 | Walter Scott - 1810 - 444 pages
...the scenes it show'd. X. XI. The western waves of ebbing day Rolled o'er the glen their level way; Each purple peak, each flinty spire, Was bathed in floods of living fire. But not a setting beam could glow Within the dark ravines below, Where twined the path, in shadow hid,... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1810 - 454 pages
...were the scenes it show'd. XL The western waves of ebbing day Rolled o'er the glen their level way ; Each purple peak, each flinty spire, Was bathed in floods of living fire. But not a setting beam could glow Within the dark ravines below, Where twined the path, in shadow hid,... | |
 | sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1820 - 282 pages
...were the scenes it show'd. XI. The western waves of ebbing day Roll'd o'er the glen their level way ; Each purple peak, each flinty spire, Was bathed in floods of living fire, But not a setting beam could glow Within the dark ravines below, Where twined the path in shadow hid,... | |
 | James Duncan - 1820 - 250 pages
...or poetically beautiful: — " The western waves of ebhing day Waved o'er the glen their level way ; Each purple peak, each flinty spire, Was bathed in floods of living fire. J?ut not a setting beam could glow, Within the dark ravines below, Where twined the path, in shadow... | |
 | Henry Rowe Schoolcraft - 1821 - 470 pages
...which, at a distance, present the terrible array of dilapidated battlements and desolate towers. " Their rocky summits split and rent, " Form'd turret, dome, or battlement, '•" Or seemed fantastically set " With cupola or minaret, " Wild rrest? as pagod ever decked, " Or mosque... | |
 | Charles Hulbert - 1823 - 374 pages
...promontories, which, at a distance, present the terrible array of dilapidated battlements and desolate towers. "Their rocky summits split and rent, " Form'd turret, dome, or battlement, " Or seemed fantastically set " Withcapola or Hiinaret, "Wild crests as pagod ever decked, " Or mosque of... | |
 | Samuel Phillips Newman - 1829 - 270 pages
...a dazzling deluge reigns." " The western waves of ebbing day Rolled o'er the glen their level way, Each purple peak, each flinty spire, Was bathed in floods of living fire." " Phcebus bade farewell to every leaf and flower. " The aid derived from the figurative use of words... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1831 - 582 pages
...were the scenes it sltow'd. XI. The western waves of ebbing day Uoll'd o'er the glen their level way; Each purple peak, each flinty spire. Was bathed in floods of living fire. Rut not a setting beam could glow Within the dark ravines below, Where twined the path in shadow hid,... | |
 | Thomas Rose (topographical writer.) - 1832 - 232 pages
...Caledonia's much lamented son :" — " The western waves of ebbing day Roll'd o'er the glen their level way ; Each purple peak, each flinty spire, Was bathed in floods of living fire, But not a setting beam could glow Within the dark ravines below, Where twined the path in shadow hid,... | |
 | Thomas Rose - 1832 - 238 pages
...Caledonia's much lamented son :" — " The western waves of ebbing day Roll'd o'er the glen their level way ; Each purple peak, each flinty spire, Was bathed in floods of living fire, But not a setting beam could glow Within the dark ravines below, Where twined the path in shadow hid,... | |
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The western waves of ebbing day Rolled o'er the glen their level way; Each purple peak, each flinty spire, Was bathed in floods of living fire. But not a setting beam could glow Within the dark ravines below, Where twined the path in shadow hid, Round... 
