...thought some fairy's hand 'Twixt poplars straight the osier wand, In many a freakish wreath had twin'd ; Then framed a spell when the work was done, And changed the willow wreaths to stone. * " Nature," says a Southron author in 1776, " is studied throughout the whole, and the flowers and...

..."The moon on the east oriel shone through slender shafts," &c. &c. is immaterial to the purpose : " the silver light, so pale and faint, showed many a...his cross of red, triumphant Michael brandished,'' &c. &c. And again; "Still spoke the monk when the bell tolled one;" and afterwards, " Lo, warrior !...

...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." As the older masters often repeated their best pieces, the circumstance of there being two or three...

...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...prophet, and many a saint, Whose image on the glass was died; Full in the midst, his cross of red Triumphant Michael brandished, And trampled the apostate's...

...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...wreaths to stone. The silver light, so pale and faint, Show'd many a prophet and many a saint, Whose image on the glass was dyed ; Full in the midst, his...

...some fairy's hand " Twixt poplars straight the osier wand -• In many a freakish knot had twined, 1 - Then framed a spell when the work was done, " And changed the willow wreaths to stone." Then he showed us the marble stone (" a Scottish monarch sleeps below ") on which Deloraine and the...

...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, Show'd many a prophet and many a saint,...

...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.' " So much for the general effect of this fine edifice upon a mind peculiarly...

...thought some fairy's hand TwUt 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 stono. The silver light, so pale and faint, Shcw'd many a prophet, and many a saint,...

...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 standing,...