 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...  The Living Age ... - Page 131851Full view - About this book
 | T. R. Swinburne - Jammu and Kashmir (India) - 1907 - 342 pages
...the strangest colours — brick-red, purple-black, grey, and yellow — utterly bare and desolate : " Nor tree, nor shrub, nor plant, nor flower, Nor aught of vegetative power, The weary eye may ken," save only the white lighthouse, which, perched on its arid hill, serves to emphasise the desolation... | |
 | Sir Walter Scott - 1908 - 970 pages
...deep Glencroe, And copse on Cruchan-Ben ; knew, 433 But here, — above, around, below, On mountain t spotless banner white, The Howard' b And wilder, forward as they wound, Were theproudcliffsand lake profound. Huge terraces of granite black... | |
 | N. Maisondeau - New Zealand - 1912 - 112 pages
...of snow in the higher levels during the night, and every rocky peak and crag and ridge, all those " rocks at random thrown, — black waves, bare crags and banks of stone," showed out boldly above the white downiness of couloir and gorge. All of the well-known peaks were... | |
 | Charles Sumner Olcott - England - 1913 - 414 pages
...heath-bells bud in deep Glencroe, And copse on Cruchan-Ben; But here — above, around, below, On mountain or in glen, Nor tree nor shrub, nor plant, nor flower,...crags, and banks of stone, As if were here denied The summer's sun, the spring's sweet dew, That clothe with many a varied hue The bleakest mountain-side.... | |
 | Walter Scott - Scottish poetry - 1914 - 245 pages
...bud in deep Glencroe, 290 And copse on Cruchan-Ben; But here, — above, around, below, On mountain or in glen, Nor tree, nor shrub, nor plant, nor flower, Nor aught of vegetative power, 295 The weary eye may ken. For all is rocks at random thrown, Black waves, bare crags, and banks of... | |
 | Thomas Humphry Ward - English poetry - 1917
...Glencroe, And copse on Cruchan-Ben ; But here, — above, around, below, On mountain or in glen, *ou 1v. p Nor tree, nor shrub, nor plant, nor flower, Nor aught...with many a varied hue The bleakest mountain-side. And wilder, forward as they wound, Were the proud cliffs and lake profound Huge terraces of granite... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1917 - 981 pages
...above, around, below, On mount л in or. in glen, Nor tree, nor shrub, nor plant, nor flower, Nor.aught of vegetative power, The weary eye may ken. For all...thrown, Black waves, bare crags, and banks of . stone, ¡ Aa if were here denied The summer sun, the spring's sweet dew, That clothe with many a varied hue... | |
 | Walter Ripman - English language - 1920 - 384 pages
...stifles the trembling taper. — Howsoe-er I stray and range, Whate-er I do, Thou dost not change. — For all is rocks at random thrown Black waves, bare crags, and banks of stone. — My never failing friends are they With whom I converse day by day. — They sail onward far upon... | |
 | Sir Walter Scott - 1923
...heath-bells bud in deep Glencroe, And copse on Cruchan-Ben; But here, — above, around, below, . On mountain or in glen, Nor tree, nor shrub, nor plant, nor flower,...with many a varied hue The bleakest mountain-side. XV And wilder, forward as they wound, Were the proud cliffs and lake profound. Huge terraces of granite... | |
 | 1815
...heath-bells bud in deep Glencroe, And copse on Crushan-Ben : But here — above, around, below, On mountain or in glen, Nor tree, nor shrub, nor plant, nor flower,...dew, That clothe with many a varied hue The bleakest mountain side.' This picture of barren desolation is admirably touched. Bruce is about to moralize... | |
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