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" Here charity hath fix'd her chosen seat, Oft listening tearful when the wild winds beat, With hollow bodings round your ancient walls; And pity, at the dark and stormy hour Of midnight, when the moon is hid on high, Keeps her lone watch... "
The British Tourist's, Or, Traveller's Pocket Companion, Through England ... - Page 15
by William Fordyce Mavor - 1809
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The East coast of England, from the Thames to the Tweed

Mackenzie Edward Charles Walcott - 1861 - 452 pages
...1814, was built by HC Selby. , BAMBOROUGH, 4|m. NE of Belford, where there is a railway station, " Ye holy towers that shade the wave-worn steep, ' Long...silent by, relentless Time Assail you, and the winter whirlwinds sweep I For, far from Grandeur's blazing, crowded halls, Here Charity hath fixed her ancient...
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Ocean lays; or, The sea, the ship, and the sailor, poems ..., Volume 113

Ocean lays - 1864 - 400 pages
...true, The land where SEA is FOUND NO MORE. J. LoNOMUIR. 140 BAMBOROUGH CASTLE. BAMBOKOUGH CASTLE. YE holy Towers that shade the wave-worn steep. Long may...hurrying silent by, relentless Time Assail you, and the winds of winter sweep Round your dark battlements ; for, far from halls Of Pride, here Charity hath...
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The Poetical Works of William Falconer, Volume 1

William Falconer - 1866 - 284 pages
...residence, attending with unwearied diligence to the proper application of the charity. " Ye holy tow'rs that shade the wave-worn steep, Long may ye rear your...silent by, relentless time Assail you, and the winter whirlwinds sweep ! For far from blazing grandeur's crowded halls, Here charity hath flx'd her chosen...
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The Poetical Works of William Falconer

William Falconer - 1870 - 288 pages
...unwearied diligence to the proper application of the charity. " Ye holy tow'rs that shade the wave- worn steep, Long may ye rear your aged brows sublime, Though,...time Assail you, and the winter whirlwind's sweep 1 For far from blazing grandeur's crowded halls, Here charity hath fixed her chosen seat, Oft listening...
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A Handbook for Travellers in Durham and Northumberland

John Murray (Firm) - 1873 - 502 pages
...launched. Bowles, who visited the castle in 1827, left the following lines :— " Ye holy towers that bhade the wave-worn steep, Long may ye rear your aged brows...silent by, relentless Time Assail you, and the winter whirlwinds sweep ! For, far from grandeur's blazing crowded balls, Here Charity hath fix'd her chosen...
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Encyclopaedia of English and American Poetry: From Caedmon and ..., Volume 2

Samuel Orchart Beeton - 1873 - 782 pages
...Born 1762, Died 1850. 1246.— AT BAMBOROÜGH CASTLE. Ye holy Towers that shade the wave-worn etcep, im then, Yon little stream hard by ; They burnt his dwelling to the ground, And he ! For far from blazing Grandeur's crowded halb, Here Charity hath fix'd her chosen seat, Oft list'ning...
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Chambers's Cyclopædia of English Literature: A History, Critical ..., Volume 2

Robert Chambers, Robert Carruthers - 1876 - 870 pages
...all my heart I feel, Sweet Hope ! thy fragrance pure and healing incense steal. Bamborough Castle. Ye townswomen grew to have webbed fingers wintry whirlwind sweep. For, far from blazing grandeur's crowded halls, Here Charity has fixed her...
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Poems of Places: England and Wales

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1877 - 290 pages
...Shine so, my aged brow, at all hours of the day ! " WMiam WordiKortk. Bamborough. BAMBOROUGH CASTLE. holy towers that shade the wave-worn steep, Long may...hurrying silent by, relentless Time Assail you, and the winds of winter sweep Round your dark battlements ; for far from halls Of Pride, here Charity hath...
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Poems of Places Oceana 1 V.; England 4; Scotland 3 V: Iceland ..., Volume 1

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1877 - 294 pages
...so, my aged brow, at all hours of the day!" William Wordsworth. Bamborough. BAMBOROUGH CASTLE. ~\7"E holy towers that shade the wave-worn steep, .«. Long...hurrying silent by, relentless Time Assail you, and the winds of winter sweep Round your dark battlements; for far from halls Of Pride, here Charity hath fixed...
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Cyclopædia of English Literature: A History, Critical and ..., Volume 5

Robert Chambers - 1879 - 428 pages
...my heart I feel, Sweet Hope 1 thy fragrance pure and healing incense steal. Bambarough Castle. 1 Te holy towers that shade the wave-worn steep, Long may...hurrying silent by, relentless time Assail you, and the wintry whirlwind sweep. For, far from blazing grandenr's crowded halls, Here Charity has nxed her chosen...
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