The picture of ScotlandWilliam Tait, 1827 |
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Σελίδα vi
... interest may attach to localities , of such a sort as to excite and bring into play many of the higher order of sentiments which pervade our common nature . Cities are more than mere collections of houses and men ; hills are not merely ...
... interest may attach to localities , of such a sort as to excite and bring into play many of the higher order of sentiments which pervade our common nature . Cities are more than mere collections of houses and men ; hills are not merely ...
Σελίδα vii
... interest . I have avoided , with almost equal solicitude , details of historical facts , in cases where these did not possess the merit of a fame already achieved ; and I have been alike studious not to indulge in the re- searches of ...
... interest . I have avoided , with almost equal solicitude , details of historical facts , in cases where these did not possess the merit of a fame already achieved ; and I have been alike studious not to indulge in the re- searches of ...
Σελίδα 18
... interest- ing portion of Scotland , in respect of poetical , if not also of historical association . This delightful region , which has been from time immemorial the subject and the birth - place of song , and almost foot of which may ...
... interest- ing portion of Scotland , in respect of poetical , if not also of historical association . This delightful region , which has been from time immemorial the subject and the birth - place of song , and almost foot of which may ...
Σελίδα 20
... interests mankind . The idea of standing with one foot in England and the other in Scotland , which is possible at some places , fills the mind with a wonder more natural perhaps than rational . The same sensation is felt , though with ...
... interests mankind . The idea of standing with one foot in England and the other in Scotland , which is possible at some places , fills the mind with a wonder more natural perhaps than rational . The same sensation is felt , though with ...
Σελίδα 47
... interest that occurs in the survey of Lammermuir , is Lamerton Kirk , celebrated as the place where James IV . was married ( by proxy ) to Margaret of England ; an union from which all the blessings now enjoyed by Bri- tain as an united ...
... interest that occurs in the survey of Lammermuir , is Lamerton Kirk , celebrated as the place where James IV . was married ( by proxy ) to Margaret of England ; an union from which all the blessings now enjoyed by Bri- tain as an united ...
Άλλες εκδόσεις - Προβολή όλων
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Abbey ancient appearance Ayrshire bank beautiful Berwick bridge built burgh Burns called Castle celebrated century character church church-yard Clyde cross curious district Drumelzier Dumfries Dumfriesshire Dunse Earl Earlstoun edifice Edinburgh eminence erected Ettrick formed former formerly fortress Galashiels Galloway Glasgow ground haugh Hawick Hermitage Hermitage Castle hills inhabitants James James Blaikie Jedburgh king Kirkcudbright lady laird Lammermuir land Langholm Lauderdale Liddisdale Loch Lochmaben Lord Melrose MELROSE ABBEY Merse miles mountain Neidpath Castle neighbourhood neighbouring object occasion once parish Peebles Peeblesshire Polwarth possesses present remarkable residence Rhymer river road Roxburghshire royal burgh ruins scene scenery Scot Scotland Scottish seat seems seen Selkirk Selkirkshire side singular situated Solway spot St Mary's Loch stone stream street THOMAS THE RHYMER tion tower town Town-heid tradition trees Tweed vale village whole wild wood worthy Yarrow
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Σελίδα 122 - 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 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 go alone the while — Then view St. David's ruined pile ; And, home' returning, soothly swear, Was never scene so sad and fair ! II.
Σελίδα 158 - But thou, that didst appear so fair To fond imagination, Dost rival in the light of day Her delicate creation : Meek loveliness is round thee spread, A softness still and holy ; The grace of forest charms decayed, And pastoral melancholy.
Σελίδα 121 - If thou wouldst view fair Melrose aright, Go visit it by the pale moonlight ; For the gay beams of lightsome day Gild, but to flout, the ruins gray. When the broken arches are black in night, And each shafted oriel glimmers white; When the cold light's uncertain shower Streams on the ruined central tower; When buttress and buttress, alternately, Seem framed of ebon and ivory...
Σελίδα 157 - O that some Minstrel's harp were near, To utter notes of gladness, And chase this silence from the air, That fills my heart with sadness...
Σελίδα 120 - Greece, but living Greece no more ! So coldly sweet, so deadly fair, We start, for soul is wanting there. Hers is the loveliness in death, That parts not quite with parting breath ; But beauty with that fearful bloom, That hue which haunts it to the tomb ; Expression's last receding ray, A gilded halo hovering round decay, The farewell beam of Feeling past away!
Σελίδα viii - I have no dearer aim than to have it in my power, unplagued with the routine of business, for which heaven knows I am unfit enough, to make leisurely pilgrimages through Caledonia ; to sit on the fields of her battles ; to wander on the romantic banks of her rivers ; and to muse by the stately towers or venerable ruins, once the honoured abodes of her heroes.
Σελίδα 159 - The sober hills thus deck their brows To meet the wintry season. I see — but not by sight alone, Loved Yarrow, have I won thee; A ray of Fancy still survives — Her sunshine plays upon thee...
Σελίδα 82 - SWEET TEVIOT ! on thy silver tide The glaring bale-fires blaze no more ; No longer steel-clad warriors ride Along thy wild and willowed shore ; Where'er thou wind'st, by dale or hill, All, all is peaceful, all is still, As if thy waves, since Time was born, Since first they rolled upon the Tweed, Had only heard the shepherd's reed, Nor started at the bugle-horn.
Σελίδα 122 - 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 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.
Σελίδα 98 - Lylliard lies under this stane, Little was her stature, but great was her fame ; Upon the English louns she laid mony thumps, And when her legs were cutted off, she fought upon her stumps.