Such dusky grandeur clothed the height Where the huge Castle holds its state, And all the steep slope down Whose ridgy back heaves to the sky, Piled deep and massy, close and high, Mine own romantic town... The Complete Works of John Ruskin - Page 330by John Ruskin - 1891Full view - About this book
| Walter Scott, J. W. Lake - 1838 - 496 pages
...grandeur clothed the height, Where the huge castle holds its state, And all the steep slope down, \\~hose ridgy back heaves to the sky, Piled deep and massy, close and high, Mine own romantic town! Bat northward far, with purer blaze, On Oehil mountains fell the rays, And, » each heathy top they... | |
| Walter Scott - 1845 - 380 pages
...associated with himself in the important duty of governing some part of the north-eastern coast of Scotland. Whose ridgy back heaves to the sky, Piled deep and massy, close and high, Mine own romantic town ! But northward far, with purer blaze, On Ochil mountains fell the rays, And as each heathy top they... | |
| Walter Scott - 1841 - 848 pages
...clothed the height, Where the huge Castle holds its state, And all the steep slope down, Whose ridgy Sack is servants. The horse was of а ьаЫе colour, as well as his whole accoutre ! 8 But northward far, with purer blaze, On Ochil mountains fell the rays, And as each heathy top they... | |
| 1843 - 350 pages
...thunder-cloud. Such dusky grandeur clothed the height, Where the huge castle holds its state, And all the steep slope down, Whose ridgy back heaves to the...and massy, close and high,— MINE OWN romantic town ! But northward far with purer blaze, On Ochil mountains fell the rays, And, as each heathy top they... | |
| Walter Scott - 1843 - 732 pages
...height, Where the huge castle holds its state And all tin; steep slope down, Whose ridgy hack neaves to the sky, Piled deep and massy, close and high, Mine own romantic town ! But northward far, with purer hlaze, On Ochil mountains fell the rays, And as each heathy top they... | |
| John Burke, Bernard Burke - 1848 - 636 pages
...1848. REMINISCENCES OF EDINBUEGH CASTLE. « The height Where the huge Castle holds its state, And all the steep slope down, Whose ridgy back heaves to the...and massy, close and high, Mine own romantic town." So sang Scotland's second poet (for we hold Burns to be the first), while apostrophizing his " own... | |
| William Chambers, Robert Chambers - 1846 - 282 pages
...thunder-cloud. 14 Such dusky grandeur clothed the height, Where the huge castle holds its state, And all the steep slope down, -Whose ridgy back heaves to...and massy, close and high, Mine own romantic town ! But northward far, with purer blaze, On Ochil mountains fell the rays, And as each heathy top they... | |
| William Tait, Christian Isobel Johnstone - 1847 - 884 pages
...thunder-cloud. Such dusky grandeur clothed the height, Where the huge castlo holds its state, And all the steep slope down, Whose ridgy back heaves to the sky, Piled deep and massy, closo and high, Mine own romantic town ! But northward far, with purer blare. On Oehil mountains fell... | |
| Robert Turnbull - 1847 - 396 pages
...sky, Filed deep and massy, close and high, Mine own romantic town ! But northward far with purer blaie On Ochil mountains fell the rays, And as each heathy top they kiss'd, {t gleamed a purple amethyst. Yonder the shores of Fife you saw ; Here Preston Bay, and Berwick-Law... | |
| Walter Scott - 1848 - 754 pages
...thunder-cloud. Such dusky grandeur clothed the height, Where the huge Castle holds its state, And all the steep slope down, Whose ridgy back heaves to the...and massy, close and high, Mine own romantic town ! But northward far, with purer blaze, On Ochil mountains fell the rays, And as each heathy top they... | |
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