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...thine, dark Knight of Liddesdale ! O fading honours of the dead ! O high ambition, lowly laid ! XI. The moon on the east oriel shone Through slender shafts...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...

...are of the most delicate hue. It is thus beautifully described by the poet in a moon-light scene :— The moon on the east oriel shone Through slender shafts,...freakish knot, had twined; Then framed a spell, when tlie work was done, And changed the willow-wreaths to stone. f SIR W- SCOTT, Bart. •Thegrand altar...

...Thro' slender shafts of shapely stone, By foliaged tracery combined; One would have thought some fairy hand, Twixt poplars straight the osier wand In many...was done, And changed the willow wreaths to stone.'" " Here," said Duncan, stamping his foot upon a large flag-stone, " here ' A Scottish monarch sleeps...

...high ambition, lowly laid ! XI. The moon on the east oriel shone Through slender shafts of sliapely stone, By foliaged tracery combined; Thou would'st...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...

...poet's description !— ' The moon on the eastern orial shone Thro' slender shafts of shapely stone, In many a. freakish knot had twined; Then framed a...was done, And changed the willow wreaths to stone.'" By foliaged tracery combined; One would have thought some fairy hand, Twixt poplars straight the osier...

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...the Last Minstrel : " 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 the willow-wreaths to stone." Canto ii. St. 11. Ver. 11. My grave Lord-Keeper led the brawls.] Sir Christopher...

...With base and capital furnish'd around, Seem'd bundles of lances which garlands had bound. • * » * The moon on the east oriel shone, Through slender...framed a spell, when the work was done, And changed the willow-wreaths to stone. At the time of the Reformation the inmates of this abbey shared in the general...