With boughs that quaked at every breath, Grey birch and aspen wept beneath ; Aloft, the ash and warrior oak Cast anchor in the rifted rock ; And, higher yet, the pine-tree hung His shattered trunk, and frequent flung, Where seemed the cliffs to meet on... A Week at Bridge of Allan ... - Page 325by Charles Rogers - 1853 - 380 pagesFull view - About this book
| 1810 - 702 pages
...or flower, the mountain's child; Here eglantine embalmed the air, Hawthorn and hazel mingled there; Aloft, the ash and warrior oak Cast anchor in the rifted rock; And higber yet the pine tree hung His scattered trunk and frequent flung Where seemed the cliits to meet... | |
| Margaret Oswald - 1811 - 76 pages
...growing side-ways, and downwards, and obliquely, and in every direction. « With boughs that quak'd at every breath,, «« Grey birch and aspen wept beneath,...Aloft the ash and warrior oak, «» Cast anchor in the nfted rock, « So wondrous wild the whole might seem, «« The scenery of a fairy dream,'* The towering... | |
| 1811 - 872 pages
...and pride, Grouped tlicir dark huts with eve/; stain, The weather-beaten crags retain ; With buuglis that quaked at every breath, Grey birch and aspen wept beneath ; Aloft, the ash and warrior oak Cet anchor in the rifted rock; • And, higher yet, the pine tree hung His scattered trunk, and frequent... | |
| Elizabeth Isabella Spence - 1811 - 268 pages
...Emblems of punishment and pride— Grouped their dark hues with every staiu, The weather-beaten craggs retain, With boughs that quaked at every breath, Grey birch and aspen weep beneath : Aloft the ash and warrior oak Cast anchor on the refted rock ; And higher yet the pine... | |
| Stirling town - 1812 - 328 pages
...sideways, downwards, obliquely, and in every direction. *• With boughs that quaked at every breath* Gray birch and aspen wept beneath ; Aloft, the ash and warrior oak Cast anchor in the rifted rock. ~So wondrous wild, the whole might seem The scenery of a fairy dream." TttE towering Binean rears his... | |
| Robert Chapman (of Glasgow.) - 1812 - 322 pages
...Fox-glove and night-shade, side by side, Emblems of punishment and pride, Grouped their dark hues with every stain, The weather-beaten crags retain; With boughs that quaked at every breath, Gray birch and aspen wept beneath ; Aloft, the ash and warrior oak Cast anchor in the rifted rock;... | |
| Sir Walter Scott - 1818 - 410 pages
...weather-heaten crags retain ; With houghs that quaked at every hreath, Gray hirch and aspen vffcpt heneath ; Aloft, the ash and warrior oak Cast anchor in the...rifted rock; And, higher yet, the pine-tree hung His scattered trunk, and frequent flung, Where seemed the cliffs to meet on high, His hows athwart the... | |
| James Duncan - 1820 - 250 pages
...sighs. With boughs that qnaked at every breath, Grey hirch and aspen wept beneath ; Aloft, the ash, the warrior oak .Cast anchor in the rifted rock ; And higher yet the pine tree hung His shattered trunk, and frequent flung, Where seemed the cliffs to meet on high, His... | |
| Ebenezer Rhodes - 1824 - 422 pages
...Fox-glove and night-shade side by side, " Emblems of punishment and pride, " Grouped their dark hues with every stain " The weather-beaten crags retain. " With...rifted rock, " And higher yet the pine-tree hung. " His shattered trunk, and frequent flung, " Where seemed the cliffs to meet on high, " Hii bowi athwart... | |
| Ebenezer Rhodes - 1824 - 420 pages
...punishment and pride, " The weather-beaten crags retain. " Grouped their dark hues with every stain " With boughs that quaked at every breath, " Grey birch...rifted rock, " And higher yet the pine-tree hung " His shattered trunk, and frequent flung, " His bows athwart the narrowed sky." " Where seemed the cliff's... | |
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