| 1832 - 852 páginas
...and romantic scenery of Wales. He travelled in Scotland ; and amid his glowing admiration of the ' Land of brown heath and shaggy wood, Land of the mountain and the flood,1 the ' simple lives ' of her ' hardy sons of rustic toil ' led him to feel with her own bard,... | |
| 1850 - 806 páginas
...upon Ben An rouses the respondent voices of Benvenue) the strains of a mountain poetry worthy of the ' Land of brown heath and shaggy wood, Land of the mountain and the flood.' But we must return to the book before us. Its object is ' to give to the Gael, or Highlanders of Scotland,... | |
| Sir John Carr - 1809 - 328 páginas
...stood the remains of the school in which he had recei- _'d the early part of his education. - 128 O Caledonia ! stern and wild, Meet nurse for a poetic child ! Land of brown heath and shaggy woodLand of the mountain and the flood ; Land of my sires ! what mortal hand Can e'er untie the filial... | |
| Elizabeth Isabella Spence - 1811 - 268 páginas
...THE WEDDING DAY, &c. THE SECOND EDITION. : IN TWO VOLUMES— VOL. I. » Caledonia ! stern and wild, Land of brown heath, and shaggy wood, Land of the mountain and tbe flood. LAY OF THE LAST MINSTREL. O nature! a' thy shews an' form«. To feeling, pensive hearts... | |
| 1830 - 990 páginas
...infantile flesh and blood may •—might— must — have felt many mysterious emotions from the " Land of brown heath and shaggy wood, Land of the mountain and the flood." "I have been thinking lately a good deal of Alary Duff. How very odd that I should have been so utterly,... | |
| Walter Scott - 1819 - 322 páginas
...dying, shall go down To the vile dust, from whence he sprung, Pnwept, unhonoured, and unsung. II. 0 Caledonia! stern and wild, Meet nurse for a poetic child! Land of hrown heath and shaggy wood', Land of the mountain and the flood, Land of my sires ! what mortal hand... | |
| Mary Jane Mackenzie - 1820 - 312 páginas
...fortnight had been delightful. He was in the most brilliant spirits. The anticipation of visiting the Land of brown heath, and shaggy wood ; Land of the mountain, and the flood, Deemed to have inspired him ; and thougli he talked more of Burns, and Beattie, and Walter Scott, than... | |
| Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge - 1821 - 536 páginas
...— as whose dues not wh>-n poetical description is named, — to the haunt of the northern muse, ' Stern and wild, Meet nurse for a poetic child, Land...heath and shaggy wood, Land of the mountain and the Tflood,' must remember that compared with some of ours, Scottish livers are but brooks, and Scottish... | |
| Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge - 1821 - 542 páginas
...poetical description is named, — to the haunt of the northern muse, ' Stern and wild, Meet nurse fur a poetic child, Land of brown heath and shaggy wood, Land of the mountain and the flood,' must remember that compared with some of ours, Scottish rivers are but brooks, and Si ottish forests... | |
| Charlotte Anne Eaton - 1826 - 276 páginas
...lines that I have heard you repeat a hundred times, with such enthusiasm — spouting after them 0 Caledonia ! stern and wild! Meet nurse for a poetic...heath and shaggy wood ! Land of the mountain and the nood ! Land of my sires ! " No," exclaimed Caroline, " but now I exclaim," O Italy ! serene and mild... | |
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