 | Presbyterian Church of England - 1857
...my father was born. It is one of that cluster of the Hebrides thus alluded to by Walter Scott:— " 'And Ulva dark and Colonsay, And all the group of islets gay, That guard famed Staffs, round.'* " Our grandfather was intimately acquainted with all the traditionary legends which... | |
 | 1851 - 704 sider
...of our readers, recommending the work itself * " The shores of Mull on the eastward lay, And TJlra dark and Colonsay, And all the group of islets gay That guard famed Stafla round. Then all unknown its columns rose. Where dark and undisturbed repose The cormorant had... | |
 | 1852 - 710 sider
..." The shores of MuD on the outward lay, And Ulra dark and Colonsay, And all the group of islets guy That guard famed Staffa round. Then all unknown its columns rose, Where dark and undisturbed repote The cormorant had found." f to their attention, as the most interesting and comprehends*... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1854 - 892 sider
...the northward free, So shoots through the morning sky the lark; Or the swan through the summer sea. The shores of Mull on the eastward lay, And Ulva dark...Staffa round.* Then all unknown its columns rose. We coolil almost be tempted to believe that he waa on bit return from Skye when he wrote this portion... | |
 | Henry Caswall - 1853 - 188 sider
...the northward free, So shoots through the morning sky the lark Or the swan through the summer sea. The shores of Mull on the eastward lay, And Ulva dark...group of islets gay That guard famed Staffa round. The Treshnish Isles were in view, and appeared to be composed entirely of trap rock, presenting an... | |
 | Henry Caswall - 1853 - 208 sider
...the northward free, So shoots through the morning sky the lark Or the swan through the summer sea. The shores of Mull on the eastward lay, And Ulva dark...Colonsay, And all the group of islets gay That guard famed Stafta round. The Treshnish Isles were in view, and appeared to be composed entirely of trap rock,... | |
 | 1853 - 682 sider
...the northward free : So shoots through the morning-sky the lark, Or the swan through the summer-sea. The shores of Mull on the eastward lay. And Ulva dark,...Colonsay ; And all the* group of islets gay That guard fumed Staffa round : There all unknown its columns rose, Where dark and undisturbed repose The cormorant... | |
 | 1853 - 704 sider
...So shoots through the morning-sky the lark, Ur the swan through the snmmcr-sea. The shores of Hull on the eastward lay, And Ulva dark, and Colonsay; And all the group of islets gay That guard Fumed Stafla round : There all unknown its columns rose, Where dark and undisturbed repose The cormorant... | |
 | Random readings - 1854 - 204 sider
...islets gav That guard famed Staffa round: There all unknown its columns rose, Where dark and undisturbed repose The cormorant had found; And the shy seal had quiet home, And weltered in that wondrous dome, Where, as to shame the temples decked By skill of earthly architect.... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1855 - 914 sider
...the northward free, So shoots through the morning sky the Inrk, Or the swan through the summer sea. The shores of Mull on the eastward lay, And Ulva dark...Staffa round.* Then all unknown its columns rose, We could almost be tempted to believe that he wa« on his return from Skye when he wrote this jionion... | |
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Merrily, merrily goes the bark On a breeze from the northward free, So shoots through the morning sky the lark, Or the swan through the summer sea. The shores of Mull on the eastward lay, And Ulva dark and Colonsay, And all the group of islets gay That... 
