 | James Mitchell - 1825 - 798 páginas
...happ'd to roam." No marvel thus the monarch apake ; For rarely human eye has known A scene so «tern as that dread lake, With its dark ledge of barren...primeval earthquake's sway Hath rent a strange and shatter M way Through the rude bosom of the hill. And that each naked precipice, Sable ravine, and... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1827 - 678 páginas
...sublime in barrenness, Ne'er did ray waudering footsteps press. Where'er Ibapp'd to roam.» — XIV/ No marvel thus the monarch spake; For rarely human...primeval earthquake's sway Hath rent a strange and shatter'd wav Through the rude bosom of the hill, And that each naked precipice, Sable ravine, and... | |
 | Mrs. Marcet (Jane Haldimand) - 1830 - 350 páginas
...nothing but barren, naked crags, though of sublime grandeur. Indeed, our favourite Scott says, truly— For rarely human eye has known A scene so stern as...that dread lake, With its dark ledge of barren stone. The wildest glen, but this, can show Some touch of Nature's genial glow. But here—above, around,... | |
 | 1866 - 728 páginas
...grandeur, and reminding the visitor of Walter Scott's lines, — "-Rarely human eye has known A scene eo stern as that dread lake, With its dark ledge of barren stone, That sees grim Coolin rise, and hears Corrisken roar." The term barren is well applied, for here vegetation... | |
 | John Gibson Lockhart - 1837 - 428 páginas
...miles up the loch at the laird's house. It was now late, and to stay until a messenger had gone and * ' Rarely human eye has known A scene so stern as that dread lake, With its dark ledge of barren stoue. Seems that primeval earthquake's sway Hath rent a strange and shatter'd way Tbrough the rude... | |
 | John Gibson Lockhart - 1837 - 608 páginas
...one or two spots of islets in the loch which seem to bear juniper, or some such low bushy shrub. * ' Rarely human eye has known A scene so stern as that dread lake, " Returned from our extraordinary walk, and went on board. During dinner, onr vessel quitted Loch Scavig,... | |
 | Walter Scott, J. W. Lake - 1838 - 496 páginas
...sublime in barrenness, Ne'er did my wandering footstep« ргея, Where'er I happed to roam." — XIV. No marvel thus the monarch spake; For rarely human...earthquake's sway Hath rent a strange and shattered wayThrough the rude bosom of the hill, And that eaeh naked precipice, Sable ravine, anil dark abyss,... | |
 | John Gibson Lockhart - 1839 - 432 páginas
...kind; the eye rested on nothing but brown and naked crags,* and the rocks on which we walked by * ' Rarely human eye has known A scene so stern as that...primeval earthquake's sway Hath rent a strange and shatter'd way Through the rude bosom of the hill ; And that each naked precipice, Sahle ravine and... | |
 | John Gibson Lockhart - 1839 - 450 páginas
...and naked crags,* and the rocks on which we walked by * * Rarely human eye has known A scene so stem as that dread lake, With its dark ledge of barren...primeval earthquake's sway Hath rent a strange and shatter'd way Through the rude bosom of the hill ; And that each naked precipice, Sable ravine and... | |
 | sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1840 - 286 páginas
...so suhlime in harrenness, Ne'er did my wandering footsteps press. Where'er I happ'd to roam." XIV. No marvel thus the Monarch spake ; For rarely human...A scene so stern as that dread lake, With its dark ledge1 of harren stone. Seems that primeval earthquake's sway Hath rent a strange and shatter'd way... | |
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Hath rent a strange and shatter'd way Through the rude bosom of the hill, And that each naked precipice, Sable ravine, and dark abyss, Tells of the outrage still. The wildest glen, but this, can show Some touch of Nature's genial glow ; On high... 
