 Fyers pours his mossy floods ; Till full he dashes on the rocky mounds, Where, through a shapeless breach, his stream resounds. As high in air the bursting torrents flow, As deep recoiling surges foam below, Prone down the rock the whitening sheet descends,...  Rural Sports - Page 182by William Barker Daniel - 1812Full view - About this book
 | Robert Burns - 1896 - 360 pages
...woods The roaring Fyers pours his mossy floods ; Till full he dashes on the rocky mounds, Where, thro' a shapeless breach, his stream resounds. As high in air the bursting torrents flow, As deep-recoiling surges foam below, Prone down the rock the whitening sheet descends, And viewless Echo's... | |
 | Romesh Chunder Dutt - 1896 - 440 pages
...landed at Foyers to see the "Fall of Foyers ;" which I will describe in the words of Burns. "High in air bursting torrents flow, As deep recoiling surges foam below ; Prone down the ruck the whitening sheet descends, And viewless echo's ear astonished rends ; Dim seen through rising... | |
 | D. Brown Anderson - 1899 - 398 pages
...the plunge is to be made, and how, like the acrobat and the race-horse, he discharges his duty." " As high in air the bursting torrents flow, As deep...recoiling surges foam below, Prone down the rock the whitening sheet descends, And viewless echo's ear, astonished, rends. Dim seen, through rising mists... | |
 | Robert Burns, Nathan Haskell Dole - 1900 - 490 pages
...ragged woods The roaring Fyers pours his mossy floods ; Till full he dashes on the rocky Where, thro' a shapeless breach, his stream resounds. As high in...recoiling surges foam below, Prone down the rock the whitening sheet descends, And viewless Echo's ear, astonish'd, rends. Dim-seen through rising mists... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1901 - 444 pages
...woods The roaring Fyers pours his mossy floods ; Till full he dashes on the rocky mounds, Where, thro' a shapeless breach, his stream resounds; As high in...recoiling surges foam below, Prone down the rock the whitening sheet descends, And viewless Echo's ear, astonished, rends. Dim-seen, thro' rising mists,... | |
 | Alexander Mackenzie - 1901 - 272 pages
...heathy hills and rugged woods, The roaring Foyers pours his mossy floods, Till full he dashes on (he rocky mounds, Where through a shapeless breach his stream resounds. As high in air ihe bursting torrents flow, As deep recoiling surges foam below, Prone down the rock the whitening... | |
 | Alexander Mackenzie - 1903 - 240 pages
...shown in our illustration — Among the heathy hills and rugged woods, The roaring Foyers pours his mossy floods, Till full he dashes on the rocky mounds,...recoiling surges foam below, Prone down the rock the whitening sheet descends, And viewless, echo's ear astonished rends, Dim seen through rising mist and... | |
 | Adam and Charles Black (Firm) - 1903 - 852 pages
...woods The roaring Foyers pours his mossy floods, Till full he dashes on the rocky mounds, Where, thro' a shapeless breach, his stream resounds. As high in air the bursting torrents How, As deep recoiling surges foam below, Prone down the rock the whitening sheet descends, And viewless... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1909 - 692 pages
...woods The roaring Fyers pours his mossy floods; Till full he dashes on the rocky mounds, Where, thro' a shapeless breach, his stream resounds! As high in...torrents flow, As deep recoiling surges foam below, Pronedown the rock the whitening sheet descends, And viewless Echo's ear, astonished, rends. Dim-seen,... | |
 | Robert Burns, Alexander Smith - 1910 - 706 pages
...woods The roaring Fyers pours his mossy floods ; Till full he dashes on the rocky mounds, Where, thro' a shapeless breach, his stream resounds. As high in...recoiling surges foam below, Prone down the rock the whitening sheet descends, And viewless Echo's ear, astonished, rends. Dim-seen, thro' rising mists... | |
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