Dear oak-tree, you are rivenby the storm-king's thunderbolt!
And so it was that, although the oak-tree was ever afterward a riven and broken thing, the ivy concealed the scars upon his shattered form and covered his wounds all over with her soft foliage.
The iron-belted and thunder-riven mountains have lent strength of character and force of will to the men.
For sixpence, a farmer’s lad rowed us across the loch, landing us at the foot of the mountain whose rocky cliffs and thunder-riven sides we were to climb.
Who fears in country-towns a house's fall, Or to be caught betwixt a riven wall?
VI ROCK HOUSE The winds at length were lulled, the sun shot his brilliant rays through the riven clouds, the rain ceased to fall--spring had come.
The riven masts had gone by the board, leaks had been sprung in every direction, and the water which rushed in gained upon us rapidly.
And the brow Of the cliff began to quake right fearfully, There was a rending crash, and there did leap A riven rock and plunge into the deep.
Mary had three women for her bed, The twain were maidens clean; The first of them had white and red, The third had riven green.
A rivenhood was pulled across his eyes; The token of him being upon this wise Made for a sign of Lust.
The red flame is then seen issuing from the riven rock, the blows of sledges echo through the caverns, and the dark and grim visage of the workmen are visibly illumined by the blaze.
The sky is all clouded now, but with clouds at short intervals riven by forking spears of lightning, while the accompanying thunder is almost continuous.
The enfilading line is broken, and through its riven ranks the camp animals sweep as a hurricane.
Each white flash wasriven by red forks of flame, until, with the horizon one constant blaze, the plain seemed a vast sea of fire.
It spent itself, however, in that one blast; the red light gradually paled and died, stars peeped through the riven clouds, and the muttering thunder rolled away to the south.
II Deep the cruel spear thrust, By the soldier given; Blood and water mingle, Where the flesh is riven; To cleanse our souls the crimson tide Leapt from the Saviour's riven side.
All around are steep slopes of snow or ice, cliffs of newly-riven rock, avalanche tracks and heaps of ruin.
Grand forms are profusely supplied by frost-riven rocks and cloven glaciers.
Oftenest, however, the whole mass will be riven into gullies and weathered into pinnacles of all heights and varieties.
A riven hill near by revealed streaks of blood-red, chrome yellow, and I know not what other bright colours.
By sunrise we were upon the summit of the mountain; it consisted of enormous blocks and boulders of red granite, so riven and fissured that no water could possibly lodge upon it for an instant.
The hills were quite destitute of timber, and were composed of huge masses of rifted granite, which could only have been so riven by seismatic action, which at one time must have been exceedingly frequent in this region.
Then come the clang of swords, and groans, and the sound of riven helms, till presently Brighteyes passes southward on the wind, bearing in his hand the half of a cloven shield.
But of the Baresark he saw nothing, for he passed down into the great fire-riven cleft and was never seen more, save once only, in a strange fashion that shall be told.
At sight of this region, his heart misgave him sorely, and he misliked it even more than the twisted faces of the rocks and the riven forms of the pinnacles.
And now, as they still pursued their way, the pinnacles of the pass grew tall as giants, and were riven into the likeness of mighty limbs and bodies, some of which were headless and others with heads of Typhoean enormity.
But in that place they had not been A month but barely one, Till he lookd on his gay gold ring, And rivenwas the stone.
O ragged is your hose, Glenkindie, And riven is your sheen, And reaveld is your yellow hair, That I saw late yestreen.
Quarter never asked nor given, Still we beat them back, Though our slender ranks are riven With each fierce attack.
O, ragged is your hose, Glenkindie, And riven is your sheen, And reavel'd is your yellow hair That I saw late yestreen.
Aye, truly my heart was riven by these sad dissensions among the brethren," said Mr. Kid.
Ended now the storm of life, ended the long desolation, the bitter yearnings, which had these many years riven that lonely heart.
Dust was still sifting through the trees and the tearing radius of the steel splinters could be traced in the riven and mangled branches overhead.
Again I closed my eyes, to tempt it, and when I opened them again, beak and talon had riven the frame apart and the body was rasping through.
Its riven tower and broken archway remain in mournful evidence of the sieges sustained by that city.
The ivy creeps around the riven tower, concealing its injuries, and upholding it by a tough swathing of stalks.
