 When sated with the martial show That peopled all the plain below, The wandering eye could o'er it go, And mark the distant city glow With gloomy splendour red ; For on the smoke-wreaths, huge and slow, That round her sable turrets flow, The morning beams...  The Quarterly Review - Page 3221822Full view - About this book
 | 1808 - 1016 pages
...gloomy splendour red ; For on the smoke wreaths, huge and slow, That on their sable turrets flow, In morning beams were shed, And tinged them with a lustre proud, Like that which streaks a thunder cloud. Such dusky grandeur clothed the height, Where the huge castle holds its state, And all... | |
 | Enos Bronson - 1809 - 494 pages
...go, And mark the distant city glow With gloomy splendour red ; For on the smoke-wreaths, huge arid slow, That round her sable turrets flow, The morning...them with a lustre proud Like that which streaks a thunder cloud Such dusky grandeur clothed the heightj Where the huge castle holds its state, And all... | |
 | 1809 - 914 pages
...distant city glow With gloomy splendour red ; For on the smoke-wreaths, huge and slow, That round lier sable turrets flow, The morning beams were shed, And...them with a lustre proud Like that which streaks a thunder cloud. Such dusky grandeur clothed the height, Where the huge castle holds its state, And all... | |
 | Sir Walter Scott - 1813 - 536 pages
...The wandering eye could o'er it go, And mark the distant city glow With gloomy splendour red ; For on the smoke-wreaths, huge and slow, That round her sable...beams were shed, And tinged them with a lustre proud, Lake that which streaks a thunder-cloud. Such dusky grandeur clothed the height, Where the huge castle... | |
 | 1814 - 1032 pages
...most singular and striking description. " Well might our poet, in viewing such scenes, exclaim : iurh dusky grandeur clothed the height, Where the huge castle holds its state, And ยป11 the steep' slope down. Whose ridgy back heares to fhe sky, TUed deep and mossy, close and high,... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1818 - 372 pages
...red ; For on the smoke-wreaths huge and slow, That round her sahle turrets flow, The morning heams were shed, And tinged them with a lustre proud, Like...its state, And all the steep slope down, Whose ridgy hack heaves to the sky, Piled deep and massy, close and high, Mine own romantic town ! But northward... | |
 | sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1821 - 596 pages
...The wandering eye could o'er it go, And mark the distant city glow With gloomy splendour red ; For on the smoke-wreaths, huge and slow, That round her sable...beams were shed, And tinged them with a lustre proud, Such dusky grandeur clothed the height, Where the huge Castle holds its state, And all the steep slope... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1821 - 530 pages
...The wandering eye could o'er it go, And mark the distant city glow With gloomy splendour red ; For on the smoke-wreaths, huge and slow, That round her sable...beams were shed, And tinged them with a lustre proud, Such dusky grandeur clothed the height, Where the huge Castle holds its state, And all the steep slope... | |
 | 1822 - 1148 pages
...deserve ihc picturesque and glowing verses of the Minstrel of Scotland. ' Still on the spot Lord Mannion stay'd, For fairer scene he ne'er survey "d. When...That round her sable turrets flow, The morning beams wore shed, And tinged them with a lustre proud Like that which streaks a thunder-cloud : Such dusky... | |
 | sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1823 - 314 pages
...The wandering eye could o'er it go, And mark the distant city glow With gloomy splendour red ; For on the smoke-wreaths, huge and slow, That round her sable...its state, And all the steep slope down, Whose ridgy hack heaves to the sky. Piled deep and massy, close and high, Mine own romantic town ! But northward... | |
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