The Picture of Scotland, Volumen1William Tait, 1828 |
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Abbey ancient antiquity appearance Ayrshire bank baronial battle beautiful Berwick Bothwell bridge building built burgh Burns called Castle celebrated century character church church-yard Clyde considerable cross curious district Dumfries Dunse Earl Earlstoun edifice Edinburgh eminence English erected Ettrick Falkirk Fast Castle formed former formerly fortress Galashiels Galloway Glasgow ground Hermitage Castle hills inhabitants James Jedburgh king Kirkcudbright lady laird Lanark land Liddisdale Loch Lochmaben Lord Maybole Melrose Merse miles mountains Neidpath Castle neighbourhood neighbouring object occasion once parish Peebles Peeblesshire person poet possesses remarkable residence river road Roxburghshire royal burgh ruins scene scenery Scot Scotland Scottish seat seems seen Selkirk Selkirkshire side situated spot St Mary's Loch stands Stirling stone stranger stream street THOMAS THE RHYMER tion tower town tradition trees Tweed vale village wall whole Wigton wood worthy Yarrow
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Página 114 - 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...
Página 151 - Delicious is the Lay that sings the haunts of happy lovers, The path that leads them to the grove, the leafy grove that covers...
Página 151 - That region left, the vale unfolds Rich groves of lofty stature, With Yarrow winding through the pomp Of cultivated nature; And, rising from those lofty groves, Behold a Ruin hoary ! The shattered front of Newark's Towers, Renowned in Border story.
Página 114 - 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 ; 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 St. David's ruined pile ; And, home' returning, soothly swear, Was never scene so sad and fair ! II.
Página 150 - O that some Minstrel's harp were near, To utter notes of gladness, And chase this silence from the air, That fills my heart with sadness...
Página 114 - IF thou would'st view fair Melrose aright, Go visit it by the pale moon-light; For the gay 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 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...
Página 150 - Nor have these eyes by greener hills Been soothed, in all my wanderings. And, through her depths, Saint Mary's Lake Is visibly delighted; For not a feature of those hills Is in the mirror slighted.
Página 115 - The moon on the east oriel shone, Through slender shafts of shapely stone, By foliaged tracery combined ; Thou would'st have thought some fairy's hand, 'Twixt poplars straight, the osier wand, In many a freakish knot had twined ; Then framed a spell, when the work was done, And changed the willow- wreaths to stone.
Página 110 - In rural innocence; thy mountains still Teem with the fleecy race; thy tuneful woods For ever flourish ; and thy vales look gay With painted meadows and the golden grain...
Página 138 - The quarrel of the two old chieftains, over their wine, is highly in character. Two generations have not elapsed since the custom of drinking deep, and taking deadly revenge for slight offences, produced very tragical events on the Border ; to which the custom of going armed to festive meetings contributed not a little.