 | Art - 1812 - 762 pages
...that teach thee to live and die; When distant Tweed is heard to rave, And the uwlet to hoot o'er the dead man's grave; Then go — but go alone the while— Then view St. David's ruin'd pile ; And, home returning, soothly Swear, Was never scene so sad and fair. . No. 2Ц7, " When... | |
 | Walter Scott - Scottish poetry - 1805 - 344 pages
...that teach thee to live and die ; When distant Tweed is heard to rave, And the owlet to hoot o'er the dead man's grave ; Then go — but go alone the while...returning, soothly swear, Was never scene so sad and fair ! Short halt did Deloraine make there; Little recked he of the scene so fair. With dagger's hilt, on... | |
 | English literature - 1805 - 570 pages
...that ttach tlice to live and die; When distant Tweed is hi'ard to rave. And the owlet to hoot o'er the dead man's grave ; Then go, but go alone the while...view St. David's ruined pile ; And, home returning, «oothly swear, Was never scene so sad and fair.' He is admitted^and reports his ernmd to the monk... | |
 | 1805 - 752 pages
...When diftant Tweed is heard to rave, And the owlet to hoot o'er the dead man's grave ; Then gor— but go alone the while^ Then view St. David's ruined pile ; And, home returning, fadly fwear, ' W»s never fcene fo fad and fair."' The defcription of the alarm given to the country,... | |
 | Samuel Cooper Thacher, David Phineas Adams, William Emerson - American literature - 1806 - 788 pages
...the owlet to hoot o'er the dead man's grave ; Then pp — but go alone the while — Then view Saint David's ruined pile, And, home returning, soothly swear, Was never scene so sad and fair ! P. 33. But the imagery and language in the following pages are awful and tenifick in the extreme,... | |
 | Walter Scott - Clans - 1811 - 310 pages
...that teach thee to live and die ; When distant Tweed is heard to rave, And the owlet to hoot o'er the dead man's grave, Then go — but go alone the while — Then view Saint David's ruined pile ; And, home returning, soothly swear, Was never scene so sad and fair ! II.... | |
 | England - 1838 - 884 pages
...that teach thee to live and die; When distant Tweed is heard (o rnve, And the owlet to hoot o'er the dead man's grave, Then go— but go alone the while — Then view St David's mined pile ; And, home returning, soothly swear, Was never scene so sad and fair." The second couplet... | |
 | Mrs. Jamieson (Frances Thurtle) - Costume - 1820 - 538 pages
...When distant Tweed is heard to rave, And the owlet hoots o'er the dead man's grave j Then go—but go alone, the while, Then view St. David's ruined...returning soothly swear, Was never scene so sad and fair !" " Yes," replied Edward, " and I think, Sir, if you would stay but half an hour longer we might have... | |
 | Fabius (pseud.) - 1821 - 112 pages
...is heard to rave, Then go—but go alone the while, And the owlet to hoot o'er the dead man's grave; Then view St. David's ruined pile; And, home returning, soothly swear, Was never scene so sad aud fair. Is it not obvious, from this description of Melrose Abbey, compared with that of the Sibyl's... | |
 | Abraham John Valpy - Great Britain - 1822 - 582 pages
...that teach thee to live and die; When distant Tweed is heard to rave, And the owlet to hoot o'er the dead man's grave ; Then go— but go alone the while,...returning, soothly swear, Was never scene so sad and fair. Is it not obvious, from this description of Melrose Abbey, compared with that of the Sibyl's temple,... | |
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Streams on the ruined central tower; When buttress and buttress, alternately, Seem framed of ebon and ivory ; When silver edges the imagery, And the scrolls that teach thee to live and die ; When distant Tweed is heard to rave, And the owlet to hoot o'er... 
