 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
 | Thomas Morrison (LL.D.) - 1884 - 218 pages
...show Some touch of Nature's genial glow ; 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." In the olden times, before the Highlanders became civilised, many barbarous and cruel deeds were done... | |
 | Thomas Humphry Ward - 1884 - 654 pages
...And heath-bells bud in deep Glencroe, And copse on Cruchan-Ben ; But here,— above, around, below, 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 Conroy (bp. of Ardagh.) - 1884 - 498 pages
...originally upheaved the island itself. • " But here, above, around, below, On mountain or in glen, No tree, nor shrub, nor plant, nor flower, Nor aught of vegetative power, The weary eye may ken ; For all is rocks at random thrown, Bleak waves, bare crags, and banks of stone." The ground was covered... | |
 | Stephen Albert Swaine - 1885 - 156 pages
...bud in deep Glencoe, 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." According to Turner the poet must have availed himself of a poet's licence here, for he declared that... | |
 | Stephen Albert Swaine - 1885 - 144 pages
...bud in deep Glencoe, 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." According to Turner the poet must have availed himself of a poet's licence here, for he declared thai... | |
 | 1885 - 668 pages
...deep Glencroe, And copse on Cruchan-l!en; 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... | |
 | Thomas Young Crowell - 1885 - 702 pages
...on Cruchan-Ben; But here, , — above, around, below, On mountain or in glen. Nor tree, nor shruh, 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... | |
 | sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1886 - 372 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... | |
 | Walter Scott, William Sharp - 1886 - 368 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... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1888 - 682 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... | |
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