...with trees, through which runs the little brook referred to in the opening lines of "Marmion " : — Low in its dark and narrow glen, You scarce the rivulet...ken, So thick the tangled greenwood grew, So feeble trill'd the streamlet through ; Now, murmuring hoarse, and frequent seen Through bush and brier, no...

...with trees, through which runs the little brook referred to in the opening lines of " Marmion " : — Low in its dark and narrow glen, You scarce the rivulet...ken, So thick the tangled greenwood grew, So feeble trill' d the streamlet through ; Now, murmuring hoarse, and frequent seen Through bush and brier, no...

...131. (ÏÏUrnuon. INTRODUCTION то CANTO FIRST. WILLIAM STEWART ROSE, ESQ. Ashesticl, Enrich Forest. NOVEMBER'S sky is chill and drear, November's leaf is red and sear: Late, gazing down the stccpy linn, That hems our little garden in, Low in its dark and narrow glen You scarce the rivulet...

...First, then, from Scott — and nothing prettier and quieter of rural sort belongs to him, — "November sky is chill and drear, November's leaf is red and...down the steepy linn That hems our little garden in." (I may remark, in passing, that this is an actual description of Scott's home surroundings at Ashestiel....

...Introductory Epistle to the First Canto of Marmion describes the little old house of Ashestiel as it is when November's sky is chill and drear, November's leaf is red and sear. Every one has regretted that Scott, when obliged to leave Ashestiel, fixed his home on " a bare haugh...

...(fllannton. INTRODUCTION TO CANTO FIRST. WILLIAM STEWART ROSE, ESQ. .-/..(.-.</.•'.•', Ettrick Forest. in mortal sin. Might not be laid trill'd the streamlet through : Now, murmuring hoarse, and frequent seen Through bush and brier, no...

...gather, gather, gather, Grigalach ! Gather, gather, gather, etc. 314. To William Stewart Rose, Esq. NOVEMBER'S sky is chill and drear, November's leaf...ken, So thick the tangled greenwood grew, So feeble trill'd the streamlet through : Now, murmuring hoarse, and frequent seen Through bush and brier, no...

...beginning of wisdom. 29. Soft and pale is the moony beam, Moveless still is the glassy stream. 30. November's sky is chill and drear, November's leaf is red and sear. 31. Good name in man or woman, dear my lord, Is the immediate jewel of their souls. 32. Righteousness...

...slumbers light ! INTRODUCTION TO CANTO FIRST. TO WILLIAM STEWART ROSE, ESQ. Ashestiel, Ettrick Forest. NOVEMBER'S sky is chill and drear, November's leaf is red and sear: Late, gazing down the sleepy linn That hems our little garden in, Low in its dark and narrow glen, You scarce the rivulet...

...are unusual for the time of year. Our literature enforces the belief for we have read in the schools, November's sky is chill and drear November's leaf is red and sear. or When chill November's surly blast Made fields and forests bare. The November conditions in the land...