...hardihood against a host. The rugged mountain's scanty cloak Was dwarfish shrubs of birch and oak, With shingles bare, and cliffs between, And patches...that waved so high, It held the copse in rivalry. Bnt where the lake slept deep and still, Dank osiers fringed the swamp and hill ; And oft both path...

...hardihood against a host. The rugged mountain's scanty cloak Was dwarfish shrubs of birch and oak, With shingles bare, and cliffs between, And patches...were torn, Where wintry torrents down had borne, And heaped upon the cumbered land Its wreck of gravel, rocks, and sand. Sir Waller Scott. Lockershaw. 0,...

...hardihood against a host. The rugged mountain's scanty cloak Was dwarfish shrubs of birch and oak, With shingles bare, and cliffs between, And patches...lake slept deep and still, Dank osiers fringed the swam]) and hill; And oft both path and hill were torn, Where wintry torrents down had borne, And heaped...

...hardihood against a host. The rugged mountain's scanty cloak Was dwarfish shrubs of birch and oak, With shingles bare, and cliffs between, And patches...And oft both path and hill were torn, Where wintry torrent down had borne, And heaped upon the cumbered land Its wreck of gravel, rocks, and sand. So...

...noticed this. Cf. Scott's Lady of the Lake, v. 3 : And oft both path and hill were torn, \Vhere winter's torrents down had borne, And heap'd upon the cumber'd land Its wreck of gravel, rocks, and sand. XCII There are three similes from fishing in Homer : one besides this in the Iliad (ID. 8i), where...

...noticed this. Cf. Scott's Lady of the Lake, v. 3 : And .oft both path and hill were torn, Where winter's torrents down had borne, And heap'd upon the cumber'd land Its wreck of gravel, rocks, and sand. XCII There are three similes from fishing in Homer : one besides this in the Iliad (a). 81), where...

...hardihood against a host. The rugged mountain's scanty cloak Was dwarfish shrubs of birch and oak. With shingles bare, and cliffs between, And patches bright of bracken green, And heather black, that.waved so high, - It held the copse in rivalry. But where the_ lake slept deep and still, I Dank...

...XV. THE DRUIDS' CIRCLE. " The ragged mountain's scanty cloak Was dwarfish shrubs of birch and oak, With shingles bare, and cliffs between, And patches...black that waved so high, It held the copse in rivalry ." SCOTT BEFORE it could be brought to a stand, the horse had passed the friar and left him several...

...see the heath plants only as a low shrub, a foot or two in height, we are surprised to read of — " Heather black that waved so high, It held the copse in rivalry. " Yet so it is, and in certain wild and peaty districts it may be found quite tall enough to justify...

...hardihood against a host. The rugged mountain's scanty cloak Was dwarfish shrubs of birch and oak, With shingles bare, and cliffs between, And patches...were torn, Where wintry torrents down had borne, And heaped upon the cumbered land Its wreck of gravel, rocks, and sand. So toilsome was the road to trace,...