 But here, — above, around, below, On mountain or in glen, Nor tree, nor shrub, nor plant, nor flower, Nor aught of vegetative power, The weary eye may ken.  Western Skies: A Narrative of American Travel in 1868 - Page 7by John H. Bell - 1870 - 379 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Sir Walter Scott - 1841 - 410 pages
...deep Glencroe, And copse on Cruchan-Ben; But here, — above, around, below, On mountain or in glen Nor tree, nor shrub, nor plant, nor flower, Nor aught of vegetative power, The weary eye may ken. For all is rocks at random thrown, Black waves, bare crags, and banks of stone, As if were here denied... | |
 | George Anderson (of Inverness.), Peter Anderson - 1842 - 750 pages
...deep Glencroe, And copse on Cruchan-Ben ; But here, — above, around, below, On mountain or in glen, Nor tree, nor shrub, nor plant, nor flower, Nor aught of vegetative power, The weary eye may ken. For all is rock at random thrown ; Black waves, bare rocks, and banks of stone. As if were here denied,... | |
 | 1845 - 1048 pages
...deep Glencroe, And copse on Cruachan-Iien ; But here, above, around, below, On mountain or in glen, Nor tree — nor shrub — nor plant — nor flower,...Nor aught of vegetative power The weary eye may ken, For all is rocks at random thrown. Black waves— bare crags — and banks of stone, As if were here... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1845 - 414 pages
...deep Glencroe, And copse on Cruchan-Ben ; But here, — above, around, below, On mountain or in glen Nor tree, nor shrub, nor plant, nor flower, Nor aught of vegetative power, The weary eye may ken. For all is rocks at random thrown, Black waves, bare crags, and banks of stone, As if were here denied... | |
 | John Gibson Lockhart - 1845 - 836 pages
...Crueh:in-B«i¡ But here— above, around, below. On mountain or in glen, Nor true, nor shrub, nur plant, nor flower. Nor aught of vegetative power, The weary eye may ktn ; For all is rock« at random thrown. Black waves, bar'j enup*, and Ixmks of stone, As it were... | |
 | Chambers W. and R., ltd - 1850 - 782 pages
...description, will not recall the lines — ' But here — above, around, below, On mountain or in glen, Nor tree, nor shrub, nor plant, nor flower, Nor aught of vegetative power, The weary eye may ken. For all is rocks at random thrown, Black waves, bare crags, and banks of stone, As if were here denied... | |
 | Herbert Byng Hall - 1850 - 294 pages
...scenes of wildness, where the hand of maii intrudeth not, as you wander— " On mountain or in glen, Nor tree, nor shrub, nor plant, nor flower, Nor aught of vegetative power, The weary eye may ken." Previous to leaving Skye, we may add, that there are abundant small lakes, formed from the arms of... | |
 | Elzéar Blaze, Herbert Byng Hall - 1850 - 502 pages
...scenes of wildness, where the hand of man intrudeth not, as you wander — " On mountain or in glen, Nor tree, nor shrub, nor plant, nor flower, Nor aught of vegetative power, The weary eye may ken." Previous to leaving Skye, we may add, that there are abundant small lakes, formed from the arms of... | |
 | 1850 - 1000 pages
...deep Glencroe, And copse on Cruachan Ben ; But here, above, around, below, In mountain or in glen, Nor tree, nor shrub, nor plant, nor flower, Nor aught of vegetative power The weary eye may ken. For all is rocks at random strewn, Black waves, bare crags, and banks of stone, As if were here denied... | |
 | John Wilson - 1850 - 378 pages
...deep Glencroe, And Copse on Cruachan Ben ; But here, above, around, below, In mountain or in glen, Nor tree, nor shrub, nor plant, nor flower, Nor aught of vegetative power The weary eye may ken. For all is rocks at random strewn, Black waves, bare crags, and banks of stone, As if were here denied... | |
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