Melrose and Its Vicinity: Being an Account of Such Objects of Historical and Classical Interest as are to be Found in Its Neighbourhood, with a History and Description of the Abbeys of Melrose, Dryburgh, Kelso and Jedburgh, with a Particular Account of Abbotsford ...J.B. Mould, 1841 - 196 strán (strany) |
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Strana 15
... rise with gentle aclivity to a considerable eminence ; while on the opposite side they are high , abrupt , and rocky , fring- ed with the birch , the broom , the hawthorn , and other wild shrubs , and in some places completely overhung ...
... rise with gentle aclivity to a considerable eminence ; while on the opposite side they are high , abrupt , and rocky , fring- ed with the birch , the broom , the hawthorn , and other wild shrubs , and in some places completely overhung ...
Strana 44
... rise , the bold , the free , Sweeping past thy lowly bed , With a mute and stately tread , Shedding their pale armours bright Forth upon the breathless night , Bending every warlike plume , In the prayer o'er saintly tomb . Is the noble ...
... rise , the bold , the free , Sweeping past thy lowly bed , With a mute and stately tread , Shedding their pale armours bright Forth upon the breathless night , Bending every warlike plume , In the prayer o'er saintly tomb . Is the noble ...
Strana 58
... rising ground in the neighbourhood called the Bass Hill , and amongst others an instrument used for kil- ling the victims in sacrifice , which was in the possession of the late earl of Buchan . When these superstitions yielded to the ...
... rising ground in the neighbourhood called the Bass Hill , and amongst others an instrument used for kil- ling the victims in sacrifice , which was in the possession of the late earl of Buchan . When these superstitions yielded to the ...
Strana 76
... envy - ready to commend- His only rival proud to be his friend . Rising above the flattery of fame , Though either world with plaudits speak his name ; With satire's venom ever unembued , So simply great , 76 THE LAST DAYS OF.
... envy - ready to commend- His only rival proud to be his friend . Rising above the flattery of fame , Though either world with plaudits speak his name ; With satire's venom ever unembued , So simply great , 76 THE LAST DAYS OF.
Strana 92
... rise the Cowden Knowes , " with their " bonny bonny broom , " and all the gentle associations of pastoral life which proceed and flow from them ; while , at your feet , lies the Eildon stone , pointing out the spot where once grew the ...
... rise the Cowden Knowes , " with their " bonny bonny broom , " and all the gentle associations of pastoral life which proceed and flow from them ; while , at your feet , lies the Eildon stone , pointing out the spot where once grew the ...
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abbot Abbotsford aisles ALLAN WATER ancient arches arms banks beautiful bold bonny border bower Brae bright broom BROOM OF COWDENKNOWS Buccleuch burgh burn carved Castle chapel charm church Cowdenknows cross dark death door Douglas DRYBURGH ABBEY Earl of Buchan Edinburgh Eildon Hills Eildon Tree English Ercildoune fair fairy feet Gil-Mouly Gothic grace harp hath heart height holy Hugo de Morvile J. G. Lockhart Jedburgh Kelso Keylan Rowe King lady land LENOX TILDEN FOUNDATIONS little wee hare lofty Lord Melrose Abbey mighty miles monastery monks nave night noble North Bridge o'er Old Melrose ornamented PUBLIC LIBRARY ASTOR river Tweed roof rose round ruin Saxon says scene scenery Scotland Scots Scottish side Sir Walter Scott Smailholme tower steed stone stood stream style thee Thomas the Rymer thou True Thomas Tweed vale wall weel wild window wood Ycho
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Strana 105 - That name does not belang to me; I am but the Queen of fair elfland, That am hither come to visit thee." "Harp and carp, Thomas," she said; " Harp and carp along wi me; And if ye dare to kiss my lips, Sure of your bodie I will be.
Strana 133 - He turned him around, and grimly he frown'd ; Then he laugh'd right scornfully — ' He who says the mass-rite for the soul of that knight, May as well say mass for me. " ' At the lone midnight hour, when bad spirits have power, In thy chamber will I be.
Strana 104 - TRUE THOMAS lay on Huntlie bank ; A ferlie he spied wi' his ee ; And there he saw a ladye bright, Come riding down by the Eildon tree. Her shirt was o' the grass-green silk, Her mantle o' the velvet fyne ; At ilka tett of her horse's mane, Hung fifty siller bells and nine.
Strana 107 - He has gotten a coat of the even cloth, And a pair of shoes of velvet green ; And, till seven years were gane and past, True Thomas on earth was never seen.
Strana 134 - The bold baron's brow then changed, I trow, From high blood-red to pale — "The grave is deep and dark — and the corpse is stiff and stark — So I may not trust thy tale. "Where fair Tweed flows round holy Melrose, And Eildon slopes to the plain, Full three nights ago by some secret foe That gay gallant was slain.
Strana 105 - She mounted on her milk-white steed ; She's ta'en true Thomas up behind : And aye, whene'er her bridle rung, The steed flew swifter than the wind.
Strana 51 - 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; When silver edges the imagery, And the scrolls that teach thee to live and die...
Strana 131 - He held him close and still ; And he whistled thrice for his little footpage, His name was English Will. " Come thou hither, my little footpage ; Come hither to my knee ; Though thou art young and tender of age, I think thou art true to me. " Come, tell me all that thou hast seen, And look thou tell me true ! Since I from Smaylho'me tower have been, What did thy lady do?
Strana 133 - Then changed, I trow, was that bold Baron's brow, From the dark to the blood-red high ; " Now, tell me the mien of the knight thou hast seen, For, by Mary, he shall die ! " — " His arms shone full bright, in the beacon's red light; His plume it was scarlet and blue ; On his shield was a hound, in a silver leash bound, And his crest was a branch of the yew.
Strana 51 - IF thou would'st view fair Melrose aright,* Go visit it by the pale moonlight : For the gay beams of lightsome day Gild, but to flout, the rums gray.