 Gray 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 high, His boughs athwart the narrowed sky.  Sketch-book of Popular Geology - Page 228by Hugh Miller - 1872 - 356 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Walter Scott - Arthurian legend - 1810 - 454 pages
...ash and warrior oak Cast anchor in the rifted rock ; And higher yet, the pine-tree hung His shatter'd trunk, and frequent flung, Where seemed the cliffs to meet on high, His boughs athwart the narrowed sky. Highest of all, where white peaks glanced, Where glistening streamers waved and danced,... | |
 | sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1810 - 468 pages
...ash and warrior oak Cast anchor in the rifted rock ; And higher yet the pine-tree hung His shatter'd trunk, and frequent flung, Where seemed the cliffs to meet on high, His boughs athwart the narrowed sky. Highest of all, where white peaks glanced, Where glistening streamers waved and danced,... | |
 | Robert Chapman (of Glasgow.) - 1812 - 322 pages
...ash and warrior oak Cast anchor in the rifted rock; And higher yet, the pine-tree hung His shatter'd trunk, and frequent flung, Where seemed the cliffs to meet on high. His boughs athwart the narrowed sky. Highest of all, where white peaks glanced, Where glistening streamers waved and danctd,... | |
 | Sir Walter Scott - 1818 - 410 pages
...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 narrowed sky. Highest of all, where white peaks glanced, Where glistening streamers... | |
 | James Duncan - Roads - 1820 - 250 pages
...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...the cliffs to meet on high, His boughs athwart the narrowed sky. Highest of all, where white peaks glanced, Where glistening streamers waved and danced,... | |
 | Charles Burton - 1823 - 234 pages
...ash and warrior oak Cast anchor in the rifted rock ; And higher yet the pine-tree hung His shatter'd trunk, and frequent flung, Where seemed the cliffs to meet on high, His boughs athwart the narrowed sky. Highest of all, where white peaks glanced, Where glistening streamers waved and danced,... | |
 | Ebenezer Rhodes - 1824 - 422 pages
...; " 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 high, " Hii bowi athwart the narrowed sky." SECTION II. Observations on the river Wye. — Blackwell Mill.... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1826 - 294 pages
...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 Iiigh, His boughs athwart the narrowed sky. Highest of all, where white peaks glanced, Where glistening... | |
 | George Barrell Cheever - American poetry - 1830 - 516 pages
...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 bows athwart the narrowed sky. Highest of all, where white peaks glanced, Where glistening streamers... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1834 - 280 pages
...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...the cliffs to meet on high, His boughs athwart the narrowed sky. Highest of all, where white peaks glanced. Where glistening streamers waved and danced.... | |
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