 With listless look along the plain I see Tweed's silver current glide, And coldly mark the holy fane Of Melrose rise in ruin'd pride. The quiet lake, the balmy air, The hill, the stream, the tower, the tree,— Are they still such as once they were, Or...  Oliver and Boyd's Scottish tourist - Page 154by Oliver and Boyd messrs - 1860Full view - About this book
 | sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1820 - 268 pages
...that once it bore; Though evening, with her richest dye, Flames o'er the hills of Ettrick's shore. With listless look along the plain, I see Tweed's...such as once they were, Or is the dreary change in me ? Alas, the warp'd and broken board, How can it bear the painter's dye 1 The harp of strain'd and tuneless... | |
 | Walter Scott - English poetry - 1820 - 476 pages
...mine eye Bears those bright hues that once it bore ; Though evening, with her richest dye, 402 SONGS. With listless look, along the plain I see Tweed's...the balmy air, The hill, the stream, the tower, the tree,Are they still such as once they were, Or is the dreary change in me ? Alas, the warp'd and broken... | |
 | Walter Scott - English poetry - 1821 - 502 pages
...landscape to mine eye Bears those bright hues that once it bore; Though evening, with her richest dye, With listless look along the plain, I see Tweed's...the balmy air, The hill, the stream, the tower, the tree,Are they still such as once they were, Or is the dreary change in me ? Alas, the warp'd and broken... | |
 | sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1823 - 312 pages
...that once it bore; Though evening, with her richest dye, Flames o'er the hills of Ettrick's shore. With listless look along the plain, I see Tweed's...mark the holy fane Of Melrose rise in ruin'd pride. Tile quiet lake, the balmy air, Tlie hill, the stream, the tower, the tree,Are they still such as once... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1827 - 678 pages
...lies sleeping at my feet. Yet not the landscape to mine eye Flames o'er the bills of Ettrick's shore. I see Tweed's silver current glide, And coldly mark the holy fane With listless look along the plain, Of Mclrose ri.se in ruin'd pride. The quiet lake, the balmy air,... | |
 | Robert Walsh - United States - 1837 - 504 pages
...that once it bore : Though evening, with her richest dye, Flames o'er the hills of Ettrick's shore. ' With listless look along the plain I see Tweed's silver...such as once they were, Or is the dreary change in me ? ' Alas ! the warp'd and broken board, How can it bear the painter's dye ! The harp of strain'd and... | |
 | Robert Walsh - United States - 1837 - 508 pages
...that once it bore: Though evening, with her richest dye, Flames o'er the hills of Ettrick's shore. ' With listless look along the plain I see Tweed's silver current glide, And coldly mark the holy fane The hill, the stream, the tower, the tree— Are they still such as once they were, Of Melrose rise... | |
 | Literature - 1837 - 598 pages
...With listless look along the plain Of Melrose rise in ruined pride. The quiet lake, the balmy air, I see Tweed's silver current glide, And coldly mark the holy fane The hill, the stream, the tower, the tree,— Are they still such as once they were, Or is the dreary... | |
 | Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge - American fiction - 1838 - 644 pages
...that once it bore ; Though evening, with her richest dye, Flames o'er the hills of Ettrick's shore. " With listless look along the plain I see Tweed's silver...glide, And coldly mark the holy fane Of Melrose rise in ruined pride. " The quiet lake, the balmy air, The hill, the stream, the tower, the tree,— Are they... | |
 | John Gibson Lockhart - 1839 - 434 pages
...that once it bore ; Though evening, with her richest dye, Flames o'er the hills of Ettrick's shore. ** With listless look along the plain I see Tweed's silver...mark the holy fane Of Melrose rise in ruin'd pride. AW Anbr'« or £*• s bowcn the me, — Were barren «s this mooriand HiU." He again alludes to his... | |
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