 Twixt resignation and content. Oft in my mind such thoughts awake By lone Saint 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,...  Black's Picturesque Tourist of Scotland - Page 569by Adam and Charles Black (Firm) - 1856 - 659 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Walter Scott - 1808 - 526 pages
...pure lake's crystal edge ; Abrupt and sheer, the mountains sink At once upon the level brink ; And just a trace of silver sand Marks where the water...slender line Bears thwart the lake the scattered pine. Yet even this nakedness has power, And aids the feeling of the hour : Nor thicket, dell, nor copse... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1810 - 960 pages
...pure lake's crystal edge ; Abrupt and sheer, the mountains link At once upon the level brink ; And just a trace of silver sand Marks where the water...Shaggy with heath, but lonely bare, Nor tree, nor busbj nor brake is there, Sare where, of land, yon slender line Bears thwart the lake the scattered... | |
 | 1810 - 928 pages
...and sheer, the mountains sink At once upon the level brink ; And just a trace of silver sand ¿larks where the water meets the land. Far in the mirror,...view ; Shaggy with heath; but lonely bare, Nor tree, iior bush, nor brake is there, i Save where, of land, yon slender Hoe Bears thwart the lake the scattered... | |
 | sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1810 - 532 pages
...pure lake's crystal edge ; 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. Par in the mirror, bright and blue, Each hill's huge outline you may view ; Shaggy with heath, but... | |
 | 1810 - 430 pages
...pure lake's crystal edge ; 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, b.ight and blue, Each hill's huge outline you may view; Shaggy with heath, but lonely bare, Nor tree,... | |
 | Sir Walter Scott - 1813 - 536 pages
...pure lake's crystal edge ; Abrupt and sheer, the mountains sink At once upon the level brink ; And just a trace of silver sand Marks where the water...slender line Bears thwart the lake the scattered pine. Yet even this nakedness has power, And aids the feeling of the hour : Nor thicket, dell, nor copse... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1818 - 372 pages
...pure lake's crystal edge ; Ahrupt and sheer, the mountains sink At once upon the level hrink ; And just a trace of silver sand Marks where the water meets the land, Far in the mirror, hright and hlue, Each hill's huge outline yon may view, Shaggy with heath, hut lonely hare, Nor tree,... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1820 - 958 pages
...pure lake's crystal edge ; Abrupt and sheer, the mountains sink At once upon the level brink ; And just a trace of silver sand Marks where the water...slender line Bears thwart the lake the scattered pine. Yet even this nakedness has power, And aids the feeling of the hour : Nor thicket, dell, nor copse... | |
 | sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1820 - 256 pages
...pure lake's crystal edge ; Abrupt, and sheer, the mountains sink At once upon the level brink ; And just a trace of silver sand Marks where the water...of land, yon slender line Bears thwart the lake the scatter'd pine. Yet even this nakedness has power, And aids the feeling of the hour : Nor thicket,... | |
 | sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1821 - 596 pages
...the pure lake's crystal edge; Abrupt and sheer, the mountains sink At once upon the level brink; And just a trace of silver sand Marks where the water...of land, yon slender line Bears thwart the lake the scatter'd pine. Yet even this nakedness has power. And aids the feeling of die boor: Nor thicket, dell,... | |
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