 | English poetry - 1876 - 312 pages
...well, — nor fen nor sedge Pollutes the pure lake's crystal edge; Abrupt and sheer, the mountains sink At once upon the level brink; And just a trace of silver sand Marks where the water meets the land. Par in the mirror, bright and blue, Each hill's huge outline you may view; Shaggy with heath, but lonely... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1877 - 688 pages
...— nor fen, nor sedge, Pollute the pure lake's crystal edge ; Abrupt and sheer, the mountains sink At once upon the level brink ; And just a trace of...Shaggy with heath, but lonely bare, Nor tree, nor bush, nor brake is there, Save where, of land, yon slender line Bears thwart the lake the scattered... | |
 | Samuel Carter Hall - Artists - 1877 - 522 pages
...shadow." It was the lake that moved the muse of Scott : — " Abrupt and sheer, the mountains sink At once upon the level brink, And just a trace of silver sand Marks where the water meets the land." The poet, while he lived, must have often looked from that very spot over the grand view, thence obtained,... | |
 | Francis Turner Palgrave - Children's poetry, English - 1877 - 326 pages
...well,— nor fen, nor sedge, Pollute the pure lake's crystal edge ; Abrupt and sheer, the mountains sink At once upon the level brink ; And just a trace of silver sand Marks where the water meets the land. 33 meeter, fitter 38 obsequies, funeral service 40 surrounded by I musing, thinking 6 impressed, stamped... | |
 | John Veitch - Scottish ballads and songs - 1878 - 636 pages
...well — nor fen nor sedge Pollute the pure lake's crystal edge ; Abrupt and sheer, the mountains sink At once upon the level brink ; And just a trace of...Shaggy with heath, but lonely bare, Nor tree, nor bush, nor brake is there, Save where, of land, yon slender line Bears thwart the lake the scatter'd... | |
 | Samuel Carter Hall - Ireland - 1878 - 170 pages
...mountains—bleak and barren, but mighty in their magnificence. " Abrupt and sheer the mountains sink At once upon the level brink, And just a trace of silver sand Marks where the water meets the land." Their dark shadows are thrown upon the water, so as to give to it a character of gloom, in perfect... | |
 | sir Walter Scott (bart.) - English poetry - 1880 - 326 pages
...— nor fen, nor sedge, Pollute the pure lake's crystal edge ; Abrupt and sheer, the mountains sink At once upon the level brink ; And just a trace of...Shaggy with heath, but lonely bare. Nor tree, nor bush, nor brake, is there, Save where of land yon slender line Bears thwart the lake the scattered... | |
 | 1881 - 484 pages
...been often given ; here is one of them, written by the master-hand of the borders—Walter Scott: ' Far in the mirror, bright and blue, Each hill's huge...Shaggy with heath, but lonely bare, Nor tree, nor bush, nor brake, is there, Save where, of land, yon slender line Bears thwart the lake the scattered... | |
 | Adam and Charles Black (Firm) - Scotland - 1881 - 272 pages
...It is remarkable for the simple character of its scenery : — "Abrupt and sheer the mountains sink At once upon the level brink ; And just a trace of silver sand Harks where the water meets the land." Marmim. Proceeding from Beattock through Annandale, we follow... | |
 | English literature - 1882 - 598 pages
...— nor fen, nor sedge, Pollute the pure lake's crystal edge ; Abrupt and sheer, the mountains sink At once upon the level brink ; And just a trace of...Shaggy with heath, but lonely bare, Nor tree, nor brush, nor brake, is there, Save where of land yon slender line Bears thwart the lake the scattered... | |
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Twixt resignation and content. Oft in my mind such thoughts awake, By lone Saint Mary's silent lake ; Thou know'st it well, -nor fen, nor sedge, Pollute the pure lake's crystal edge ; Abrupt and sheer, the mountains sink At once upon the level brink ;... 
