...Mary's lake Floats double — swan and shadow." It was the lake that moved the muse of Scott : — " Abrupt and sheer, the mountains sink At once upon...silver sand Marks where the water meets the land." The poet, while he lived, must have often looked from that very spot over the grand view, thence obtained,...

...resignation and content. Oft in my mind such thoughts awake, By lone St Mary's silent hike ; Thou know'st it well, — nor fen, nor sedge, Pollute the pure lake's crystal edge ; • There Is, on a high mountainous ridge above the farm of Ashestlel. a fnsne called Wallace's Trench....

...around him. He is in the midst of mountains—bleak and barren, but mighty in their magnificence. " Abrupt and sheer the mountains sink At once upon the...silver sand Marks where the water meets the land." Their dark shadows are thrown upon the water, so as to give to it a character of gloom, in perfect...

...district. "Nor feu nor sedge Pollutes the pure lake's crystal edge. Abrupt anil sheer the mountains Kink At once upon the level brink ; And just a trace of...silver sand Marks where the water meets the land." Marmiott ST. MARYS CHURCHYARD. A little bryond the inn and mMiiunu'nt is the mansion-house of Rodono...

...tower on one side ; Birk Fell and Place Fell on the other seem almost as if they rose from the lake. " Abrupt and sheer the mountains sink At once upon the level brink." A steamer plies on the lake for the convenience of tourists, and a sail in it affords a good view of...

...his Introduction to the Second Canto of " Mannion : " "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 mountain* sink At once upon the level brink ; And just a trace of silver sand Marks where the water...

...about the same distance from Selkirk. It is remarkable for the simple character of its scenery : — "Abrupt and sheer the mountains sink At once upon the level brink ; And just a trace of silver sand Harks where the water meets the land." Marmim. Proceeding from Beattock through Annandale, we follow...

...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...; And just a trace of silver sand Marks where the woter meets the land. Far in the mirror, bright and blue, Each hill's huge outline you may view ; Shaggy...

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...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...the land. Far in the mirror, bright and blue, Each hilFs huge outline you may view ; Shaggy with heath, but lonely bare, Nor tree, nor bush, nor brake,...