Such dusky grandeur clothed the height, Where the huge castle holds its state, And all the steep slope down Whose ridgy back heaves to the sky, Piled deep and massy, close and high, Mine own romantic town... Tait's Edinburgh Magazine - Page 301edited by - 1847Full view - About this book
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| 1809 - 914 pages
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| William Banks - English language - 1823 - 462 pages
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...Mine own romantic town! Bat northward far, with purer blaze, On Oehil mountains fell the rays, And, » each heathy top they kissed, It gleamed a purple amethyst Yonder the aborts of Fife you saw; Here Preston-bay, and Berwick-law; And, broad between them rolled, The gallant... | |
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...and massy, close and high, Mine own romantic town ! 8 But northward far, with purer blaze, On Ochil t what I own? glcam'da purple amethyst. Yonder the shores of Fife you saw ; Here Preston-Bay and Berwick-Law: And,... | |
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