 And coldly mark the holy fane Of Melrose rise in ruin'd pride. The quiet lake, the balmy air, The hill, the stream, the tower, the tree, — Are they still such as once they were, Or is the dreary change in me ? Alas, the warp'd and broken board, How...  Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Bart.. - Seite 81von John Gibson Lockhart - 1837 - 325 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1820 - 268 Seiten
...composed by the Editor of Albyn's Anthology. The words written for Mr GEOEGE THOMSON'S Scottish Melodies. THE sun upon the Weirdlaw hill, In Ettrick's vale,...or Eden's bowers Were barren as this moorland hill. i2 THE MAID OF ISLA. AIR—" The Maid of I>la.' Written for Mr GEORGE THOMSON'S Scottish Melodies.... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1820 - 476 Seiten
...rise in ruin'd pride. The quiet lake, the balmy air, The hill, the stream, the tower, the tree,Are they still such as once they were, Or is the dreary...or Eden's bowers Were barren as this moorland hill. THE MAID OF ISLA. AIR—" The Maid of Isla." Written far Mr GEORGE THOMSON'S Scottish Melodies. O MAID... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1822 - 394 Seiten
...tower, the tree,Are they still such as once they were, Or is the dreary change in me ? Alas, the warp d and broken board, How can it bear the painter's dye...or Eden's bowers Were barren as this moorland hill. THE MAID OF ISLA. AIR—" The Maid of Isla." Written for Mr GEORGE THOMSON'S Scottish Melodies. O MAID... | |
 | sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1823 - 312 Seiten
...in me ? Alas ! the warp'd and broken board, How can it bear the painter's dye ! The harp of straiu'd and tuneless chord, How to the minstrel's skill reply...or Eden's bowers Were barren as this moorland hill. THE MAID OF I SLA. -" The Maid of Isla." Written for Mr GEORGE THOMSON'S Scottish Melodies. O MAID... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1827 - 678 Seiten
...How can ¡I bear the painter's dye! The harp of strain'd and tuneless chord, Ilow to Ihe minstrel» skill reply! To aching eyes each landscape lowers,...pulse each gale blows chill ; And Araby's or Eden's bower» Were barren as this moorland hill. 1 Aloya, llio »-ni of thr Lord Somi-mllr, no«, ill. !... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1831 - 582 Seiten
...broken board, How can it bear the painter's dye ! The harp of Hniin'J and tuneless chord, How to Ihe minstrel's skill reply! To aching eyes each landscape...or Eden's bowers Were barren as this moorland hill. 1 M»y», the s«at of the Lord Somerville, now. alat! tmlrnanlcd, <r Ibe lamented death of [bat Lind... | |
 | Robert Walsh - 1837 - 504 Seiten
...northern side of the Cauldshiels Loch, from which Melrose Abbey to the eastward, and the hills of Etlrick and Yarrow to the west, are now visible over a wide...Eden's bowers Were barren as this moorland hill.'" Other Americans, beside Irving, visited Scott. Of these, in a letter to Southey, he speaks thus : —... | |
 | John Gibson Lockhart - 1837 - 428 Seiten
...hills of Ettrick's shore. " With listless look along the plain I see Tweed's silver current glide, i And coldly mark the holy fane Of Melrose rise in ruin'd...He again alludes to his illness in a letter to Mr Morritl : — " To JBS Morrilt, Esq., MP Bokeby. " Abbotsford, Aug. 11, 1817. " MY DEAR MORRtTT, —... | |
 | Walter Scott, J. W. Lake - 1838 - 496 Seiten
...painter's dye! The harp of slrain'd and tuneless chord, How to the minstrel's skill reply! To aching e\-es each landscape lowers, To feverish pulse each gale...or Eden's bowers Were barren as this moorland hill. THE MAID OF ISLA. Air— Tftf Maid ofltla. Written for Mr. George Thomson's Scottish .Mf ¡oiliet.... | |
 | Sir Walter Scott - 1841 - 410 Seiten
...thinks,) who had it from a friend in the Western Isles, as an old Highland air." GEORGE THOMSON.] « The quiet lake, the balmy air, The hill, the stream,...or Eden's bowers Were barren as this moorland hill. THE MAID OF ISLA. WRITTEN FOR MR. GEORGE THOMSON'S SCOTTISH MELODIES. Ant— " The Maid of Isla." IEORGE... | |
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