...And thine, dark knight of Liddesdale ! O fading honour? of the dead ! O high amhition l-iwly laid ! XI. The moon on the east oriel shone Through slender shafts of shapely stone, By foliaged tracery comhined ; Thou would'st have thought some fairy's hand 'Twixt poplars straight the osier wand, In...

...And thine, dark Knight of Liddesdale ! O fading honours of the dead ! O high ambition, lowly laid! XI. The moon on the east oriel shone Through slender...shapely stone, By foliaged tracery combined; Thou vrould'st have thought some fairy's hand 'Twijct poplars straight the ozier wand, In many a freakish...

...offering up Isaac. The whole re. minds the visitor of Scott's beautiful description of Melrcisn Abbey:— The moon on the east oriel shone Through slender shafts of shapely stone, Hy foliaged tracery comhined ; Thou wouldst have thought some fairy's band "Twixt poplars straight,...

...And thine, dark Knight of Liddesdale ! O fading honours of the dead ! O high ambition, lowly laid ! XI. The moon on the east oriel shone Through slender...shapely stone, By foliaged tracery combined ; Thou would' st have thought some fairy's hand 'Twist poplars straight the ozier wand, In many a freakish...

...the evening sky, is really surprising, — an idea of which is not unaptly given in these lines : " The moon on the .East oriel shone, Through slender shafts of shapely stone By foliaged tracery combin'd ; Thou woiild'st have thought some Fairy's hand Twixt poplars straight, the ozier ward In...

...aisle, has not been compelled to think of the wicker temples of the Saxons, and that some magician " 'Twixt poplars straight, the osier wand, In many a freakish knot had tied, Then framed a spell when the work was done, That changed the willow wreath to stone ?" Among...

...all the striking parts of the building, so picturesquely described in the Lay of the last Minstrel. The moon on the east oriel shone, Through slender...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...

...all the striking parts of the building, so picturesquely described in the Lay of the last Minstrel. The moon on the east oriel shone, Through slender shafts of shapely stone, By foliated tracery combined ; Thou wouldst have thought, some fairy's hand, "I'wixi poplars straight,...

...Walter Scott describes this window, and the effect of moonlight upon it, in the following lines: — The moon on the east oriel shone Through slender shafts of shapely stone By foliage tracery combined ; Thou wouldst have thought some fairy's bud Twixt poplars straight, the osier...

...Walter Scott describes this window, and the effect of moonlight upon it, in the following lines:—« The moon on the east oriel shone Through slender shafts of shapely stone By fulinge tracery combined ; Thou wouklst havo thought some fairy's 'Twixt poplars straight, the osier...