 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 is the dreary change in me ? Alas, the warp'd and broken board, How...  The poetical works of Walter Scott - Page 201by sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1820Full view - About this book
 | Walter Scott - English poetry - 1820 - 476 pages
...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 is the dreary...or Eden's bowers Were barren as this moorland hill. THE MAID OF ISLA. AIR—" The Maid of Isla." Written far Mr GEORGE THOMSON'S Scottish Melodies. O MAID... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1822 - 394 pages
...tower, the tree,Are they still 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...or Eden's bowers Were barren as this moorland hill. THE MAID OF ISLA. AIR—" The Maid of Isla." Written for Mr GEORGE THOMSON'S Scottish Melodies. O MAID... | |
 | sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1823 - 312 pages
...in me ? Alas ! the warp'd and broken board, How can it bear the painter's dye ! The harp of straiu'd and tuneless chord, How to the minstrel's skill reply...or Eden's bowers Were barren as this moorland hill. THE MAID OF I SLA. -" The Maid of Isla." Written for Mr GEORGE THOMSON'S Scottish Melodies. O MAID... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1827 - 678 pages
...How can ¡I bear the painter's dye! The harp of strain'd and tuneless chord, Ilow to Ihe minstrel» skill reply! To aching eyes each landscape lowers,...pulse each gale blows chill ; And Araby's or Eden's bower» Were barren as this moorland hill. 1 Aloya, llio »-ni of thr Lord Somi-mllr, no«, ill. !... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1831 - 582 pages
...broken board, How can it bear the painter's dye ! The harp of Hniin'J and tuneless chord, How to Ihe minstrel's skill reply! To aching eyes each landscape...or Eden's bowers Were barren as this moorland hill. 1 M»y», the s«at of the Lord Somerville, now. alat! tmlrnanlcd, <r Ibe lamented death of [bat Lind... | |
 | Robert Walsh - United States - 1837 - 504 pages
...west, are now visible over a wide range of rich woodland — all the work of the poet's hand :— ' The sun upon the Weirdlaw Hill, In Ettrick's vale,...Eden's bowers Were barren as this moorland hill.'" Other Americans, beside Irving, visited Scott. Of these, in a letter to Southey, he speaks thus : —... | |
 | John Gibson Lockhart - 1837 - 404 pages
...all the work of the poet's hand: — " The sun upon the Weirdlaw Hill, In Ettrick's vale, is finking sweet ; The westland wind is hush and still— The...each gale blows chill ; And Araby's or Eden's bowers He again alludes to his illness in a letter to Mr Morritt :— To JBS Morrift, Eiq. MP Roheby.' "Abbotsford,... | |
 | John Gibson Lockhart - Authors, Scottish - 1837 - 428 pages
...hills of Ettrick's shore. " With listless look along the plain I see Tweed's silver current glide, i And coldly mark the holy fane Of Melrose rise in ruin'd...Eden's bowers Were barren as this moorland hill." He again alludes to his illness in a letter to Mr Morritl : — " To JBS Morrilt, Esq., MP Bokeby.... | |
 | John Gibson Lockhart - Authors, Scottish - 1837 - 790 pages
...listlese look along the plain I see Tweed's silver current glide, And coldly mark the holy fane Of Melroee rise in ruin'd pride. The quiet lake, the balmy air,...eyes each landscape lowers, To feverish pulse each galo blows chill ; And Araby's or Eden's bowers Were barren as this moorland hill." He again alludes... | |
 | John Gibson Lockhart - 1837 - 294 pages
...me ? " Alas ! the warped and broken board, How can it bear the painter's dye ! The harp of strained and tuneless chord, How to the minstrel's skill reply...Eden's bowers Were barren as this moorland hill." He again alludes to his illness in a letter to Mr. Morritt: — " To JBS Morritt, Esq., MP, Rokeby.... | |
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