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,... Eliza Cook's journal - Page 2951854Full view - About this book
| Walter Scott - Minstrels - 1805 - 340 pages
...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...the work was done, And changed the willow wreaths to stone. The silver light, so pale and faint, Shewed many a prophet and many a saint, Whose image on... | |
| 1806 - 502 pages
...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...the work was done, And changed the willow wreaths to stone. The silver light, so pale and faint, Shewed many a prophet and many a saint, Whose image on... | |
| Walter Scott - Fore-edge painting - 1806 - 342 pages
...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. The silver light, so pale and faint, Shewed many a prophet, and many a saint,... | |
| Walter Scott - 1811 - 254 pages
...fantastie faee or Thon wouldst have thonght 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 ehanged the willow wreaths to stone. The silver light, so pale and faint, Showed many a prophet and... | |
| Walter Scott - Clans - 1811 - 310 pages
...Cordelia, the projections from which the arches spring, usually cut into a fantastic face or mask. Then framed a spell when the work was done, And changed the willow wreaths to stone. The silver light so pale and faint, Showed many a prophet, and many a saint Whose image on the... | |
| sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1812 - 362 pages
...tracery combined ; Thou would'st have thought some fairy's hand 'Twixt poplars straight the ozier wand, In many a freakish knot, had twined ; Then framed a spell, when the work was done, And changed the willow-wreaths to stone. The silver light, so pale and faint, Shewed many a prophet, and many a saint,... | |
| Sir Walter Scott - 1813 - 366 pages
...tracery combined ; Thou wouldst have thought some fairy's hand 'Twixt poplars straight the ozier wand, In many a freakish knot, had twined; Then framed a spell, when the work was done, And changed the willow-wreaths to stone. The silver light, so pale and faint, Shewed many a prophet, and many a saint,... | |
| Walter Scott (sir).) - Borders Region (Scotland) - 1814 - 592 pages
...tracery combined, Thou wouldst 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." The roof of the chancel, of which a part is still remaining, was supported... | |
| Joshua E. White - England - 1816 - 382 pages
...fairy's hand., 'Twist poplars straight, the osier wand, In many a freakish knot had twin'd; Then form'da spell, when the work, was done, And changed the willow wreaths to stone. The silver light so pale and faint, Showed many a prophet and many a saint, Whose image on the... | |
| England - 1838 - 884 pages
...combined ; Thou would'st have thought some fairy's hand, "I" \vi\t poplars straight the ozier wand, In many a freakish knot had twined ; Then framed a...work was done, And changed the willow -wreaths to stone." Sir Walter says in a note, that it is impossible to conceive a more beautiful specimen of the... | |
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