Up ! up to yon cliff! like a king to his throne ! O'er the black silent forest piled lofty and lone — A throne which the eagle is glad to resign Unto footsteps so fleet and so fearless as thine. There the bright heather springs up in love of thy breast,... Spirit of the English Magazines - Page 4591831Full view - About this book
| 680 pages
...Are spread iu a garment of glory o'er thee. Up ! up to yon cliff; like a king to his throne ! 0 er the black silent forest piled lofty and lone — A...Unto footsteps so fleet, and so fearless as thine !" From Highland sports let us turn to English fishing, and here I would remark that there ia no county... | |
| John Johnstone (of Edinburgh.) - 1828 - 600 pages
...and the beautiful ! — hail! Hail ! Idol divine ! whom Nature hath borne O'er a hundred hill-tops since the mists of the morn, Whom the pilgrim lone...the bright heather springs up in love of thy breast — Though your branches now toss in the storm of delight, Like the arms of the pine on your shelterless... | |
| British poets - 1828 - 838 pages
...his throne! O'er the black silent forest piled lofty and lone — A throne which the eagle is glnd to resign Unto footsteps so fleet and so fearless...breast — Lo ! the clouds in the depth of the sky arc at rest; And the race of the wild winds is o'er on the hill ! In the hush of the mountains, ye... | |
| Lyre - 1830 - 396 pages
...Are spread in a garment of glory o'er thee, Up ! up to yon cliff! like a king to his throne ! O er the black silent forest piled lofty and lone — A...so fleet and so fearless as thine. There the bright heathersprings up in loveof thy breast, Jx> ! the clouds in the depths of the sky are at rest ; And... | |
| 654 pages
...vision glides by him, may blameless adore ! For the joy of the happy, the strength of the free, A re spread in a garment of glory o'er thee. Up ! Up to...resign Unto footsteps so fleet and so fearless as thine !" The noble sport of slag-hunting, which in years gone by was attended with so much pomp and display,... | |
| 546 pages
...beautiful ! Hail ! Hail ! Idol divine ! whom nature hath borne O'er a hundred hill-tops since the miete of the morn ! Whom the pilgrim, lone wandering on...resign Unto footsteps so fleet and so fearless as thine !" The noble sport of slag-hunting, which in years gone by was attended with so much pomp and display,... | |
| Priscilla Maden Watts - 1839 - 286 pages
...happy, the strength of the free, Are spread in a garment of glory o'er thee. 32 ADDRESS TO A WILD DEER. Up ! up to yon cliff! like a king to his throne, O'er...up in love of thy breast — Lo ! the clouds in the depths of the sky are at rest : And the race of the wild winds is o'er on the hill ! In the hush of... | |
| John William Carleton - 1848 - 550 pages
...strength of the free, Are spread in a garment of glory o'er thee. Up ! Up to yon cliff! like a king to bis throne '. O'er the black silent forest piled lofty...resign Unto footsteps so fleet and so fearless as thine !" The noble sport of stag-hunting, which in years gone by was attended with so much pomp and display,... | |
| John William Carleton - 1869 - 654 pages
...Are spread in a garment of glory o'er thee. Up ! up to yon cliff; like a ling to his throne ! 0 er the black silent forest piled lofty and lone — A...Unto footsteps so fleet, and so fearless as thine 1" From Highland sports let us turn to English fishing, and here I would remark that there is no county... | |
| Lyre - 1841 - 366 pages
...and the beautiful ! — hail ! Hail ! idol divine ! — whom nature hath borne O'er a hundred hill tops since the mists of the morn, Whom the pilgrim...springs up in love of thy breast, Lo ! the clouds in the depths of the sky are at rest ; And the race of the wild winds is o'er on the hill ! In the hush of... | |
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