Album of Scottish Scenery : a Series of Views, Illustrating Several Places of Interest Mentioned in Sir W. Scott's Poems and Novels (1860)
Tillotson, John · London : T.J. Allman · leaf 87
it was a chain of gold,Would dazzle eyes for to behold;A richer gift, as I may say,Was not beheld this many a day. He charged his father faithfully,That he himself would keep the key,Until the child could write and read—And then to give it him indeed— Pray do not open it all,Whatever should on you… … EGLISTONE. Lead forth thy guard,—that duty done,With best despatch to Eglistone—Basil, tell Wilfred he must straightAttend me to the Castle gate. The ruins of Eglistone offer a very agreeable subject for the pencil of theartist, and their association with Scotts Rokeby renders them all the…
Scotland · Scott, Sir Walter, Bart, 1771-1832 · Drawings, Scottish
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