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 - English poetry - 1882 - 780 pages
...here, — above, around, below, On mountain or in glen, Nor tree, nor shrub, nor plant, nor Mower, Nor aught of vegetative power, The weary eye may ken....with many a varied hue The bleakest mountain-side. And wilder, forward as they wound, Were the proud cliffs and hike profound. Huge terraces of granite... | |
| John Gibson Lockhart - 1882 - 434 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 Thu bleakest mountain side.'... | |
| John Gibson Lockhart - 1882 - 430 pages
...heath-hells 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.'... | |
| Geography reading books - 1882 - 276 pages
...Rarely human eye has known A scene so stern as that dread lake, With its dark ledge of barren stone. For all is rocks at random thrown, Black waves, bare...dew, That clothe with many a varied hue The bleakest mountain side.' 1 VIII. STAFFA AND IONA. 1. FROM this eastern side of Skye, we will now cross over... | |
| sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1882 - 474 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,...random thrown, Black waves, bare crags, and banks of As if were here denied, [stone, The summer sun, the spring's sweet dew, That clothe with many a varied... | |
| Sir Walter Scott - 1883 - 184 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,...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... | |
| sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1883 - 182 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,...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... | |
| Robert Williams Buchanan - Hebrides - 1883 - 380 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,...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... | |
| Thomas Humphry Ward - 1883 - 686 pages
...And heath-bells bud in deep Glencroe, And copse on Cruchan-Ben ; But here, — above, around, below, 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... | |
| Thomas Humphry Ward - English poetry - 1883 - 734 pages
...Glencroe, And copse on Cruchan-Ben ; But here, — above, around, below, On mountain or in glen, VOL. iv. 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... | |
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