 And far beneath their summer hill Stray sadly by Glenkinnon's rill. The shepherd shifts his mantle's fold, And wraps him closer from the cold ; His dogs no merry circles wheel, But, shivering, follow at his heel ; A cowering glance they often cast, As...  Spirit of the English Magazines - Page 1561819Full view - About this book
 | Biography - 1883 - 778 pages
...Scotch winter is given in these few lines : — " The sheep before the pinching heaven To shelter'd dale and down are driven, Where yet some faded herbage...sunbeam shines : In meek despondency they eye The wither'd sward and wintry sky, And from beneath their summer hill Stray sadly by Glenkinnon's rill."... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1885 - 352 pages
...so rich on Needpath-fell ; 20 Sallow his brow, and russet bare Are now the sister-heights of Yair. The sheep, before the pinching heaven, To sheltered...herbage pines, And yet a watery sunbeam shines ; In rneek despondency they eye The withered sward and wintry sky, And far beneath their summer hill Stray... | |
 | Philip Stewart Robinson - Animals - 1885 - 406 pages
...shepherds ait, and whet the sounding shears." Then stormy Autumn comes with its " huddling " flocks, and " The sheep before the pinching heaven To sheltered...herbage pines, And yet a watery sunbeam shines. In weak despondency they eye The withered sward and wintry sky. The shepherd shifts his mantle's fold,... | |
 | Collins William sons and co, ltd - 1885 - 308 pages
...reflects their purple gleam ; Away hath passed the heather-bell, That bloomed so rich on Needpath-Fell. 4. The sheep, before the pinching heaven, To sheltered...faded herbage pines, And yet a watery sunbeam shines : The shepherd shifts his mantle's fold, And wraps him closer from the cold ; His dogs no merry circles... | |
 | sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1885 - 296 pages
...russet bare Are now the sister-heights of Yair. The sheep, before the pinching heaven, To shelter'd dale and down are driven, Where yet some faded herbage...sunbeam shines : In meek despondency they eye The wither'd sward and wintry sky, And far beneath their summer hill, Stray sadly by Glenkinnon's rill... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1887 - 676 pages
...bloomed so rich on Needpath-fell : Sallow his brow, and russet bare Are now the sister-heights of Yair. The sheep, before the pinching heaven, To sheltered...sky, And far beneath their summer hill Stray sadly bv Glenkinnon's rill. The shepherd shifts his mantle's fold, And wraps him closer from the cold : His... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1888 - 682 pages
...bloomed so rich on Needpath-fell ; Sallow his brow, and russet bare Are now the sister-heights of Yair. The sheep, before the pinching heaven, To sheltered...sky, And far beneath their summer hill Stray sadly bv Glenkinnon's rill. The shepherd shifts his mantle's fold, And wraps him closer from the cold : His... | |
 | John Veitch - English poetry - 1887 - 388 pages
...bloomed so rich on Neidpath Fell ; Sallow his brow and russet bare Are now the sister heights of Yair. The sheep before the pinching heaven To sheltered...down are driven, Where yet some faded herbage pines, Where yet a watery sunbeam shines." Hamilton does not, however, abound in description. He was more... | |
 | Walter Scott - Flodden, Battle of, England, 1513 - 1889 - 336 pages
...the pinching heaven, To shelter'd dale and down are driven, Where yet some faded herbage pines, 25 And yet a watery sunbeam shines : In meek despondency they eye The wither'd sward and wintry sky, And far beneath their summer hill, Stray sadly by Glenkinnon's rill... | |
 | Sir Walter Scott - 1890 - 612 pages
...russet bare Are now the sister-heights of Yair. The sheep, before the pinching heaven, To shelter'd dale and down are driven, Where yet some faded herbage...sunbeam shines : In meek despondency they eye The wither'd sward and wintry sky, And far beneath their summer hill, Stray sadly by Glenkinnon's rill... | |
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