 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; And just a trace of silver sand Marks where the water meets the land.  The Lands of Scott - Page 285by James Frothingham Hunnewell - 1871 - 508 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Edmund Burke - 1810 - 960 pages
...— nor fen, norscdgs, Pollute the pure lake's crystal edge ; Abrupt and sheer, the mountains link At once upon the level brink ; And just a trace of...Shaggy with heath, but lonely bare, Nor tree, nor busbj nor brake is there, Sare where, of land, yon slender line Bears thwart the lake the scattered... | |
 | sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1810 - 532 pages
...such thoughts awake, By lone St. Mary's silent lake ; Thou know'st it well, — nor fen, nor sedge, Pollute the pure lake's crystal edge ; Abrupt and...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... | |
 | 1810 - 928 pages
...lone St. Mary's silent ¡ake ; Thou know'st it well, — nor fen, norseJge, Pollute the pure Kike'- crystal edge; Abrupt and sheer, the mountains sink...the level brink ; And just a trace of silver sand ¿larks where the water meets the land. Far in the mirror, bright and blue, Each hill's huge outline... | |
 | 1810 - 430 pages
...mind tuch thoughts awake, By lone St Mary'i silent lake ; Thou knowst it well, — nor fen, nor sedge, Pollute the pure lake's crystal edge ; Abrupt and...where the water meets the land. Far in the mirror, b.ight and blue, Each hill's huge outline you may view; Shaggy with heath, but lonely bare, Nor tree,... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1818 - 372 pages
...the pure lake's crystal edge ; Ahrupt and sheer, the mountains sink At once upon the level hrink ; And just a trace of silver sand Marks where the water meets the land, Far in the mirror, hright and hlue, Each hill's huge outline yon may view, Shaggy with heath, hut lonely hare, Nor tree,... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1831 - 582 pages
...sm-li thoughts awake Ir lone Si Mary's silent Like; (3) Thou kno»'$t it well, — nor fen, nor sedge, Pollute the pure lake's crystal edge; Abrupt and sheer...mountains sink At once upon the level brink; And just al race* of silver siind Marks where the water meets the land. Fu in the mirror, bright and blue, E»rh... | |
 | 1848 - 700 pages
...second canto of Sir Walter Scott's " Marmion." •• Lone St. Mary's silent lake. Nor fen nor sedge Pollute the pure lake's crystal edge. Abrupt and sheer...; And just a trace of silver sand Marks where the waters meet the land. For in the mirror bright and blue Each hill's huge outline you may view, Shaggy... | |
 | William Bilton - 1834 - 340 pages
...picturesque grandeur, is equal to almost any part of any Irish or British lake. " Nor fen, nor sedge, Pollute the pure Lake's crystal edge; Abrupt and sheer...the mountains sink, At once, upon the level brink." The rocky shores that engirdle these dark waters are frequently well-timbered, especially the beautiful... | |
 | 1837 - 236 pages
...Scott's description of it in Munition is very characteristic of the scenery: — " Nor fen, nor sedge, Pollute the pure lake's crystal edge ; Abrupt and...nor bush, nor brake is there, Save where of land, von slender line, Bears thwart the lake the scatter'd pine. Your horse's hoof-tread sounds too rude,... | |
 | Walter Scott, J. W. Lake - 1838 - 496 pages
...such thoughts awake, by lone St. Mary's silent lake:3 Thou know'st it well, — nor fen, nor sedge, Pollute the pure lake's crystal edge; Abrupt and sheer,...the water meets the land. Far in the mirror, bright und blue, Each hill's huge outline you may view; Shaggy with heath, but lonely bare, Nor tree, nor... | |
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