rocky height

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As the pyre was kindled, on a rocky height above it a woman appeared.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton

Then, tired of standing, and undesirous of spending the whole morning inactively, he turned and looked around him, up the rocky height of the temple-crowned acropolis.

From Istar of Babylon A Phantasy by Potter, Margaret Horton

Seen from the bridge, the rocky height, broken and craggy, and hung with wood, crowned by Baliol’s Tower, is remarkably picturesque.

From A Month in Yorkshire by White, Walter

And I think that I know that I hear her calling From a casement bathed with light— The music of waters in waters falling To palms from a rocky height.

From Days and Dreams Poems by Cawein, Madison J.

I saw my Fortune midst the sounding sea Sit weeping on a rocky height and steep, Said I to her, "Fortune, how is't with thee?"

From Essays in the Study of Folk-Songs (1886) by Martinengo-Cesaresco, Countess Evelyn