Kenneth McAlpine: A Tale of Mountain, Moorland and Sea

· 1910

"Away, ye gay landscapes, ye garden of roses, And bring me the land where the dewdrop reposes." Scene: A Highland mountain, clad almost to the summit in purple heather. On the right a ravine, half hidden by drooping birch trees. On the left a pine forest. Sheep grazing in the foreground. Smoke upcurling from a humble cottage in the distance. A shepherd-boy talking to his dog; between them a lamb is lying on the ground.…

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