 | Robert Kemp Philp - Liczba stron: 408
...Thou wouldst have thought Borne fairy's hand 'Twixt poplars straight the osier wand In many a freakish knot had twined; Then framed a spell, when the work...was done, And changed the willow wreaths to stone." The light ornamental buttresses, or projections, often ranged in parallel rows, also characterised... | |
 | Edward Augustus Freeman - 1849 - Liczba stron: 528
...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 work...was done, And changed the willow wreaths to stone." And this testimony is the more valuable, as it is clear that the great poet took a very different view... | |
 | 1854 - Liczba stron: 428
...Thou wouldst have thought tome fairy's hand 'Twist poplan straight tho osier wanJ In many a freakish knot had twined ; Then framed a spell when the work was done, And changed the willow wreaths to itone. But descriptions of buildings, however beautiful they may be, are at best uninteresting ; and... | |
 | Walter McLeod - 1850 - Liczba stron: 170
...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. The silver light, so pale and faint, Shewed many a prophet, and many a saint, Whose image on the glass... | |
 | Thomas Earnshaw Bradley - Liczba stron: 932
...Thou wouldst have thought some fairy hand 'Twixt poplars straight the osier wand In many a freakish knot had twined; Then framed a spell when the work...was done, And changed the willow wreaths to stone." • Browne's History of the Metropolitan Church of St Peter, York, 1839. The usual entrance is on the... | |
 | 1851 - Liczba stron: 704
...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 when the work...was done, And changed the willow wreaths to stone." The original beautifully fretted and sculptured stone roof of the east end of the chancel is still... | |
 | Joseph Foulkes Winks - 1836 - Liczba stron: 690
...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, when the work...was done, And changed the willow wreaths to stone. The silver light, so pale and faint, Showed many a prophet and many a saint, Whose image on the glass... | |
 | John Knox - 1851 - Liczba stron: 216
...wouldst have thought some fairy hand, 'Twixt poplars straight, the ozier wand In many a freakish note had twined ; Then framed a spell when the work was done, And changed the willow wreaths to stone." 3* Under the spot where the high altar stood is the grave of Alexander II., of Scotland. Here also... | |
 | Andrew Dickinson - 1851 - Liczba stron: 234
...fairy's Land 'Twixt poplars straight the osier wand, In many a freakish knot had twined ; Then formed a spell, when the work was done. And changed the willow wreaths to stone !7' The beautifully fretted stone roof over the east end of the nave still remains, springing skyward... | |
 | Samuel Sullivan Cox - 1852 - Liczba stron: 476
...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 work...was done, And changed the willow wreaths to stone." Many of the Douglas family, as well as other noted persons in Scotch annals, including Alexander II.,... | |
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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... 
