 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 Quarterly review - Page 2971815Full view - About this book
 | sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1840 - 286 pages
...copse on Cruchan-Ben ; But here, — ahove, around, helow, On mountain or in glen, Nor tree, nor shruh, nor plant, nor flower, Nor aught of vegetative power,...ken. For all is rocks at random thrown, Black waves, hare crags, and hanks of stone, As if were here denied l [MS.—" Dark hanks."] The summer sun, the... | |
 | George Anderson (of Inverness.), Peter Anderson - Hebrides (Scotland) - 1842 - 750 pages
...On high Benmore green mosses grow, And heathbells bud in deep Glencroe, And copse on Cruchan-Ben ; But here, — above, around, below, On mountain or...vegetative power, The weary eye may ken. For all is rock at random thrown ; Black waves, bare rocks, and banks of stone. As if were here denied, The Summer... | |
 | John Gibson Lockhart - 1845 - 836 pages
...Crueh:in-B«i¡ But here— above, around, below. On mountain or in glen, Nor true, nor shrub, nur plant, nor flower. Nor aught of vegetative power, The weary eye may ktn ; For all is rock« at random thrown. Black waves, bar'j enup*, and Ixmks of stone, As it were... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1847 - 612 pages
...STOW, And heath-bells bud in deep Glencroe, And copse on Crurlu.u-Ben ; But here — above, arotmd. below, On mountain or in glen. Nor tree, nor shrub, nor plant, nor flower, Nor aught of vogçtauYe power, The weary eye may ken; For all is rocks at randera thrown, Black \yavee, bare crags,... | |
 | William Francis Lynch - America - 1849 - 1628 pages
...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... | |
 | William Francis Lynch - History - 1849 - 592 pages
...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... | |
 | Scotland - 1850 - 1000 pages
...And heath-bells bud in deep Glencroe, And copse on Cruachan Ben ; But here, above, around, below, In mountain or in glen, Nor tree, nor shrub, nor plant,...The weary eye may ken. For all is rocks at random strewn, Black waves, bare crags, and banks of stone, As if were here denied The summer's sun, the spring's... | |
 | John Wilson - 1850 - 378 pages
...And heath-bells bud in deep Glencroe, And Copse on Cruachan Ben ; But here, above, around, below, In mountain or in glen, Nor tree, nor shrub, nor plant,...The weary eye may ken. For all is rocks at random strewn, Black waves, bare crags, and banks of stone, As if were here denied The summer's sun, the spring's... | |
 | Elzéar Blaze, Herbert Byng Hall - Hunting dogs - 1850 - 514 pages
...excitement, to be gained in scenes of wildness, where the hand of man intrudeth not, as you wander — " On mountain or in glen, Nor tree, nor shrub, nor plant,...aught of vegetative power, The weary eye may ken." Previous to leaving Skye, we may add, that there are abundant small lakes, formed from the arms of... | |
 | Herbert Byng Hall - Hunting - 1850 - 294 pages
...excitement, to be gained in scenes of wildness, where the hand of maii intrudeth not, as you wander— " On mountain or in glen, Nor tree, nor shrub, nor plant,...aught of vegetative power, The weary eye may ken." Previous to leaving Skye, we may add, that there are abundant small lakes, formed from the arms of... | |
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