 | English essays - 1826 - 722 pages
...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 (tone By foliaged tracery combin'd ; Thou would'st have thought lome Fairy's hand Twist poplars straight,... | |
 | 1805 - 948 pages
...the projections from which the arches spring, usually cut in a {antastk face, or wask. XI. The XI. The -moon on the east oriel shone, Through slender...combined ; Thou wouldst have thought some fairy's hand, 'Twixt poplars straight, the osier wand, In many a freakish knot, liad twined ; Then framed a spell,... | |
 | Walter Scott - Minstrels - 1805 - 334 pages
...thine, dark knight of Liddesdale ! O fading honours of the dead ! O high ambition, lowly laid ! XL The moon on the east oriel shone, Through slender...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,... | |
 | 1806 - 502 pages
...view of the abbey. A Gothic cathedral, with its painted windows, never looked better in song. XI. • The moon on the east oriel shone, Through slender...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,... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1811 - 254 pages
...thine, dark knight of Liddesdale ' O fading honours of the dead! O high amhition, lowly laid ! XI. The moon on the east oriel shone Through slender shafts of shapely stone, By foliaged traeery eomhined ; * Corhell•, the projeetions from jvhieh the .spring, usual! f eut in a fantastie... | |
 | Walter Scott - Clans - 1811 - 310 pages
...of shapely stone, By foilaged tracery combined ; Thou would'st have thought some fairy's hand 'Twixt poplars straight, the osier wand, In many a freakish knot had twined ; * Cordelia, the projections from which the arches spring, usually cut into a fantastic face or mask.... | |
 | sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1812 - 362 pages
...thine, dark Knight of Liddesdale ! O fading honours of the dead ! O high ambition, lowly laid ! XL The moon on the east oriel shone Through slender shafts...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,... | |
 | Sir Walter Scott - 1813 - 366 pages
...And thine, dark knight of Liddesdale! O fading honours of the dead! O high ambition, lowly laid ! XL The moon on the east oriel shone Through slender shafts...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... | |
 | Walter Scott (sir).) - Borders Region (Scotland) - 1814 - 592 pages
...Lay of the Last Minstrel, gives a most perfect idea of it: " The moon on the east oriel shone Thro" slender shafts of shapely stone, By foliaged 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... | |
 | Joshua E. White - England - 1816 - 382 pages
...had I been standing under this part of the high-vaulted roof. Such is the description by Scott: — " The moon on the east oriel shone, Through slender shafts of shapely stone; By foliage tracery combined, Thou wouldst have thought some fairy's hand., 'Twist poplars straight, the... | |
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The moon on the east oriel shone Through slender shafts of shapely stone, By foliaged 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... 
