 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...  The Pamphleteer - Page 19edited by - 1822Full view - About this book
 | 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...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... | |
 | 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...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... | |
 | 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...gay beams of lightsome day Gild, but to flout, the ruins grey. When the broken arches are black in night, And each shafted oriel glimmers white ; When... | |
 | William Linwood - College verse - 1846 - 340 pages
...quoque fata jubent, citharsc sacra fila, diuque Plena Deo, in nostras dégénérasse manus ? JGL LIX. IF thou wouldst view fair Melrose aright, Go, visit...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... | |
 | Lord Francis Jeffrey Jeffrey - Edinburgh review (1802) - 1846 - 794 pages
...aid of sentimental associations to heighten the effect of the picture which he presents to the eye: " If thou wouldst view fair Melrose aright, Go visit...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 while ; When... | |
 | William Linwood - College verse - 1846 - 372 pages
...Hoc quoque fata jubent, citharœ sacra fila, diuque Plena Deo, in nostras degenerasse manus ? JGL LX. IF thou wouldst view fair Melrose aright, Go, visit...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... | |
 | William Chambers, Robert Chambers - Tracts - 1846 - 282 pages
...will not prize ; A contrite heart, a humble thought, Are mine accepted sacrifice. MELROSE ABBEY. IP thou would'st view fair Melrose aright, Go visit it...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... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - Authors, English - 1846 - 540 pages
...feeling in apathy slumbers, — Farewell then, enchantress ! I meet thee no more ! MELROSE ABBEY. Ir thou wouldst view fair Melrose aright, Go visit it...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... | |
 | Lord Francis Jeffrey Jeffrey - Edinburgh review - 1846 - 692 pages
...associations to heighten the effect of the picture which he presents to the eye : — " If thou wouldsl view fair Melrose aright, Go visit it by the pale...gay beams of lightsome day Gild, but to flout, the ruins gray. When the broken arches are black in night, Aud each shafted oriel glimmers white ; When... | |
 | William Linwood - College verse - 1846 - 342 pages
...diuque Plena Deo, in nostras degenerasse manus ? JGL LX. Jfldrose. IF thou wouldst view fair Melrosc aright, Go, visit it by the pale moonlight ; 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... | |
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