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" 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 325
by Charles Rogers - 1853 - 380 pages
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The Port Folio, Volume 4

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...
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A Sketch of the Most Remarkable Scenery, Near Callander of Monteath ...

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...
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The Christian Observer, Volume 9

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...
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Sketches of the Present Manners, Customs, and Scenery of Scotland ..., Volume 1

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...
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The history of Stirling. To which is added, a sketch of a tour to Callander ...

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...
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The picture of Glasgow; or, Strangers' guide [by R. Chapman].

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;...
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The Poetical Works of Walter Scott, Esq, Volume 4

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...
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Duncan's Itinerary of Scotland: With the Principal Roads to London, Copious ...

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...
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Peak scenery; or, Excursions in Derbyshire

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...
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Peak Scenery ; Or, The Derbyshire Tourist

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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