 | 1906 - 548 Seiten
...The swain in barren desert with surprise Sees lilies spring, and sudden verdure rise ; And start amid the thirsty wilds, to hear New falls of water murmuring in his ear. We see that even the laws of Nature are to be thrust aside in this poetical millenium, and fact and... | |
 | George Saintsbury - 1908 - 612 Seiten
...the wires with all the skill of an infant phenomenon. It is already virtuoso poetry of all but the 1 The swain in barren deserts with surprise Sees lilies...New falls of water murmuring in his ear. On rifted rock, the dragon's late abodes, The green reed trembles, and the bulrush nods. Waste sandy valleys,... | |
 | George Paston - 1909 - 420 Seiten
...shall be glad for them ; and the desert shall rejoice and blossom as the rose " is thus paraphrased : The swain in barren deserts with surprise Sees lilies spring, and sudden verdure rise. From an engraving by C. Knight after tlic painting by Sir Peter I-ely. ARABELLA FBRMOR. had written... | |
 | Grenville Kleiser - 1911 - 458 Seiten
...barren deserts with surprize See lilies spring, and sudden verdure rise; And starts amidst the thrifty wilds to hear New falls of water murmuring in his...abodes, The green reed trembles, and the bulrush nods. Waste sandy valleys, once perplexed with thorn, The spiry fir and shapely box adorn! To leafless shrubs... | |
 | 1915 - 368 Seiten
...and sudden verdure rise; And start, amidst the thirsty wilds, to hear New falls of water murm'ring in his ear. On rifted rocks, the dragon's late abodes, The green reed trembles, and the bulrush nods ; Waste sandy valleys, once perplex'd with thorn, The spiry fir and shapely box adorn ; To leafless... | |
 | Alethea Chaplin - 1920 - 284 Seiten
...their scent and taste, And frequent cups prolong the rich repast." (" The Rape of the Lock ") and : • On rifted rocks, the dragon's late abodes, The green reed trembles, and the bulrush nods." The Authorised Version of the Bible has exercised considerable influence on the English language, setting,... | |
 | George Carver - 1926 - 504 Seiten
...Their vines a shadow to their race shall yield, 65 And the same hand that sow'd, shall reap the field. The swain in barren deserts with surprise Sees lilies...wilds to hear New falls of water murmuring in his ear. 70 On rifted rocks, the dragon's late abodes, The green reed trembles, and the bulrush nods. Waste,... | |
 | 1848 - 564 Seiten
...desert scenery, when its barrenness and drought are exchanged for fertility and springs of water : — " The swain, in barren deserts, with surprise Sees lilies...of water murmuring in his ear. On rifted rocks, the dragons' late abodes, The green reed trembles, and the bulrush nods ; Wide sandy valleys, late perplexed... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1963 - 884 Seiten
...the Same Hand that sow'd, shall reap the Field. The Swain in barren Desarts with surprize See Lillies spring, and sudden Verdure rise; And Starts, amidst the thirsty Wilds, to hear New Falls of Water murm'ring in his Ear : 70 On rifted Rocks, the Dragon's late Abodes, The green Reed trembles, and the... | |
 | Robert Atwan, Laurance Wieder - 1993 - 514 Seiten
...field. The swain in barren deserts with surprise See lilies spring, and sudden verdure rise; And start, amidst the thirsty wilds to hear New falls of water...abodes, The green reed trembles, and the bulrush nods. Waste sandy valleys, once perplexed with thorn, The spiry fir and shapely box adorn; To leafless shrubs... | |
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The swain in barren deserts with surprise Sees lilies spring, and sudden verdure rise ; And starts, amidst the thirsty wilds to hear New falls of water murmuring in his ear. 
