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Abbey Craig Airthrey Alexander Alloa ancient Ardoch army Balquhidder banks Bannockburn battle beautiful Bridge of Allan Callander Carron centre century church Crag distance district Doune Doune Castle Drummond Drummond Castle Duke Dunblane Earl Earls of Menteith eastward Edin Edinburgh elegant eminence English erected Falkirk feet Glasgow glen ground height Highland hill HOTEL House interesting James John King kirk lady lake Lecropt Loch Loch Katrine Loch Voil Lord Macgregor manse mansion Menstry Menteith miles mineral minister monarch mountain noble Ochils onward parish park pass period portion present proceeding proprietor Queen quhilk remains remarkable residence river road Rob Roy Robert rock Roman royal scene scenery Scotland Scots Scottish Scottish Central Railway Sheriffmuir side situated Stirling Castle stone Street structure summit Sunnylaw Teith thair Tillicoultry tower town trees Trosachs Tullibody turnpike vicinity village visitor wall Wallace westward wooded yards
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Page xxii - How often have I paused on every charm, The sheltered cot, the cultivated farm, The never-failing brook, the busy mill, The decent church that topt the neighbouring hill, The hawthorn bush, with seats beneath the shade, For talking age and whispering lovers made...
Page 316 - — -he whistled shrill And he was answered from the hill ; Wild as the scream of the curlew, From crag to crag the signal flew.
Page 325 - With boughs that quaked at every breath, Grey birch and aspen wept beneath ; Aloft, the ash and warrior oak Cast anchor in the rifted rock ; And, higher yet, the pine-tree hung His shattered trunk, and frequent flung, Where seemed the cliffs to meet on high, His boughs athwart the narrowed sky.
Page 240 - There's some say that we wan, some say that they wan, Some say that nane wan at a', man : But one thing I'm sure, that at Sheriffmuir A battle there was, which I saw, man. And we ran, and they ran, and they ran, and we ran, And we ran, and they ran awa, man.
Page 173 - This is the place, — the centre of the grove ; — Here stands the oak, the monarch of the wood : How sweet and solemn is this midnight scene ! The silver moon unclouded holds her way Through skies where I could count each little star ; The fanning west wind scarcely stirs the leaves ; The river, rushing o'er its pebbled bed, Imposes silence with a stilly sound.
Page 176 - Ever charming, ever new, When will the landscape tire the view! The fountain's fall, the river's flow, The woody valleys warm and low; The windy summit, wild and high, Roughly rushing on the sky; The pleasant seat, the ruined tower, The naked rock, the shady bower; The town and village, dome and farm, Each give each a double charm, As pearls upon an Ethiop's arm.
Page 20 - Then, pilgrim, turn, thy cares forego, All earth-born cares are wrong ; Man wants but little here below, Nor wants that little long.
Page 324 - And turned him from the opposing rock ; Then, dashing down a darksome glen, Soon lost to hound and hunter's ken, In the deep Trosach's wildest nook His solitary refuge took.
Page 317 - Wild as the scream of the curlew, From crag to crag the signal flew. Instant, through copse and heath, arose Bonnets and spears and bended bows; On right, on left, above, below, Sprung up at once the lurking foe; From shingles grey their lances start, The bracken bush sends forth the dart, The rushes and the willow-wand Are bristling into axe and brand, And every tuft of broom gives life To plaided warrior armed for strife.
Page 297 - Lightly bounding together, Sport the lang summer day On the braes o' Balquhither. I will twine thee a bower By the clear siller fountain, And I'll cover it o'er Wi...