| Abbeys - 1841 - 240 pages
...scrolls that teach thee to live and die ; When the distant tweed is heard to rave. And the how let to hoot o'er the dead man's grave ; Then go — but go alone the while — Then view St David's ruined pile ; And home returning, soothly swear Was never seen so sad and fair. By a steel clenched... | |
| Adam and Charles Black (Firm) - Scotland - 1842 - 598 pages
...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...alone the while — Then view St. David's ruin'd pile ; And, home returning, soothly swear, Was never scene so sad and fair ! " Within the Abbey lie the... | |
| American poetry - 1842 - 480 pages
...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...alone the while — Then view St. David's ruin'd pile ; And, home returning, soothly swear, Was never scene so sad and fair ! » * * * The pillar'd arches... | |
| Walter Scott - 1842 - 746 pages
...of ebon and ivory; When silver edges the imagery, And ibe scrolls that leach thee to live and die;T When distant Tweed is heard to rave, And the owlet to hoot o'er the dead man 8 grave, Then go — but go alone the while — Then view St. David's ruin'd pile ;t And, home... | |
| Walter Scott - 1843 - 732 pages
...When silver edges the imagery, And the scrolls that teach thee to live and dle;a When distant Tweed ia heard to rave, And the owlet to hoot o'er the dead man's grava, Then go— hut go alone the while — Then view St David's ruined pilei't' And, home returning,... | |
| American periodicals - 1866 - 956 pages
...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...alone the while, Then view St. David's ruin'd pile, And home returning, soothly swear Was never scene so sad and fair." The sentiment soon, in fact, came... | |
| English poetry - 1844 - 110 pages
...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...— but go alone the while — Then view St. David's ruined pile : And, home returning, soothly swear, Was never scene so sad and fair ! SCOTT'S LAY OF... | |
| Lord Francis Jeffrey Jeffrey - English essays - 1844 - 540 pages
...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...— but go alone the while — Then view St. David's ruined pile! And, home returning, soothly swear, Was never scene so sad and fair!" — p. 35, 36. In... | |
| Periodicals - 1844 - 288 pages
...of ebon and ivory ; When silver edges the imagery, And the scrolls that teach thee to live and dio When distant Tweed is heard to rave, And the owlet...— but go alone the while — Then view St. David's ruined pile ; And, home returning, soothly swear Wan never scene so sad and fair ! Sui WALTER SCOTT.... | |
| Robert Chambers - 1844 - 746 pages
...ebon and ivory ; When silver edge« the imagery, And the scrolls that teach thee to live and die ; tever may be the consequence of such a miraculous transformation of mank man'» grave, Then go — but go alone the while — Then view St David's ruined pile ; And, home returning,... | |
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