 | Robert Chambers - Authors, English - 1844 - 738 pages
...passages, which instantly became popular : — [Description of Mdrox Abbey."} If thou would'st view and the vul lev's pride ; Why think we these less pleasing to behold Than dreary gray. When the broken arches are black in ni«ht, And each shafted oriel glimmers white; When the cold... | |
 | Literature - 1923 - 850 pages
...by an orphan boy. . . . Again, there is his description of Melrose Abbey : — If thou would'st view fair Melrose aright, Go visit it by the pale moonlight;...beams of lightsome day Gild, but to flout, the ruins gray. 'Where the broken arches are blank in night. And each shafted oriel glimmers white; When the... | |
 | Periodicals - 1844 - 288 pages
...795. NOVEMBER 23™, 1844. PglCB MELROSE ABBEY. PRESENT APPEARANCE OF THE RUINS. If thon wonldst view fair Melrose aright Go visit it by the pale moonlight;...gay beams of lightsome day Gild, but to flout, the rains grey. "When the broken arches are black in night, And each shafted oriel glimmers white; When... | |
 | American periodicals - 1866 - 956 pages
...blast from the clarion of the " romantic " muse proclaim her attributes ! — " If thou would'st view fair Melrose aright, Go visit it by the pale moonlight ; For the gay beams of gladsome day Gild but to Hout the ruins grey. When the broken arches are blnck in night, And each shafted... | |
 | Walter Scott - Scottish poetry - 1845 - 382 pages
...MINSTREL. CANTO SECOND. TIIE LAY OF THE LAST MINSTREL. CANTO SECOND. I. IF thou would'st view fair Mclrose aright, Go visit it by the pale moonlight; For the...When the broken arches are black in night, And each shafted oriel glimmers white ; When the cold light's uncertain shower Streams on the ruin'd central... | |
 | Valentine Mott - Europe - 1845 - 470 pages
...those well-known beautiful lines, where the author of Ivanhoe thus speaks : " If thou wouldst view fair Melrose aright, Go visit it by the pale moonlight...beams of lightsome day Gild but to flout the ruins gray. " From thence we proceeded a little farther on to Dryburg Abbey, where all that there is of mortal... | |
 | John Walker Ord - Cleveland (England) - 1845 - 434 pages
...throws an inexpressible charm on every fragment that has dropt from his pen : — "If thou wouldst view Melrose aright, Go, visit it by the pale moonlight...beams of lightsome day Gild but to flout the ruins gray. When the broken arches are black in night, And each shafted oriel glimmers white ; When the cold... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - Authors, English - 1845 - 558 pages
...Farewell then, enchant! ess ! I meet thee no more ! MELROSE ABBEY. IF thou wouldst view fair Mclrose aright, Go visit it by the pale moonlight : For the...beams of lightsome day Gild, but to flout, the ruins gray. When the broken arches are black in night, And each shafted oriel glimmers white ; When the cold... | |
 | William Chambers, Robert Chambers - Art - 1846 - 922 pages
...contrite heart, a humble thought, Are mine accepted sacrifice. MELROSE ABBEY. IP thou would'st view fair Melrose aright, Go visit it by the pale moonlight ; For the gay beams of lightsome day Gild, hut to flout, the ruins gray. "When the broken arches are black in night, And each shafted oriel glimmers... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - Authors, English - 1846 - 540 pages
...slumbers, — Farewell then, enchantress ! I meet thee no more ! MELROSE ABBEY. Ir thou wouldst view fair Melrose aright, Go visit it by the pale moonlight...beams of lightsome day Gild, but to flout, the ruins gray. When the broken arches are black in night, And each shafted oriel glimmers white; When the cold... | |
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When the broken arches are black in night, And each shafted oriel glimmers white; When the cold light's uncertain shower Streams on the ruined central tower; When buttress and buttress, alternately, Seem framed of ebon and ivory... 
