 | James Hogg - 1821 - 352 pages
...sea to sea, lay spread around them as on a map, or rather like one-half of a terrestrial globe, — Where oceans rolled and rivers ran, To bound the aims of sinful man. Man never looked on scene so fair As Scotland from the ambient ait ; O'er valleys clouds of vapour... | |
 | James Hogg - 1822 - 402 pages
...firmament he flew, Still less and less the island grew ; At length, as on a map unfurled, He looked on half the glowing world, Where oceans rolled and rivers ran, To bound the aims of sinful man. Russ looked above, he looked below, But one from the other could not know ; Knew neither east, west,... | |
 | James Hogg - Scotland - 1837 - 390 pages
...sea to sea, lay spread around them as on a map, or rather like one half of a terrestrial globe, — Where oceans rolled and rivers ran, To bound the aims of sinful man. Man never looked on scene so fair As Scotland from the ambient air ; O'er valleys clouds of vapour... | |
 | James Hogg - 1839 - 374 pages
...firmament he flew. Still less and less the island grew ; At length, as on a map unfurled, He looked on half the glowing world, Where oceans rolled and rivers ran. To bound the aims of sinful man. Russ looked above, he looked below, But one from the other could not know ; Knew neither east, west,... | |
 | William Chambers, Robert Chambers - Art - 1846 - 934 pages
...growled at the carle, and he gecked at heaven -r But his merk was set, and his erilis given. Kilmeny a while her een withdrew — She looked again, and the scene was new. She saw around her, fair unfurled, One-half of all the glowing world, Where oceans rowed, and rivers ran, To... | |
 | James Hogg - Scottish poetry - 1860 - 392 pages
...He gowled at the carle, and he gecked at Heaven, But his mark was set, and his arles given. Kilmeny a while her een withdrew ; She looked again, and the...rolled, and rivers ran, To bound the aims of sinful man. 4 She saw a people, fierce and fell, Burst frae their bouhds like fiends of hell ; There lilies grew,... | |
 | James Hogg, Thomas Thomson - 1866 - 592 pages
...was set, and his arles given. Kilmeny a while her een withdrew ; She looked again, and the seene waii new. She saw below her fair unfurled One half of all the glowing world. Where oeeans rolled, and rivers ran, To bound the aims of sinful man. She saw a people, fieree and fell,... | |
 | Daniel Scrymgeour - 1870 - 644 pages
...the carle, and he gecked at heaven, But his mark was set, and his arles given. Kilmeny awhile her cen withdrew ; She looked again, and the scene was new....rolled, and rivers ran, To bound the aims of sinful man. 1 Scotland, the Lion being her heraldic symbol. * Leifu\ discreet; litfu , lonely. — Jamieson. The... | |
 | Casket - 1873 - 912 pages
...while her eeu withdrew ; ^lie looked again, and the rsceue was new. She *aw below her fair unfurled "ne ced me to begin my talo ; And then it left me free. Since then, at Го bound the aime of HID fill man. She taw a people, fierce and fell. Bunt frae their bound« like... | |
 | James Grant Wilson - English poetry - 1875 - 622 pages
...gowlcd at the carle, and he gecked at heaven, But hia mark was set and his urlcs given. Kilmeny awhile her een withdrew; She looked again, and the scene...her fair unfurled One half of all the glowing world, Whore oceans rolled and rivers ran, To bound the aims of sinful man. ' She saw a people, fierce and... | |
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One half of all the glowing world, Where oceans rolled, and rivers ran, To bound the aims of sinful man. She saw a people, fierce and fell, Burst frae their bounds like fiends of hell ; There lilies grew, and the eagle flew, And she herked on her ravening... 
