 DAY set on Norham's castled steep,* And Tweed's fair river, broad and deep, And Cheviot's mountains lone : The battled towers, the donjon keep,* The loophole grates, where captives weep, The flanking walls that round it sweep, In yellow lustre shone.  My First Visit to Europe: Or, Sketches of Society, Scenery, and Antiquities ... - Page 101by Andrew Dickinson - 1856 - 214 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1808 - 556 pages
...The opening stanzas of the whole poem contain a good picture. ' Day fet on Norham's caftled fteep, And Tweed's fair river, broad and deep, And Cheviot's...where captives weep, The flanking walls that round it fweep, In yellow luftre fhone. The warriors on the turrets high, Moving athwart the evening fky,... | |
 | 1808 - 732 pages
...firft . )ines of the poem prefent a rich and beautiful piftuie. " Day fet on Norhain's caftled fteep, And Tweed's fair river, broad and deep, And Cheviot's...where captives weep, The flanking walls that round it fweep, . In yellow hiflrc (hone. 1 . '* The warriors on the turrets high, Moving athwart the evening... | |
 | English literature - 1808 - 728 pages
...firft Jine» of the poem prefent a rich and beautiful pi&ure. '' Day fet on Norham'« caftled ftetp, And Tweed's fair river, broad and deep, And Cheviot's...where captives weep, The flanking walls that round it fweep, In yellow luftre ftiene, " The warriors on the turrets high, _ • Moving athwart the evening... | |
 | Walter Scott - Flodden, Battle of, England, 1513 - 1808 - 526 pages
...which is centineled by the effigies of that doughty knight-errant, and his gigantic associate. Note V. Day set on Norham's castled steep, And Tweed's fair river, broad and deep. — P. 23. The ruinous castle of Norham, (anciently called Ubbanford,) is situated on the southern... | |
 | 1809 - 914 pages
...Mr. Scott's more enlivening strains. The opening stanzas of the whole poem contain a good picture. " Day set on Norham's castled steep, And Tweed's fair...where captives weep, The flanking walls that round it sweep, In yellow lustre shone. The warriours on the turrets high, Moving athwart the evening sky,... | |
 | Enos Bronson - Literature, Modern - 1809 - 494 pages
...Mr. Scott's more enlivening strains. The opening stanzas of the whole poem contain a good picture. " Day set on Norham's castled steep, And Tweed's fair...loop-hole grates where captives weep, The flanking Avails that round it sweep, In yellow lustre shone. The warriours on the turrets high, „ Moving athwart... | |
 | sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1810 - 532 pages
...anciently so called. I William Kutiis. MARMION. CANTO FIRST. Clje Castle. MARMION. CANTO FIRST. Castle. I. DAY set on Norham's castled steep, And Tweed's fair...loop-hole grates where captives weep, The flanking walb that round it sweep, In yellow lustre shone. The warriors on the turrets high, Moving athwart... | |
 | Sir Walter Scott - 1813 - 536 pages
...anciently so called, t William Rufus. MARMION CANTO FIRST. Clje Castle. MARMION. CANTO FIRST. Castle. I. DAY set on Norham's castled steep, And Tweed's fair...where captives weep, The flanking walls that round it sweep, In yellow lustre shone. The warriors on the turrets high, Moving athwart the evening sky,... | |
 | Margaret Roberts - 1815 - 226 pages
...to be entering e Norham's castled steep.' Look, Julia, look, Edmund, there are ' The battled tower, the donjon keep, The loophole grates where captives weep, , The flanking walls that round it sweep.' " " And here are the captives," said Edmund laughing. Ellen approached the spot, where some... | |
 | George Isham Parkyns - Abbeys - 1816 - 522 pages
...conjure up that sort of imagery so well expressed by a modern poet: Day tet upon the coaled steep; The battled towers, the donjon keep, The loop-hole...where captives weep, The flanking walls that round it sweep, In yellow lustre shone. The warriors on the turrets high, Moving athwart the evening sky,... | |
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