 Twixt resignation and content. Oft in my mind such thoughts awake, By lone Saint Mary's silent lake ; Thou know'st it well, — nor fen, nor sedge, Pollute the pure lake's crystal edge; Abrupt and sheer, the mountains sink At once upon the level brink;...  Sir Walter Scott as a Poet - Page 44by Gilbert Malcolm Sproat - 1871 - 102 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Edmund Burke - 1810 - 960 pages
...— nor fen, norscdgs, Pollute the pure lake's crystal edge ; Abrupt and sheer, the mountains link At once upon the level brink ; And just a trace of...Shaggy with heath, but lonely bare, Nor tree, nor busbj nor brake is there, Sare where, of land, yon slender line Bears thwart the lake the scattered... | |
 | sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1810 - 532 pages
...content. Oft in my mind such thoughts awake, By lone St. Mary's silent lake ; Thou know'st it well, — nor fen, nor sedge, Pollute the pure lake's crystal...silver sand Marks where the water meets the land. Par in the mirror, bright and blue, Each hill's huge outline you may view ; Shaggy with heath, but... | |
 | 1810 - 928 pages
...lone St. Mary's silent ¡ake ; Thou know'st it well, — nor fen, norseJge, Pollute the pure Kike'- crystal edge; Abrupt and sheer, the mountains sink...the level brink ; And just a trace of silver sand ¿larks where the water meets the land. Far in the mirror, bright and blue, Each hill's huge outline... | |
 | 1810 - 430 pages
...• " OFT in my mind tuch thoughts awake, By lone St Mary'i silent lake ; Thou knowst it well, — nor fen, nor sedge, Pollute the pure lake's crystal...where the water meets the land. Far in the mirror, b.ight and blue, Each hill's huge outline you may view; Shaggy with heath, but lonely bare, Nor tree,... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1818 - 372 pages
...the pure lake's crystal edge ; Ahrupt and sheer, the mountains sink At once upon the level hrink ; And just a trace of silver sand Marks where the water meets the land, Far in the mirror, hright and hlue, Each hill's huge outline yon may view, Shaggy with heath, hut lonely hare, Nor tree,... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1831 - 582 pages
...content. Ofi in my mind sm-li thoughts awake Ir lone Si Mary's silent Like; (3) Thou kno»'$t it well, — nor fen, nor sedge, Pollute the pure lake's crystal...mountains sink At once upon the level brink; And just al race* of silver siind Marks where the water meets the land. Fu in the mirror, bright and blue, E»rh... | |
 | 1848 - 700 pages
...described in the second canto of Sir Walter Scott's " Marmion." •• Lone St. Mary's silent lake. Nor fen nor sedge Pollute the pure lake's crystal...; And just a trace of silver sand Marks where the waters meet the land. For in the mirror bright and blue Each hill's huge outline you may view, Shaggy... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1833 - 430 pages
...Oft in my mind such thoughts awake, By lone Saint Mary's silent lake ; 2 Thou know'st it well,—nor fen, nor sedge, Pollute the pure lake's crystal edge...the level brink ; And just a trace of silver sand l Marks where the water meets the land. Far in the mirror, bright and blue, Each hill's huge outline... | |
 | Walter Scott, J. W. Lake - 1838 - 496 pages
...content Oft in mv mind such thoughts awake, by lone St. Mary's silent lake:3 Thou know'st it well, — nor fen, nor sedge, Pollute the pure lake's crystal...the water meets the land. Far in the mirror, bright und blue, Each hill's huge outline you may view; Shaggy with heath, but lonely bare, Nor tree, nor... | |
 | John William Carleton - 1867 - 1254 pages
...***** Oft in my mind such thought* awake, By lone St. .Mary's silent lake. Thou know'st it well — nor fen nor sedge Pollute the pure lake's crystal...the level brink ; And just a trace of silver sand Harks where the water meets the land. Far in the mirror bright and blue Each lull's huge outline you... | |
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