The tide did now its flood-mark gain, And girdled in the Saint's domain : For, with the flow and ebb, its style Varies from continent to isle ; Dry-shod, o'er sands, twice every day, The pilgrims to the shrine find way ; Twice every day, the waves efface... Rambles in Northumberland and on the Scottish Border ... By S. Oliver, etc - Page 208by William Andrew Chatto, Stephen OLIVER (the Younger, pseud. [i.e. William Andrew Chatto.]) - 1835 - 347 pagesFull view - About this book
| English literature - 1813 - 1008 pages
...And girdled in the Saint's domain : for with the How anil ebb. its Шд Vui ~ щ continent to ule ; Dry shod, o'er sands, twice every day, The pilgrims...every day the waves efface Of staves and sandaled Yeet tho trace. As to the port the galley flew, Higher and higher rose to view, Tim castle, with its... | |
| sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1820 - 256 pages
...the Saint's domain : For, with the flow and ebb, its stile Varies from continent to isle ; Dry-shod, o'er sands, twice every day, The pilgrims to the shrine find way ; Twice every day, tile waves efface Of staves and sandall'd feet the trace. As to the port the galley flew, Higher and... | |
| Walter Scott - English poetry - 1821 - 530 pages
...the Saint's domain : For, with the flow and ebb, its stile Varies from continent to isle ; Dry-shod, o'er sands, twice every day, The pilgrims to the shrine...; Twice every day, the waves efface Of staves and sandall'd feet the trace. As to the port the galley flew, Higher and higher rose to view, The Castle... | |
| sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1821 - 596 pages
...the Saint's domain : For, with the flow and ebb, its stile Varies from continent to isle; Dry-shod, o'er sands, twice every day, The pilgrims to the shrine...; Twice every day, the waves efface Of staves and sandall'd feet the trace. As to the port the galley flew, Higher and higher rose to view, The Castle... | |
| Science - 1822 - 536 pages
...did now its flood-mark gain, And girdled in the saint's domain ; For with the flow and ebb, it still Varies from continent to isle ; Dry shod, o'er sands...way ; Twice every day the waves efface Of staves and sandgl'd feet the trace." Ages have passed away since the time of Bede, and but little alteration seems... | |
| Agriculture - 1822 - 526 pages
...flood-mark gain, And girdled in the saint's domain ; For with the flow and ebb, it still Varies from comment to isle ; Dry shod, o'er sands twice every day, The...way ; Twice every day the waves efface Of staves and sandal'd feet the trace." Ages have passed away since the time of Bede, and but little alteration seems... | |
| sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1823 - 314 pages
...the Saint's domain : For, with the flow and ebb, the stile Varies from continent to isle ; Dry-shod, o'er sands, twice every day, The pilgrims to the shrine...• Twice every day, the waves efface Of staves and sandall'd feet the trace. As to the port the galley flew, Higher and higher rose to view, The Castle... | |
| Walter Scott - 1823 - 332 pages
...the Saint's domain : For, with the flow and ebb, the stile Varies from continent to isle ; Dry-shod, o'er sands, twice every day, The pilgrims to the shrine find way; Twice every day, the waves eflace Of staves and sandall'd feet the trace. As to the port the galley flew, Higher and higher rose... | |
| sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1825 - 528 pages
...Holy Island's bay. • IX. The tide did now its flood-mark gain, And girdled in the Saint's domain : For, with the flow and ebb, its style Varies from continent to isle ; Dry-shod, o'er sands, twice every day, The pilgrims to the shrine find way ; Twice every day, the... | |
| Berwickshire Naturalists' Club (Scotland) - Berwickshire (Scotland) - 1901 - 414 pages
...quotation from Sir Walter Scott's " Marmion " formed a fitting preface to that which followed : — "For with the flow and ebb, its style Varies from...way. Twice every day the waves efface Of staves and sandall'd feet the trace." This visit, Canon Oreenwell said, was the third so far as his Society was... | |
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