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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,... "
The Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson: Essays. 1st series - Page 381
by Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1903
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The Methodist Quarterly Review, Volume 30

1848 - 660 pages
...foliaged tracery combined ; Thou %vould'st have thought some fairy's hand Twilt 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." On the west side of the south transept, and near the door, upon the wall,...
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The Poetical Works of Sir Walter Scott, Bart. in Twelve Volumes: With All ...

Walter Scott - 1848 - 772 pages
...would'st have thought some fairy's hand 'Twixt poplars straight the ozier wand, In many a freakii.h knot, had twined; Then framed a spell, when the work was done, And changed the willow-wreaths to stone. The silver light, so pale and faint, Show'd many a prophet, and many a saint,...
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History of Architecture: From the Earliest Times; Its Present Condition in ...

Louisa Caroline Tuthill - 1848 - 512 pages
...Walter Scott. " The moon on the vast oriel shone, Through slender shafts of shapely stone, By foliaged tracery combined. Thou wouldst 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 changed...
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A History of Architecture

Edward Augustus Freeman - 1849 - 528 pages
...bound." And— " The moon on the east oriel shone Through slender shafts of shapely stone, By foliaged tracery combined ; Thou wouldst have thought some...was done, And changed the willow wreaths to stone." And this testimony is the more valuable, as it is clear that the great poet took a very different view...
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The Family friend [ed. by R.K. Philp]., Volume 3

Robert Kemp Philp - 408 pages
...Through slender shafts of shapely stone, By foliaged tracery combined j Thou wouldst have thought Borne fairy's hand 'Twixt poplars straight the osier wand...was done, And changed the willow wreaths to stone." The light ornamental buttresses, or projections, often ranged in parallel rows, also characterised...
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Eliza Cook's journal, Volume 10

1854 - 428 pages
...tracery combined : Thou wouldst have thought tome fairy's hand 'Twist poplan straight tho osier wanJ In many a freakish knot had twined ; Then framed a...the work was done, And changed the willow wreaths to itone. But descriptions of buildings, however beautiful they may be, are at best uninteresting ; and...
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The Lamp [ed. by T.E. Bradley].

Thomas Earnshaw Bradley - 932 pages
...the middle of the fourteenth century. Of it may be said: — " Thou wouldst have thought some fairy hand 'Twixt poplars straight the osier wand In many...was done, And changed the willow wreaths to stone." • Browne's History of the Metropolitan Church of St Peter, York, 1839. The usual entrance is on the...
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The second Poetical reading book, compiled, with notes, by W. McLeod

Walter McLeod - 1850 - 170 pages
...lowly laid! 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 work was done, And changed...
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The Baptist children's magazine (ed. by J.F. Winks).

Joseph Foulkes Winks - 1836 - 690 pages
...in circuit. " 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 silver light, so pale and faint, Showed many a prophet and many a saint, Whose image on the glass...
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Black's Picturesque Tourist of Scotland

1851 - 704 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...
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