair! II. Short halt did Deloraine make there; Little recked he of the scene so fair. With dagger's hilt,... | |
| Samuel Cooper Thacher, David Phineas Adams, William Emerson - 1806 - 788 pages
...hoot o'er the dead man's grave ; Then pp — but go alone the while — Then view Saint David's ruined pile, And, home returning, soothly swear, Was never scene so sad and fair ! P. 33. But the imagery and language in the following pages are awful and tenifick in the extreme,... | |
| sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1812 - 362 pages
...hoot o'er the dead man's grave, Then go — but go alone the while — Then view St David's ruined pile ; And, home returning, soothly swear, Was never scene so sad- and fair ! II. Short halt did Deloraine make there ; Little recked he of the scene so fair : With dagger's hilt,... | |
| Sir Walter Scott - 1813 - 366 pages
...to hoot o'er the dead man's grave, Then go—but go alone the while— Then view St David's ruined pile ; And, home returning, soothly swear, Was never scene so sad and fair ! II. Short halt did Deloraine make there ; Little recked he of the scene so fair: With dagger's hilt... | |
| 1838 - 884 pages
...to hoot o'er the dead man's grave, Then go— but go alone the while — Then view St David's mined pile ; And, home returning, soothly swear, Was never scene so sad and fair." The second couplet has no business there — and forcibly brings before us an image which should have been... | |
| Walter Scott - 1819 - 322 pages
...hoot o'er the dead man's grave, Then go— hut go alone the while — Then view Saint David's ruined pile ; And home returning, soothly swear, Was never scene so sad and fair ! II. Short halt did Deloraine make there ; Little recked he of the scene so fair. With dagger's hilt,... | |
| sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1820 - 264 pages
...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 St David's ruin'd...returning, soothly swear, Was never scene so sad and fair ! II. Short halt did Deloraine make there ; Little recked he of the scene so fair : With dagger's hilt,... | |
| Mrs. Jamieson (Frances Thurtle) - 1820 - 538 pages
...owlet hoots o'er the dead man's grave j Then go—but go alone, the while, Then view St. David's ruined pile, And home returning soothly swear, Was never scene so sad and fair !" " Yes," replied Edward, " and I think, Sir, if you would stay but half an hour longer we might have... | |
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