 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 7621786Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | Alexander Pope - 1836 - 442 Seiten
...deserts7 with surprise Sees lilies spring, and sudden verdure rise ; And starts, amidst the thirsty . Sure 'twas not much to hid one kind adieu ; (At...you !) ' Farewell, my Leshian love,' you might hav bulrush nods. Waste sandy valleys,8 once perplex'd with thorn, The spiry fir and shapely box adorn... | |
 | Author of The young man's own book - 1836 - 320 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 :... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1836
...verdure rise ; And starts, amidst the thirsty 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 sandy valleys,5 once perplex'd with thorn, The spiry fir and shapely box adorn... | |
 | Rebecca Hey - 1837
...auspicious symbol. As such, Pope introduces it very beautifully in his poem of the Messiah : — " 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."... | |
 | 1838
...and sudden verdure rise, And starts amidst the thirsty wilds to hear New falls of water murmuring on 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; To... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1839
...deserts with surprise, See lilies spring, and sudden verdure rise1' ; And start, 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 sandy17 valleys, once perplex'd with thorn, The spiry fir and shapely box adorn... | |
 | Protestant association - 1853
...sudabunt roscida mellis. 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 u, once... | |
 | Samuel Kirkham - 1839 - 357 Seiten
...deserts', with surprise' Sees lilies spring', andb sudden verdure rise'; Andb starts', amidst the thirsty wilds', to hear* New falls of water', murmuring in his ear'; On rifled rocks', the dragon's late abodes', The green reed trembles', andb the bulrush nods'. Waste sandy... | |
 | 1840
...barren deserts with surprise Sees lilies spring, and sudden verdure rise ; And starts, amid the thirsty wilds to hear New falls of water murmuring in his...dragon's late abodes, The green reed trembles, and the bulrush noda. Waste sandy valleys, once perplex'd with thorn, The spiry fir and shapely box adorn :... | |
 | Christopher Newman Hall - 1866
...verdure rise; " And starts, amidst the thirsty plains, to hear " New falls of water murmuring on the ear : " On rifted rocks, the dragon's late abodes, " The green reed trembles and the bulrush nods ; " While sandy valleys, once perplex' d with thorn, " The spiry fir and shapely box adorn."... | |
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