 Twixt 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 lake's crystal edge ; Abrupt and sheer, the mountains sink At once upon the level brink ;...  The Lands of Scott - Page 287by James Frothingham Hunnewell - 1871 - 508 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Walter Scott - 1808 - 526 pages
...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. * Far in the mirror,...of land, yon slender line Bears thwart the lake the scattered pine. Yet even this nakedness has power, And aids the feeling of the hour : Nor thicket,... | |
 | sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1810 - 532 pages
...once upon the level brink ; And just a trace of silver sand Marks where the water meets the land. Par in the mirror, bright and blue, Each hill's huge outline...of land, yon slender line Bears thwart the lake the scattered pine. E2 Yet even this nakedness has power, And aids the feeling of the hour : Nor thicket,... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1810 - 960 pages
...and sheer, the mountains link At once upon the level brink ; And just a trace of silver sand Marks where the water meets the land. Far in the mirror,...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... | |
 | 1810 - 928 pages
...and sheer, the mountains sink At once upon the level brink ; And just a trace of silver sand ¿larks where the water meets the land. Far in the mirror,...view ; Shaggy with heath; but lonely bare, Nor tree, iior bush, nor brake is there, i Save where, of land, yon slender Hoe Bears thwart the lake the scattered... | |
 | 1810 - 430 pages
...brink ; And just a trace of silver sand Marks where the water meets the land. Far in the mirror, b.ight and blue, Each hill's huge outline you may view; Shaggy...Nor tree, nor bush, nor brake is there, Save where, cf land, yon slender line Bears thwart the lake the scattend pine. Yet even this nakedness has power,... | |
 | Sir Walter Scott - 1813 - 536 pages
...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. Far in the mirror,...of land, yon slender line Bears thwart the lake the scattered pine. Yet even this nakedness has power, And aids the feeling of the hour : Nor thicket,... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1818 - 372 pages
...hill's huge outline yon may view, Shaggy with heath, hut lonely hare, Nor tree, nor hush, nor hrake is there, Save where, of land, yon slender line Bears thwart the lake the scattered pint-. Vet e'en this nakedness has power, And aids the feeling of the hour; Nor thicket,... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1820 - 958 pages
...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. Far in the mirror,...of land, yon slender line Bears thwart the lake the scattered pine. Yet even this nakedness has power, And aids the feeling of the hour : Nor thicket,... | |
 | sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1821 - 596 pages
...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. Far in the mirror,...this nakedness has power. And aids the feeling of die boor: Nor thicket, dell, nor copse you spy, Where Bring thing conceaTd might fie ; Nor point, retiring,... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1823 - 332 pages
...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. Far in the mirror,...slender line Bears thwart the lake the scatter'd pine. VOL. II. E 3 Yet even this nakedness has power, And aids the feeling of the hour : Nor thicket, dell,... | |
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