Rutherfurd's border hand-book : being a guide to the remarkable places, picturesque scenery, and antiquities of the border ; illustrated with numerous engravings on steel, and a map of the district . ht,And each shafted oriel glimmers white;When the cold lights uncertain showerStreams on the ruind central tower;When buttress and buttress alternately,Seem framed of ebon and ivory;When silver edges the imagery,And the scrolls that teach thee to live and die;When distant Tweed is heard to rave,And the owlet to hoot oer the dead mans grave,Then go—but go alone the while—Then view St Davids ruined
Rutherfurd's border hand-book : being a guide to the remarkable places, picturesque scenery, and antiquities of the border ; illustrated with numerous engravings on steel, and a map of the district . ht,And each shafted oriel glimmers white;When the cold lights uncertain showerStreams on the ruind central tower;When buttress and buttress alternately,Seem framed of ebon and ivory;When silver edges the imagery,And the scrolls that teach thee to live and die;When distant Tweed is heard to rave,And the owlet to hoot oer the dead mans grave,Then go—but go alone the while—Then view St Davids ruined pile;And home returning, soothly swear,Was never scene so sad and fair. An elegant iron bridge connects Melrose with the prettysuburb of Gattonside, embosomed in gardens and orchards. Alarge and beautiful church had also at one time stood here, butexcept a few relics of vaults, hewn stones, &c, nothing nowremains to show that it ever had an existence. The earth goeth on the earthGlistring like gold;The earth goeth to the earth Sooner than it wold;The earth builds on the earth Castles and towers;The earth says to the earthAll shall be ours. From a Tombstone in Melrose churchyard. -H«^. R p- f*H * w N Ph H H u o m pH pq -fl <1 h : ABBOTSFORD. 35 X ABBOTSFORD is two miles west from Melrose, and stands near the roadleading to Selkirk. The Tourist passes the village of Darnick,in which there is an antique tower, built in the 15th century;a short distance further is Melrose Bridge, and, on the oppo-site bank of the Tweed, stands The Pavilion, the beautiful seatof Lord Somerville. Keeping the south side of the river, theroad passes near the small village of Bridgend, a name de-rived from a bridge erected over the Tweed by David I., toafford a passage to the Abbey of Melrose. It consisted of fourstone piers, upon which lay planks of wood, and in the middlepillar was a gateway, and over that a room in which the toll-keeper resided. From this bridge, the Girthgate, a path tothe s
Size: 1174px × 2129px
Photo credit: © The Reading Room / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1800, bookdecade1840, bookidrutherfurdsb, bookyear1849
