 Themselves, within their holy bound, Their stony folds had often found. They told, how sea-fowls' pinions fail, As over Whitby's towers they sail, And, sinking down, with flutterings faint, They do their homage to the saint.  A Glossary of North Country Words, in Use: With Their Etymology, and ... - Page 278by John Trotter Brockett - 1829 - 343 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Walter Scott - Flodden, Battle of, England, 1513 - 1808 - 526 pages
...Ascension-day, each year, While labouring on our harbour-pier, Must Herbert, Bruce, and Percy hear." They told how, in their convent cell, A Saxon princess...changed into a coil of stone, When holy Hilda prayed ; Themselves, within their holy bound, Their stony folds had often found. They told, how sea-fowls'... | |
 | sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1810 - 532 pages
...then abbess. She afterwards adorned the place of her education with great magnificence. Note X. <lf thousand snakes, each one Was changed into a coil of stone, When holy Hilda prayed. how sea-fowls' pinions fail, As orer Whitby's towers they sail.— P. 91. These two miracles are much... | |
 | sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1810 - 280 pages
...was then abbess. She afterwards adorned the place of her education with great magnificence. Note X. of thousand snakes, each one Was changed into a coil of stone, Wlien holy Hilda prayed. how sea-fowls' pinions fail, As over Whitby's towers they sail. — P. 93.... | |
 | Sir Walter Scott - 1813 - 536 pages
...Ascension-day, each year, While labouring on our harbour-pier, Must Herbert, Bruce, and Percy hear." They told, how in their convent cell A Saxon princess...changed into a coil of stone, When holy Hilda prayed ; Themselves, within their holy bound, Their stony folds had often found. They told, how sea-fowls'... | |
 | George Young - Whitby (England) - 1817 - 520 pages
...celebrated Poem, as a part of the conversation between the nuns of Whitby and those of Lindisfarue. " They told, how in their convent cell A Saxon princess...thousand snakes, each one. Was changed into a coil ol stone, When holy Hilda prayed; Themselves, within thoir holy bound, Their stony folds had often... | |
 | George Young - Whitby (England) - 1817 - 500 pages
...of the conversation between the nuns of Whitby and those «f Undisfarue. " They told, how in Iheir convent cell A Saxon princess once did dwell. The...thousand snakes, each one Was changed into a coil ot stone. When holy Hilda prayed ; Themsel\es, within their holy bound, Their stony folds had often... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1818 - 372 pages
...Ascension-day, each year, While lahouring on our harhour-pier, Must Herhert, Bruce, and Percy hear." They told how, in their convent cell, A Saxon Princess...changed into a coil of stone, When holy Hilda prayed; Themselves, within their holy hound, Their stony folds had often found. They told, how sea-fowls' pinions... | |
 | sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1820 - 256 pages
...labouring on our harbour-pier, Must Herbert, Bruce, and Percy hear." They told, how in their convent-cell A Saxon princess once did dwell, The lovely Edelfled...Was changed into a coil of stone, When holy Hilda pray'd ; Themselves, within their holy bound, Their stony folds had often found. They told, how sea-fowls'... | |
 | Walter Scott - English poetry - 1821 - 530 pages
...labouring on our harbour-pier, " Must Herbert, Bruce, and Percy hear." They told, how in their convent-cell A Saxon princess once did dwell, The lovely Edelfled...Was changed into a coil of stone, When holy Hilda pray'd ; Themselves, within their holy bound, Their stony folds had often found. They told, how sea-fowls'... | |
 | sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1821 - 596 pages
...labouring on our harbour-pier, " Must Herbert, Bruce, and Percy hear." They told, how in their convent-cell A Saxon princess once did dwell, The lovely Edelfled;...Was changed into a coil of stone, When holy Hilda pray'd ; Themselves, within their holy bound, Their stony folds had often found. They told, how sea-fowls... | |
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