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 Scots Magazine and Edinburgh Literary Miscellany - Pàgina 441815Visualització completa - Sobre aquest llibre
| Walter Scott - 1857 - 390 pàgines
...Glencroe,2 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...banks of stone, As if were here denied The summer sun, the spring's sweet dew, That clothe with many a varied hue The bleakest3 mountain-side.4 1 [JIS.—... | |
| Sir Walter Scott - 1857 - 448 pàgines
...Glencroe, 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...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... | |
| George Ranken, William Bayne Ranken - 1857 - 174 pàgines
...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,...banks of stone ; As if were here denied The summer sun, the spring's sweet dew, That clothe with many a varied hue The bleakest mountain side.'1 Above... | |
| Walter Scott - 1857 - 398 pàgines
...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 pàgines
...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 pàgines
...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 pàgines
...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 pàgines
...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...banks of stone, As if were here denied The summer sun, the spring's sweet dew, That clothe with many a varied hue The bleakest mountain-side. Horses... | |
| Samuel Greatheed, Daniel Parken, Theophilus Williams, Josiah Conder, Thomas Price, Jonathan Edwards Ryland, Edwin Paxton Hood - 1859 - 856 pàgines
...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 pàgines
...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... | |
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