 | Eliza Robbins - 1828 - 408 σελίδες
...Minstrel, in Scott's Lay, breaks out, at the thought of his beloved country, into this apostrophe : " O Caledonia, stern and wild, Meet nurse for a poetic...and shaggy wood, Land of the mountain and the flood, Land of my sires ! what mortal hand Can e'er untie the filial band That knits me to thy rugged strand... | |
 | Richard Biddle - 1830 - 172 σελίδες
...she would not thrill with enthusiasm, when " auld lang syne," recalled the recollection of that— " Land of brown heath and shaggy wood, Land of the mountain and the flood ;" or that, she could ever cease to exclaim — " Land of my sires wbat mortal hand, Can e'er untie the filial... | |
 | Richard Biddle, American - 1830 - 138 σελίδες
...she would not thrill with enthusiasm, when "auldlang syne," recalled the recollection of that — " Land of brown heath and shaggy wood, Land of the mountain and the flood; or that she could ever cease to exclaim — " /„•';•'/ of my sires, what mortal hand Can e'er untie... | |
 | 1830 - 1006 σελίδες
...female 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 Mary Duff. How very odd that I should have been so utterly,... | |
 | 524 σελίδες
...the reigns of Henry V. and VI. of England, and James I. of Scotland, many of them went over to the " Land of brown heath and shaggy wood — Land of the mountain and the flood" — and settled there as mechanics and manufacturers in those towns and villages which had been so... | |
 | Charlotte Fiske Bates - 1832 - 1022 σελίδες
...sprung, Unwept, unhonored, and unsung. O Caledonia! stern and wild, Meet nurse for a poetic child 1 Land of brown heath and shaggy wood, Land of the mountain and the flood, Land of my sires ! what mortal hand Can e'er untie the filial band, That knits me to thy rugged strand... | |
 | William Cox - 1833 - 268 σελίδες
...prime, showing the deep and rooted feelings of the man, &e well as the inspiration of the poet : " O Caledonia ! stern and wild ! Meet nurse for a poetic...and shaggy wood, Land of the mountain and the flood, Land of my sires ! what mortal hand Can e'er untie the filial band That knits me to thy rugged strand... | |
 | 1838 - 448 σελίδες
...and left them with regret ; nor was Scotland forgotten. " O Caledonia ! stern and wild, Meet nnrse for a poetic child Land of brown heath, and shaggy wood ! Land of the mountain and the flood !" Many an hour we mused by thy Yarrow's stream, and bifeathed thy Ettrick breeze. We held mental communication... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1833 - 418 σελίδες
...multiplicity of objects so calculated to invite poetic, romantic, or picturesque description, as the " Land of brown heath and shaggy wood! Land of the mountain and the flood ! and, although these have met with their share of attention, local and general manners have been too... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron, Thomas Moore - 1833 - 364 σελίδες
...hard, Young people at his time of life should be able To come off handsomely in that regard. (1) [" Land of brown heath and shaggy wood, ' Land of the mountain and the flood," &c. xx. He was now growing up like a green tree, able For love, war, or ambition, which reward Their... | |
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Caledonia ! stern and wild, meet nurse for a poetic child, • land of brown heath and shaggy wood, land of the mountain and the flood, land of my sires! 
