 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 - 1874 - 336 pages
...silver sand2 Marks where the water meets the land 1 [See Appendix, Note UI • [MS.—" At once upon the Far in the mirror, bright and blue, Each hill's huge...of land, yon slender line Bears thwart the lake the shatter'd pine. Yet even this nakedness has power And aids the feeling of the hour : Nor thicket, dell,... | |
 | Illustrated reader - 1874 - 408 pages
...mountains sink, At onca upon the level brink ; And just a trace of silver sand Marks where tho wafer meets the land. Far in the mirror, bright and blue,...brake is there, Save where, of land, yon slender line Dears thwart the lake the scattered pine. Yet even this nakedness has power. And aids the feeling of... | |
 | Sir Thomas Dick Lauder - 1874 - 382 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 bright and blue, j Each hill's huge outline you may view ; Shaggy with heath, but lonely bare, Nor tree, nor bush, nor... | |
 | Francis Turner Palgrave - 1875 - 168 pages
...musing, thinking 6 impressed, stamped 8 by troubles of the mind 16 pollute, spoil 17 going straight up Far in the mirror, bright and blue, Each hill's huge...brake, is there, Save where, of land, yon slender line 25 Bears thwart the lake the scatter'd pine. Yet even this nakedness has power, And aids the feeling... | |
 | Rossiter Johnson - 1876 - 828 pages
...and sheer, the mountains sink At once upon the level brink ; And just a trace of silver sand Marks fleecy folds voluminous inwrapp'd. Right in the midst,...of ordinary use, But vast in size, in substance glo e'en this nakedness has power, And aids the feeling of the hour; Nor thicket, dell, nor copse you spy,... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1876 - 292 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,...of land, yon slender line Bears thwart the lake the scattered pine. Yet e'en this nakedness has power, And aids the feeling of the hour; Nor thicket, dell,... | |
 | 1876 - 216 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,...land, yon slender line Bears 'thwart the lake the scattered pine. ST. MAKY'S LAKE. 73 Yet even this nakedness has power, And aids the feeling of the... | |
 | 1876 - 312 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. Yet e'en this nakedness has power, And aids the feeling of the hour; Nor thicket, dell,... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1877 - 688 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,... | |
 | Francis Turner Palgrave - 1877 - 326 pages
...troubles of the m,nd 16 pollute, spoil 17 going straight up Far in the mirror, bright and blue, Each hills huge outline you may view ; Shaggy with heath, but...bare, Nor tree, nor bush, nor brake, is there, Save whefe, of land, yon slender line Bears thwart the lake the scatter'd pine. Yet even this nakedness... | |
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