| 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,... | |
| 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,... | |
| 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... | |
| 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... | |
| 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... | |
| 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... | |
| 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... | |
| 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... | |
| 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... | |
| 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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