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
| Walter Scott - 1884 - 630 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...the land. Far in the mirror, bright and blue, Each hill:s huge outline you may view ; Shaggy with heath, but lonely bare, Nor tree, nor bush, nor brake,... | |
| Walter Scott - 1884 - 582 pagina’s
...it well,—nor fen, nor Pollute the pure lake's crystal edge; Abrupt and sheer, the mountains sedge. sink At once upon the level brink; And just a trace...mirror, bright and blue, Each hill's huge outline yon may view; Shaggy with heath, but lonely bare, Nor tree, nor bush, nor brake is there, Save where,... | |
| James John Hissey - 1884 - 402 pagina’s
...that stern mountain descend almost directly (some 2,000 feet or more) to the still margin of the lake. Abrupt and sheer the mountains sink At once upon the level brink. These mighty cliffs and towering crags of crystalline rock give a solemn and terrific grandeur to the... | |
| Francis Hindes Groome - 1885 - 470 pagina’s
...of the scenery : — ' Oft in my mind euch thoughts awake By lone St Mary's «lent lake. Thou knoWst it well,— nor fen, nor sedge, Pollute the pure lake's...the level brink ; And just a trace of silver sand Harks where the water meets the land. Far in the mirror, bright and blue, Each hill's huge outline... | |
| Walter Scott - 1885 - 352 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 lake's...crystal edge ; Abrupt and sheer, the mountains sink 150 At once upon the level brink, And just a trace of silver sand Marks where the water meets the land.... | |
| Walter Scott - 1887 - 676 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 lake's...meets the land. Far in the mirror, bright and blue, buh hill's huge outline you may view : Shaggy with heath, but lonely bare, Nor tree, nor bush, nor... | |
| 1887 - 896 pagina’s
...St. Mary's silent lake," are here still more appropriate : — Nor fen nor sedge Pollutes the clear lake's crystal edge; Abrupt and sheer, the mountains...sink At once upon the level brink; And just a trace oí silver sand Marks where the water meets the land. Just a trace, as at that tapering point — evidently... | |
| Walter Scott - 1889 - 336 pagina’s
...nor fen, nor sedge, Pollute the pure lake's crystal edge ; Abrupt and sheer, the mountains sink 150 At once upon the level brink ; And just a trace of...bright and blue, Each hill's huge outline you may view; 155 Shaggy with heath, but lonely bare, Nor tree, nor bush, nor brake, is there, Save where, of land,... | |
| Walter Scott - 1891 - 328 pagina’s
...such thoughts awake By lone Saint Mary's l silent lake : Thou know'st it well, — nor fen nor sedge2 Pollute the pure lake's crystal edge ; Abrupt and sheer, the mountains sink 150 At once upon the level brink, And just a trace of silver sand Marks where the water meets the land.... | |
| 1892 - 860 pagina’s
...pleasure in this pain. 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...Each hill's huge outline you may view; Shaggy with health, but lonely bare, Nor tree, nor bush, nor brake, is there, Save where, of land, yon slender... | |
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