 | Robert Chambers - 1844 - 738 pages
...sad and fair 1 The moon on the east oriel shone, Through slender shafts of shapely stone, By foliaged tra a0. ozier wand, In many a freakish knot, had twined ; Then framed a spell, when the work was done, And... | |
 | Adam and Charles Black (Firm) - 1845 - 572 pages
...building, says — " The moon on the east oriel shone Through slender shafts of shapely stone By foliaged tracery combined : Thou would'st have thought some...was done, And changed the willow wreaths to stone." The original beautifully fretted and sculptured stone roof of the east end of the chancel is still... | |
 | William Coombs Dana - 1845 - 408 pages
...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...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... | |
 | Robert William Billings - 1845 - 202 pages
...of stately stone, By foliaged tracery combined : Thou wouldst have thought some fairy's hand 'Twist poplars straight the osier wand In many a freakish...knot had twined, Then framed a spell when the work waa done, And changed the willow wreathes to stone." The absence of distant effect or display in the... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1845 - 382 pages
...beautiful specimen of the lightness and elegance of Gothic architecture, when in its purity, 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 work was done, And... | |
 | Mary Milner - 1846 - 808 pages
...foliaged tracery combined, That one might think some fairy's band '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 : " and the rare judgment of the artist, apparent as it is in his delineations... | |
 | Jean Froissart - 1847 - 378 pages
...same pen : — " The moon on the east oriel shone Through slender shafts of shapely stone, By foliaged tracery combined ; Thou wouldst have thought some...framed a spell when the work was done, And changed the willow-wreaths to stone. The silver light, so pale and faint, Showed many a prophet, many a saint,... | |
 | 1847 - 796 pages
...thought some fairy's hand, 'Twixt poplar straight, the osier wand, In many a freakish knot had twin'd ; Then framed a spell, when the work was done, And changed the willow wreaths to stone !' After this manner, I say, were chapels constructed of old, as witness that of Henry the Seventh... | |
 | 1847 - 582 pages
...east oriel shone, Throngh slender shafts of shapely stone, By foliaged tracery combined ; Thou would*t have thought some fairy's hand, 'Twixt poplars straight the osier wand, In many a freakUh knot, had twined ; Then framed a spell, when the work was done. And changed the willow-wreaths... | |
 | Gallery - 1848 - 306 pages
...foliaged tracery combined, That one bad thought some fairy's hand 'Twixt poplars straight the ozier wand In many a freakish knot had twined ; Then framed...was done, And changed the willow wreaths to stone." The view of an ancient church like this, forcibly suggests to the mind of the spectator Mrs. Hemans's... | |
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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 osier wand, In many a freakish knot, had twined ; Then framed a spell,... 
