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" ... 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... "
Hillman's illustrated historical handbook for tourists to Chepstow ... and ... - Page 38
by S. H - 1878
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The New annual register, or General repository of history ..., Volume 25

1805 - 948 pages
...owlet to hoot o'er die 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. Short halt did Deloraine make there ; Little recked he of the scene so fair. With dagger's hilt;...
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The Monthly Magazine, Volume 33

Art - 1812 - 762 pages
...hoot o'er the dead man's grave; Then go — but go alone the while— Then view St. David's ruin'd pile ; And, home returning, soothly Swear, Was never scene so sad and fair. . No. 2Ц7, " When the bell toll'd one, and the moon was bright, And I dug his chamber among the dead,...
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The Lay of the Last Minstrel: A Poem

Walter Scott - Minstrels - 1805 - 340 pages
...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. Short halt did Deloraine make there; Little recked he of the scene so fair. With dagger's hilt,...
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The Monthly Anthology, and Boston Review, Volume 3

Samuel Cooper Thacher, David Phineas Adams, William Emerson - American literature - 1806 - 788 pages
...to hoot o'er the dead man's grave ; Then pp — but go alone the while — Then view Saint David's ruined pile, And, home returning, soothly swear, Was never scene so sad and fair ! P. 33. But the imagery and language in the following pages are awful and tenifick in the extreme,...
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The lay of the last minstrel, a poem. With Ballads and lyrical pieces

sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1812 - 362 pages
...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. Short halt did Deloraine make there ; Little recked he of the scene so fair : With dagger's hilt,...
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The Works of Walter Scott, Esq: The lay of the last minstrel. Ballads and ...

Sir Walter Scott - 1813 - 366 pages
...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. Short halt did Deloraine make there ; Little recked he of the scene so fair: With dagger's hilt...
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Blackwood's Magazine, Volume 44

England - 1838 - 884 pages
...to hoot o'er the dead man's grave, Then go— but go alone the while — Then view St David's mined pile ; And, home returning, soothly swear, Was never scene so sad and fair." The second couplet has no business there — and forcibly brings before us an image which should have...
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The Poetical Works of Walter Scott, Esq, Volume 1

Walter Scott - 1819 - 322 pages
...owlet to hoot o'er the dead man's grave, Then go— hut go alone the while — Then view Saint David's ruined pile ; And home returning, soothly swear, Was never scene so sad and fair ! II. Short halt did Deloraine make there ; Little recked he of the scene so fair. With dagger's hilt,...
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Popular Voyages and Travels Throughout the Continent & Islands of Europe: In ...

Mrs. Jamieson (Frances Thurtle) - Costume - 1820 - 538 pages
...the owlet hoots o'er the dead man's grave j 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 !" " Yes," replied Edward, " and I think, Sir, if you would stay but half an hour longer we might have...
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The Poetical Works of Walter Scott, Volume 1

sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1820 - 264 pages
...owlet to hoot o'er the dead man's grave,Then go—but go alone the while— Then view St David's ruin'd pile ; And, home returning, soothly swear, Was never scene so sad and fair ! II. Short halt did Deloraine make there ; Little recked he of the scene so fair : With dagger's hilt,...
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