Sunk pleased, though hungry, on her Sawney's breast. Far as the eye could reach no tree was seen, Earth clad in russet scorned the lively green : The plague of locusts they secure defy, For in three hours a grasshopper must die. No living thing, whate'er... The life and times of viscount Palmerston - Seite 5von James Ewing Ritchie - 1866 - 1681 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
| 1805 - 556 Seiten
...turn'd suent, and came out¿ f The COUNTRY of FAMINE. From the PROPHECY of FAMINB. A Poem. By the same. FAR as the eye could reach, no tree was seen, Earth clad in russet, scorn'd the lively green. The plague of locusts they secure defy, For in three hours a grasshopper... | |
| Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 622 Seiten
...no tree was seen, Farth, clad in russet, scorn'J the lively green. The plague of locusts they secure defy, For in three hours a grasshopper must die. No living thing, whate'er its food, feasts there, Bat the cameleon, who can fiast on air. VOL XIV. No birds, except as birds of passage,... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 622 Seiten
...And, whilst she ¡cratch'd her lover into rest, ixmk pleas'd, though hungry, on her Sawney's breast. Far as the eye could reach, no tree was seen, Earth, clad in russet, scorn'J the lively green. < The plague of locusts they secure defy, F"r in three hours a grasshopper... | |
| 1845 - 808 Seiten
...And, whilst she scratch 'd her lover into rest, Sunk pleas'd, tho' hungry, on her Sawney's breast. " Far as the eye could reach no tree was seen, Earth, clad in russet, scorn'd the lively green : The plague of locusts they secure defy, For in three hours a grasshopper... | |
| Sir Walter Scott - 1818 - 342 Seiten
...I retired to rest with better hopes than it had lately been my for tune to entertain. CHAPTER XIII. Far as the eye could reach no tree was seen, Earth, clad in russet, scorn'd the lively green ; No birds, except as birds of passage, flew ; No bee was heard to hum, no... | |
| sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1818 - 364 Seiten
...I retired to rest with better hopes than it had lately been my for tune to entertain. CHAPTER XIII. Far as the eye could reach no tree was seen, Earth, clad in russet, scorn'd the lively green ; No birds, except as birds of passage, flew ; No bee was heard to hum, no... | |
| Thomas Campbell - 1819 - 498 Seiten
...no tree was seen, Earth, clad in russet, scorn'd the lively green. The plague of locusts they secure defy, For in three hours a grasshopper must die. No living thing, whate'er its food, feasts there, But the cameleon, who can feast on air. No birds, except as birds of passage, flew, No... | |
| Thomas Campbell - 1819 - 482 Seiten
...And, whilst she scratch'd her lover into resty Sunk pleas'd, thoughhungry, on her Sawney's breast. Far as the eye could reach, no tree was seen, Earth, clad in russet, scorn'd the lively green. The plague of locusts (hey secure defy, For in three hours a grasshopper... | |
| British poets - 1822 - 276 Seiten
...tree was seen; Earth, clad in russet, scorn'd the lively green : The plague of locusts they secure defy, For in three hours a grasshopper must die : "N"o living thing, whate'er its food, feasts there, But the cameleon who can feast on air. No birds, except as birds of passage, flew; No... | |
| William Hazlitt - 1824 - 1062 Seiten
...And, whilst she scratch'd her lover into rest, Sunk pleas'd, though hungry, on her Sawney's breast. oth sway The triple tyrant; that from these may grow A hundred fold, scorn'd the lively green. The plague of locusts they secure defy, For in three hours a grasshopper... | |
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