 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 Works of Walter Scott, Esq: The lord of the isles - Side 99af Sir Walter Scott - 1815Fuld visning - Om denne bog
 | Walter Scott - 1857 - 390 sider
...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,...sweet dew, That clothe with many a varied hue The bleakest3 mountain-side.4 1 [JIS.— " Dark banks."] • [MS.-" And * indeepG,encoe."] 4 [The Quarterly... | |
 | George Ranken, William Bayne Ranken - 1857 - 174 sider
...rocky or parched, and dusty, and not a blade of grass, and 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.'1 Above all this there is a magnificent blue sky and a glorious sun. The climate of... | |
 | Sir Walter Scott - 1857 - 448 sider
...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,...random thrown, Black waves, bare crags, and banks of stoue, As if were here denied The Summer sun, the Spring's sweet dew, That clothe with many a varied... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1857 - 398 sider
...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... | |
 | John Ruskin - 1857 - 500 sider
...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... | |
 | Thing - 1857 - 408 sider
...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... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1858 - 952 sider
...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) - 1858 - 42 sider
...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 - 1859 - 438 sider
...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 - 1859 - 856 sider
...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... | |
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