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 shatter'd trunk, and frequent flung, Where seem'd the cliffs to meet on... The Lady of the Lake: A Poem - Page 16by Walter Scott - 1810 - 433 pagesFull view - About this book
| Modern poetical speaker, Fanny Bury PALLISER - 1845 - 540 pages
...balconies, used by the Mahomedans for the purpose of calling the people to prayers. With boughs that quak'd at every breath, Grey birch and aspen wept beneath...hung His shatter'd trunk, and frequent flung, Where seem'd the cliffs to meet on high, His boughs athwart the narrow'd sky. Highest of all, where white... | |
| William Coombs Dana - Europe - 1845 - 408 pages
...hazel mingled there ; The primrose pale, and violet Sower, Found in each cliff a narrow bower.'' " Aloft the ash and warrior oak, Cast anchor in the rifted rock, And higher yet the pine tree hung Its shattered trunk, and frequent flung, Where seemed the cliffs to meet on high, Its... | |
| 1846 - 486 pages
...night-shade, side by side, Emblems of punishment and pride, Group'd their dark hues with every stain The weather-beaten crags retain. With boughs that...rifted rock ; And, higher yet, the pine-tree hung Its shatter'd trunk, and frequent flung, Where seem'd the cliffs to meet on high, Its boughs across... | |
| William Chambers, Robert Chambers - Tracts - 1846 - 282 pages
...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...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... | |
| Robert Turnbull - Scotland - 1847 - 396 pages
...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...Cast anchor in the rifted rock ; And higher yet the pine tree hung His shattered trunk, and frequent flung When seemed the cliffs to mount on high, His... | |
| sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1848 - 276 pages
...night-shade, side by side, Emblems of punishment and pride, Group'd their dark hues with every stain The weather-beaten crags retain. With boughs that...hung His shatter'd trunk, and frequent flung, Where seem'd the cliffs to meet on high, His boughs athwart the narrow'd sky. Highest of all, where white-peaks... | |
| Walter Scott - 1848 - 754 pages
...night-shade, side by side, Emblems of punishment and pride, Group'd their dark hues with every stain The weather-beaten crags retain. With boughs that...Cast anchor in the rifted rock ; And, higher yet, the pine- tree hung His shatter'd trunk, and frequent flung, Where seem'd the cliffs to meet on high, His... | |
| George Newenham Wright - 1849 - 248 pages
...master-mind arose capable of bringing the design to its proper consummation. PONT D'ESPAGN E,-PYRENEE S. " And higher yet, the pine-tree hung His shatter'd trunk, and frequent flung, Where seem'd the cliffs to meet on high, His boughs athwart the narrow'd sky." SCOTT. WERE picturesque beauty... | |
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