...jubent, citharœ sacra fila, diuque Plena Deo, in nostras degenerasse manus ? JGL LX. IF thou wouldst view fair Melrose aright, Go, visit it by the pale...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...

...jubent, citharae sacra fila, diuque Plena Deo, in nostras degcnerasse manus ? LIX. IF thou wouldst view fair Melrose aright, Go, visit it by the pale...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...

...; A 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...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...

...at this relic of a bygone age, I could not help thinking of the poet's lines l : " If thou would'st view fair Melrose aright, Go visit it by the pale...central tower ; When buttress and buttress, alternately, Seemed framed of ebon and ivory ; When silver edges the imagery, And the scrolls that teach thee to...

...Abbey compare these lines from Scott's Lay of the Last Minstrel, published in 1805. If them would'st view fair Melrose aright, Go visit it by the pale...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...

...walls, enshrouded in ivy, Sir Walter Scott often lingered and mused awhile. •'if thou would•st view fair Melrose aright, Go visit it by the pale...And each shafted oriel glimmers white; When the cold light•s uncertain shower Streams on the ruined central tower; Then go — but go alone the while...

...THE PLAZA1 (SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFOBNIA, 1864) (After Sir Walter Scott) IF thou wouldst view the Plaza aright, Go visit it by the pale moonlight; For the gay beams of lightsome day Show that the fountain does not play. When the broken benches are hid in shade, With many a vagrant...

...THE PLAZA1 (SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA, 1864) (After Sir Walter Scott) IF thou wouldst view the Plaza aright, Go visit it by the pale moonlight; For the gay beams of lightsome day Show that the fountain does not play. When the broken benches are hid in shade, With many a vagrant...

...surely there was a budding morrow in this midnight — I remembered the lines — "If thou would'st view fair Melrose aright, Go visit it by the pale...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...

...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 the cold light's uncêrtainshower Streams on the ruin'd central tower ; When buttress and buttress, alternately, Seem...