 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
 | John Marius Wilson - Scotland - 1860 - 536 pages
...heath-bells bud In deep Gleucroe, And copse on Cruachan-aen ; But here, sbоve, around, below, On mountain or in glen. Nor tree, nor shrub, nor plant, nor flower....vegetative power, The weary eye may ken. For all is rock* at random thrown,— Black waves, bare crags, and banks of stone, As if were here denied The... | |
 | Natural history - 1860
...that given of another by pne of our Scottish minstrels. " Here — above, around, below, On mountain or in glen, Nor tree, nor shrub, nor plant, nor flower, Nor ought of vegetative power The weary eye may ken. For all is rucks at random thrown, Black waves, bare... | |
 | Hugh Macmillan - Botany - 1861 - 294 pages
...lifeless, as to impress with horror the stoutest heart. " 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."... | |
 | Yachting - 1861
...sublime in barrenness, Ne'er did my wandering footsteps press Where'er I chanced to roam. *•*••** For all is rocks, at random thrown, Black waves, bare crags, and banks of stone." On all sides, mountains, naked and precipitous, encompassed the loch, their peaks lost in the clouds;... | |
 | Hugh Macmillan - Botany - 1861 - 294 pages
...at random thrown, Black waves, bare 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." Strange it seems that, while such extreme destitution, such sublime barrenness, prevails... | |
 | George Walter Thornbury - 1862
...glen but this can show, Some touch of Nature's genial glow. But here above, around, below, On mountain or in glen, Nor tree, nor shrub, nor plant, nor flower,...; That clothe with many a varied hue The bleakest mountain side." NAPOLEON LE PETIT. 193 Hamilton-place, are beautifully executed ; small vignettes,... | |
 | Walter Thornbury - 1862 - 425 pages
...glen but this can show, Some touch of Nature's genial glow. But here above, around, below, On mountain or in glen, Nor tree, nor shrub, nor plant, nor flower,...; That clothe with many a varied hue The bleakest mountain side." Hamilton-place, are beautifully executed ; small vignettes, painted in water-colours... | |
 | sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1862 - 612 pages
...heath-bells bud in deep Glencoe, 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, The weary eye may lien. For all is rocks at random thrown, Black waves, bare crags, and banks of stone, As if were here... | |
 | George RANKEN (Major.) - 1863
...becomes rocky or parched, and dusty, and not a blade of grass, not a shrub or tree, is to be seen, But all is rocks at random thrown, Black waves, bare crags,...dew, That clothe with many a varied hue The bleakest mountain side. Above all this there is a magnificent blue sky and a glorious sun. The climate of the... | |
 | Arctic discovery - 1799
...at random thrown, Black waves, bare crags, and banks of t>tone ; As if were here denied The summer's sun, the spring's sweet dew, That clothe with many a varied hue The bleakest mountain aide. faithful to the end, perhaps through suffering, loneliness, and anxiety, more than he... | |
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