They're not my words. They belong to Sir Walter Scott, and they are about the castle in Edinburgh. Yesterday was Historic Scotland's public day, which means that the castle was free to the public. So I went, for the first time, up into the place I have gazed upon so fondly and so long.It was fabulous. But I prefer Sir Scott's words to my own, and so here is his stanza:
Such dusky grandeur clothed the height
Where the huge castle holds its state
And all the steep slope down
Whose ridgy back heaves to the sky
Piled deep and massy, close and high
Mine own romantic town.
2 comments:
nice blog
Great photo of Edinburgh castle! Thanks for the postings. You write so beautifully; I feel like I'm right there with you.
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