 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!  Once a Week - Page 264edited by - 1860Full view - About this book
 | Thomas Guthrie, David Kelley Guthrie - 1874 - 496 pages
...COVENANTERS. 361 * 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 ! " But the older parts of Edinburgh possessed,... | |
 | John Daniel Morell - 1874 - 336 pages
...a 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 sky, Piled deep and massy, close and high, Mine own romantic 4 town ! THE SOLITARY SAILOR. 12. The mountain... | |
 | Thomas Guthrie, David Kelley Guthrie - 1876 - 472 pages
...clothed the height, Where the huge castle holds its state, And all the steep slope down, Whose ridgy hack heaves to the sky, Filed deep and massy, close and high, Mine own romantic town ! " But the older parts of Edinburgh possessed, in Dr. Quthrie's eyes, one special feature of interest... | |
 | Rossiter Johnson - 1876 - 828 pages
...a thunder-cloml. Such dusky grandeur clothed the height, Where the hugecastle holds its state, And ing, and defined, they seem To form a lordly and a lofty room Piled deep and massy, close and high, Mine own romantic town ! But northward far, with purer blaze,... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1877 - 688 pages
...a 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 sky, Piled deep and massy, close and high, Mine own romantic town I But northward far, with purer blaze,... | |
 | Thomas Guthrie - 1877 - 828 pages
...Marmion : — " 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 ! " But the older parts of Edinburgh possessed,... | |
 | John Cunningham Geikie - 1877 - 424 pages
...a 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 sky, Piled deep and massy, close and high, Mine own romantic town ! But, northward far, with purer blaze,... | |
 | William Hutton - 1878 - 408 pages
...a 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 sky Piled deep and massy, close and high Mine own romantic town !" Bidding farewell to Edinburgh, we take... | |
 | sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1878 - 280 pages
...a 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 sky, Piled deep and massy, close and high, Mine own romantic town! But northward far. with purer blaze,... | |
 | K. H - 1878 - 160 pages
...a 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 sky, Piled deep and massy, close and high, Mine own romantic town !" FINIS. ... | |
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