...I retired to rest with better hopes than it had lately been my fortune to entertain. CHAPTER XXVII. Far as the eye could reach no tree was seen, Earth, clad in russet, scorned the lively green ; No birds, except as birds of passage, flew ; No bee was heard to hum, no dove to coo ; No streams,...

...younger generation. It was in such a country and with such unpromising ground to work upon, where " Far as the eye could reach no tree was seen ; Earth clad in russet scorned the lively green," and with this solitary instance of tree-like vegetation, that the then possessor of the estate entered...

...aa the eye coold reach no tree was seen ; Earth clad In russet scorned tho lively green ; The plaguo of locusts certain to defy, For in three hours a grasshopper must die ; No living thing, whate'cr Its food, feeds there. But the chameleon, who can feast on air. She bids them quit this poverty-stricken...

...And whilst she scratched her lover into rest, Sunk pleased, though hungry, on her Sawney's breast. Far as the eye could reach no tree was seen, Earth...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 its food, feasts...

...tree was seen, ax 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. son No birds, except as birds of passage, flew;...

...no tree was seen, Earth, clad in russet, scorned the lively green : The plague of locust they secure defy, For in three hours a grasshopper must die : No living thing, whate'er its food, feasts there, But the chameleon, who can feast on air. No birds, except as birds of passage, flew ;...

...whilst she scratched her lover uito rest, Sunk pleaded, though hungry, on her Sawney's breast. Far a,* The eye could reach, no tree was seen, Earth, clad in "russet, scorned the lively jjrceu : The plague of locusts they secure defy, For In three hours a grasshopper must die ; No living...

...And, while she scratch'd her lover into rest, * Sank pleased though 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...

...food, And, while she scratch'd her lover into rest, Sank pleased though 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...

...to rest with better hopes than it had lately been my fortune to entertain. CHAPTER TWENTY-SEVENTH. Far as the eye could reach no tree was seen, Earth, clad in russet, scorned the lively green ; No birds, except the birds of passage flew ; No bee was heard to hum, no dove to coo : No streams,...