 | 1877 - 164 pages
...barren scene, and wild, Where naked cliffs were rudely piled ; But ever and anon between Lay veIvet tufts of loveliest green ; And well the lonely infant knew Recesses where the wall-flower grew, And honey-suckle loved to crawl Up the low crag and ruined wall. I deemed such nooks... | |
 | John Veitch - Scottish ballads and songs - 1878 - 636 pages
...was a barren scene, and wild, Where naked cliffs were rudely piled ; But ever and anon between Lay velvet tufts of loveliest green ; And well the lonely...infant knew Recesses where the wall flower grew, And honeysuckle loved to crawl Up the low crag and ruined wall." There his intense feeling for nature had... | |
 | sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1878 - 280 pages
...was a barren scene, and wild, Where naked cliffs were rudely piled ; But ever and anon between Lay velvet tufts of loveliest green ; And well the lonely infant knew Recesses where the wallflower grew, And honeysuckle loved to crawl Up the low crag and ruined wall. I deemed such nooks... | |
 | Authors, English - 1880 - 556 pages
...It was a barren scene and wild, Where naked cliffs were rudely piled : Bnt ever and anon between Lay velvet tufts of loveliest green ; And well the lonely...infant knew Recesses where the wall flower grew, And honeysuckle loved to crawl Up the low crag and ruin'd wall. I deem'd such nooks the sweetest shade... | |
 | James Crabb Watt - English fiction - 1880 - 320 pages
...was a barren scene, and wild, Where naked cliffs were rudely piled ; But ever and anon between Lay velvet tufts of loveliest green ; And well the lonely infant knew Recesses where the wall-flower grew, And honeysuckle loved to crawl Up the low crag and ruined wall. I deemed such nooks... | |
 | sir Walter Scott (bart.) - English poetry - 1880 - 326 pages
...was a barren scene, and wild, Where naked cliffs were rudely piled ; But ever and anon between Lay velvet tufts of loveliest green ; And well the lonely infant knew Recesses where the wallflower grew, And honeysuckle loved to crawl Up the low crag and ruined wall. I deemed such nooks... | |
 | James Dodds - Covenanters - 1880 - 306 pages
...It was a barren scene and wild Where naked cliffs were rudely piled ; But ever and anon between Lay velvet tufts of loveliest green. And well the lonely infant knew Recesses where the wallflower grew, And honeysuckle loved to crawl Up the low crag and ruined wall." Almost beneath the... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1881 - 902 pages
...wen«, and wild, Where naked cliffs were rudely piled ; % Bat ever and 'anon between Lay velvet tafta of loveliest green ; And well the lonely infant knew Recesses where the wall-flower grew. And honey-suckle loved to crawl Dp the low crag and rained wall. I deemed such nooks... | |
 | John Gibson Lockhart - 1882 - 424 pages
...It was a barren scene and wild Where naked cliffs were rudely piled ; But ever and anon between Lay velvet tufts of loveliest green ; And well the lonely infant knew Recesses where the wall-flower grew And honey-suckle loved to crawl Up the low crag and ruin'd wall. I deem'd such nooks... | |
 | Washington Irving - Abbotsford (B.C.) - 1882 - 392 pages
...was a barren scene, and wild, Where naked cliffs were rudely piled ; But ever and anon between Lay velvet tufts of loveliest green ; And well the lonely infant knew Recesses where the wall-flower grew, And honey-suckle loved to crawl Dp the low crag and ruined wall. I deemed such nooks... | |
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Though scarce a puny streamlet's speed Claimed homage from a shepherd's reed; Yet was poetic impulse given, By the green hill and clear blue heaven. It was a barren scene, and wild, Where naked cliffs were rudely piled; But ever and anon between Lay velvet... 
