 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...  Littell's Living Age - Page 131851Full view - About this book
 | Walter Scott - Bookplates - 1857 - 398 pages
...Nor tree, nor shrnb, nor plant, nor flower, Nor anght of vegetative power, The weary eye may ken. Fur all is rocks at random thrown. Black waves, bare crags, and banks of stone, As if were here denied The snmmer snn, the spring's sweet dew, That elothe with many a varied hne The bleakest monntain side.1... | |
 | Thing - Literature - 1857 - 408 pages
...not even a lichen or piece of seaweed, growing on the rocks. " As if were there denied The summer's sun, the spring's sweet dew, That clothe with many a varied hue The bleakest mountain side." Our own country, especially the northern part of it, is rich in beautiful and curious... | |
 | John Ruskin - Aesthetics - 1857 - 500 pages
...tree, nor plant, nor shrub, nor flower, Nor aught of vegetative power, The wearied eye may ken ; But all is rocks at random thrown, Black waves, bare crags, and banks of stone." Lord of the Isles, canto in. Here, again, we see the absolute necessity of scientific and entire acquaintance... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1858 - 952 pages
...Cruchan-Ben ; But here, — above, around, below, On mountain or in glen, Nor tree, nor shrub, nnr plant, nor flower, Nor aught of vegetative power, The weary eye may ken. Fur all is rocks at random thrown, Black waves, bare crags, and banks of stone, As if were here denied... | |
 | Thomas Nelson (Firm) - Bible - 1858 - 42 pages
...nor plant, nor shrub, nor flower, Nor aught of vegetative power The wearied eye may ken : But all its rocks at random thrown— Black waves, bare crags, and banks of stone." —What a contrast between the present aspect of the Sea of Lot and the appearance of the neighbourhood... | |
 | Thomas Starr King - New Hampshire - 1859 - 438 pages
...headlong in some night of fear, When yell'd the wolf and fled the deer, Loose crags had toppled o'er. For all is rocks at random thrown, Black waves, bare...with many a varied hue The bleakest mountain-side. Horses were pulled up the narrowest and most jagged portion of the Notch between Mount Webster and... | |
 | Samuel Greatheed, Daniel Parken, Theophilus Williams, Josiah Conder, Thomas Price, Jonathan Edwards Ryland, Edwin Paxton Hood - English literature - 1859 - 856 pages
...below, On mountain or in glen, No tree nor shrub, nor plant, nor flower, Nor aught of vegetation's power, The weary eye may ken. For all is rocks at random thrown, — Black waves, bare crags, and hanks of »tone, As if were here denied The summer sun, the spring's sweet dew, That clothe with many... | |
 | William Garden Blaikie - 1859 - 492 pages
...nor plant, nor shrub, nor flower, Nor aught of vegetative power, The wearied eye may ken; But all its rocks at random thrown, — Black waves, bare crags, and banks of stone.' There was an unpleasant, sulphureous smell in the air, which we attributed to the impregnated waters... | |
 | Evenings - 1860 - 386 pages
...heath-bells bud in deep Qlencroe, 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. And wilder, forward as they wound, Were the proud cliffs and lake profound. Huge terraces of granite... | |
 | Thomas Starr King - White Mountains - 1860 - 436 pages
...headlong in some night of fear, When yell'd the wolf and fled the deer, Loose crags had toppled o'er. For all is rocks at random thrown, Black waves, bare...with many a varied hue The bleakest mountain-side. Horses were pulled up the narrowest and most jagged portion of the Notch between Mount Webster and... | |
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