 Twixt resignation and content. Oft in my mind such thoughts awake, By lone St. Mary's silent lake ; Thou know't 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 ;...  Annual Register - Pagina 171geredigeerd door - 1820Volledige weergave - Over dit boek
 | Robert Blakey - 1854 - 222 pagina’s
...trout, is graphically described by Sir Walter Scott, in his " Marmion." "Lone St. Mary's silent lake. Nor fen nor sedge . Pollute the pure lake's crystal...mountains sink At once upon the level brink ; And just £ trace of silver sand Marks where the waters meet the land, .For in the mirror bright and blue Each... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1854 - 322 pagina’s
...resignation and content. Oft in my mind such thoughts awake, By lone St. Mary's silent lake; Thou know'st it well, — nor fen, nor sedge, Pollute the pure...mountains sink •• ' • At once upon the level brink ; ; -*" f-And just a trace of silver sarrd -':. , Marks where the water meets the land. -, (.'i'Far... | |
 | sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1855 - 590 pagina’s
...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...outline you may view ; Shaggy with heath, but lonely pare, Nor tree, nor bush, nor brake, is there, Save where, of land, yon slender line Bears thwart the... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1855 - 914 pagina’s
...resignation and content. Oft in my mind such thoughts awake, By lone St Mary's silent lake ;7 Thou know'st it well, — nor fen, nor sedge, Pollute the pure...the land. Far in the mirror, bright and blue, Each lull's huge outline you may view ;* Shaggy with heath, but lonely bare, Nor tree, nor bush, nor brake,... | |
 | sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1855 - 418 pagina’s
...hirth-place of Mary Scott, daughter of Philip Scott of Dryhope, and Thou know'st it well, — nor leu, nor sedge, Pollute the pure lake's crystal edge ;...trace of silver sand Marks where the water meets the laud. Far in the mirror, bright and blue, Each hill's huge outline you may view ; Shaggy with heath,... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1855 - 424 pagina’s
...Abrupt and sheer, the mountaius sink At onee upon the level brink; And just a traee of silver sand Murks where the water meets the land. Far in the mirror, bright and blue. Eaeh hill's huge outline YOU may view; JJ Shaggy with heath, but lonely bare, Nor tree, nor bush, nor... | |
 | Adam and Charles Black (Firm) - 1856 - 826 pagina’s
...the tourist's expectations too high. Bv lone St. Mary's silent lake; Thou know'st it well,—norfen nor sedge Pollute the pure lake's crystal edge; Abrupt...sheer, the mountains sink At once upon the level brink ; Anil just a trace of silver sand Marks where the water meets the land. Far in the mirror, bright... | |
 | Adam and Charles Black (Firm) - 1856 - 166 pagina’s
...the other, springing from the lake's margin almost at one bound, shut in this terrestrial paradise. " Abrupt and sheer the mountains sink At once upon the level brink." Leaving Pooley Bridge by the high road, Waterfoot is passed on the right about » mile from the bridge,... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1857 - 428 pagina’s
...daughter of Philip Scott of Dryhope, and famous by the traditional name of the VOL. ii. 6 Thou know'st it well, — nor fen, nor sedge, Pollute the pure...bright and blue, Each hill's huge outline you may view ;a Shaggy with heath, but lonely bare, Nor tree, nor bush, nor brake, is there, Save where, of land,... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1857 - 420 pagina’s
...Wordsworth's lines:— " The swan on sweet St. Mary's lake Floats double, swan and shadow." Thou know'st it well, — nor fen, nor sedge, Pollute the pure...the level brink ; And just a trace of silver sand l Marks where the water meets the land. Far in the mirror, bright and blue, Each hill's huge outline... | |
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