 Shall finish what his short-lived sire begun : Their vines a shadow to their race shall yield, And the same hand that sow'd shall reap the field. The swain in barren deserts with surprise Sees lilies spring, and sudden verdure rise ; And starts, amidst...  Harrison's British Classicks - Seite 7541786Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | 1817 - 314 Seiten
...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...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 ;... | |
 | Elizabeth Tomkins - 1817 - 276 Seiten
...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...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... | |
 | James Ferguson - 1819 - 378 Seiten
...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...dragon's late abodes, The green reed trembles, and the bulrush nods. xli.19.aml Waste sandy valleys, once perplex'd with thorn, Iv. 13. The spiry fir and... | |
 | British essayists - 1819 - 376 Seiten
...with surprise ' Sees lilies spring, and sndden verdure rise, " And starts amidst the thirsty wilds td hear New falls of water murmuring in his ear: On rifted rocks, the dragon,s late abodes, The green reed trembles, and the bulrush nods. xli.19.and Waste sandy valleys,once... | |
 | John Aikin - 1820 - 832 Seiten
...deserts with surprise Sees lilies spring, and sudden verdure rise ; And starts, amidst the thirsty m the cheerful haunt of men and henU, And sits as...senate-house ; For who would rob a hermit of his weeds, His bulrush nods. Waste sandy valleys, once perplex'd with thorn, The spiry fir and shapely boi adorn :... | |
 | Charles Richson - 1820 - 98 Seiten
...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, On rifted rocks, the dragons' late abodes, The green reed trembles, and the bulrush nods. Waste sandy valleys, once perplex... | |
 | Boston Latin School (Mass.) - 1820 - 378 Seiten
...verdure rise ; And starts, amidst the thirsty wilds to hear New falls of water murmuring in his ear. 7< > 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 :... | |
 | John Aikin - 1821 - 402 Seiten
...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...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... | |
 | John Bowdler - 1821 - 510 Seiten
...surprise, Sees lilies spring, and sudden verdure rise, And starts amidst the thirsty wilds to hear New faUs of water murmuring in his ear: On rifted rocks, the...dragon's late abodes, The green reed trembles* and the bulrush nods. Waste sandy vallies, once perplex'd with thorn, The spiry fir and shapely box adorn ;... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1821 - 86 Seiten
...and sudden verdure rise ; And starts, 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 vallics, once perplex'd with thorn. The spiry fir and shapely box adorn... | |
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