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" O Caledonia! stern and wild, Meet nurse for a poetic child ! Land of brown heath and shaggy wood, Land of the mountain and the flood... "
Readings for the young, from the works of sir Walter Scott - Page 207
by sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1848
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The Christian Observer, Volume 31

Religion - 1832 - 852 pages
...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,...
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The Eclectic review. vol. 1-New [8th]

1850 - 806 pages
...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,...
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Affection: With Other Poems

Henry Smithers - Poetry, English - 1807 - 254 pages
...down To the vile dust, from whence he sprung Unwept, unhonour'd, and unsung. i n. O Caledonia ! stern and wild, Meet nurse for a poetic child ! Land of...Land of the mountain and the flood, Land of my sires I what mortal hand Can e'er untie the filial band That knits me to thy rugged strand ? Still as I view...
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Caledonian Sketches, Or, A Tour Through Scotland in 1807: To which is ...

Sir John Carr - Scotland - 1809 - 328 pages
...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...
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Sketches of the Present Manners, Customs, and Scenery of Scotland ..., Volume 1

Elizabeth Isabella Spence - Scotland - 1811 - 268 pages
...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...
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The lay of the last minstrel, a poem. With Ballads and lyrical pieces

sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1812 - 362 pages
...To the vile dust, from whence he sprung, Unwept, unhonoured, and unsung. * II. O Caledonia ! stern and wild, Meet nurse for a poetic child ! Land of...Land of the mountain and the flood, Land of my sires f what mortal hand Can e'er untie the filial band, That knits me to thv rugged strand ! Still, as I...
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Letters from the Levant

John Galt - 1813 - 412 pages
...go down To the vile dust, from whence he sprung, Unwept, unhonour'd, and unsung. O Caledonia ! stern and wild, Meet nurse for a poetic child ! Land of...mountain and the flood, Land of my sires ! what mortal baud Can e'er untie the filial band, That knits me to thy rugged strand ! THE Royal Scots, or Royal...
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Letters from the Levant;: Containing Views of the State of Society, Manners ...

John Galt - Greece - 1813 - 472 pages
...:} To the vile dust, from whence he sprung, .„ Unwept, unhonour'd, and unsung. O Caledonia ! stern and wild, Meet nurse for a poetic child ! Land of...mountain and the flood, Land of my sires ! what mortal band ,J y»- i Can e'er untie the filial band, That knits me to thy rugged strand ! THE Royal Scots,...
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Blackwood's Magazine, Volume 27

England - 1830 - 990 pages
...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,...
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Geraldine; Or, Modes of Faith and Practice: A Tale, Volume 1

Mary Jane Mackenzie - 1820 - 312 pages
...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...
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