But here,— above, around, below, On mountain or in glen, Nor tree, nor shrub, nor plant, nor flower, Nor aught of vegetative power, The weary eye may ken. For all is rocks at random thrown, Black waves, bare crags, and banks of stone... Footnotes from the Page of Nature; Or, First Forms of Vegetation - Page 78by Hugh Macmillan - 1861 - 294 pagesFull view - About this book
| Edmund Burke - History - 1816 - 838 pages
...On high Benmore green mosses grow, And heath-bells bud in deep Glencroe, And copse on Cruchan-Ben ; But here, — above, around, below, On mountain or...crags, and banks of stone, As if were here denied The summer sun, the spring's sweet dew, That clothe with many a varied hue The bleakest mountain-side.... | |
| English literature - 1815 - 1008 pages
...deep Glcncroc', And copse on Cruchan-Ben ; But here, above, around, below, On mountain or in glen, Kor tree, nor shrub, nor plant, nor flower, Nor aught...crags, and banks of stone, As if were here denied The summer <un, the spring's sweet dew, That clothe with many a varied hue The bleakest mountain-side.... | |
| Walter Scott - English poetry - 1815 - 498 pages
...On high Benmore green mosses grow, And heath-bells bud in deep CHencroe, And copse on Cruchan-Ben ; But here, — above, around, below, On mountain or...crags, and banks of stone, As if were here denied The summer sun, the spring's sweet dew, That clothe with many a varied hue The bleakest mountain-side.... | |
| English literature - 1815 - 568 pages
...copse on Cruchan-Ben : . But here — above, around, below, [.•_,.- , On mountain or in glen, TSbr tree, nor shrub, nor plant, nor flower, Nor aught...crags, and banks of stone, As if were here denied The summer sun, the spring's sweet dew, That clothe with many a varied hue 1 ;.. . , i The bleakest mountain-side."... | |
| 1815 - 612 pages
...has known A scene so stern as that dread lake, With its dark ledge of barren stone. * • ». * * * # here, — above, around, below, On mountain or in...of vegetative power, The weary eye may ken. For all its rocks at random thrown, Black waves, bare crags, and banks of stone, As if were here denied The... | |
| Sir Walter Scott - English poetry - 1815 - 466 pages
...On high Benmore green mosses grow, And heath-bells bud in deep Glencroe, And copse on Cruchan-Ben ; But here, — above, around, below, On mountain or in glen, Nor tree, nor shruh, nor plant, nor flower, Nor aught of vegetative power, The weary eye may ken. For all is rocks... | |
| England - 1850 - 938 pages
...And heath-bells bud in deep Glencroe, And copse on Cruachan Ben ; But here, above, aronnd, below, In mountain or in glen, Nor tree, nor shrub, nor plant,...The weary eye may ken. For all is rocks at random strewn, Black waves, bare crags, and banks of stone, As if were here denied The summer's sun, the spring's... | |
| Walter Scott - 1818 - 338 pages
...ahove, aronnd, helow, On monntain or in glen, Nor tree, nor shroh, nor plant, nor flower, Nor anght of vegetative power, The weary eye may ken. For all is rocks at random thrown, Black waves, hare crags, and hanks of stone, As if were here denied The snmmer snn, the spring's sweet dew, That... | |
| sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1820 - 314 pages
...On high Benmore green mosses grow, And heath-bells bud in deep Glencroe, And copse on Cruchan-Ben ; But here, — above, around, below, On mountain or...crags, and banks of stone, As if were here denied The summer sun, the spring's sweet dew, That clothe with many a varied hue The bleakest mountain-side.... | |
| Walter Scott - 1822 - 410 pages
...On high Benmore green mosses grow, And heath-bells bud in deep Glencroe, And copse on Cruchan-Ben ; But here,— above, around, below, On mountain or...crags, and banks of stone, As if were here denied The summer sun, the spring's sweet dew, That clothe with many a varied hue The bleakest mountain-side.... | |
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