 | Erasmus Darwin - 1805 - 224 Seiten
...blasted heath Fell UPAS sits, the HYDRA-TREE of death. Lo ! from one root, the envenom'd soil below, A thousand vegetative serpents grow ; In shining rays...scaly monster spreads O'er ten square leagues his far-diverging heads ; Or in one trunk intwists his tangled form, Looks o'er the clouds, and hisses... | |
 | James Johnson - 1807 - 430 Seiten
...blasted heath Fell Upax sits, the hydra tree of Death. Lo ! from one root, th' envenom'd soil below, A thousand vegetative serpents grow • In shining rays the scaly monster spreads, O'er ten square I, agues, his far diverging heads, Steep'd in fell poison, as his sharp teeth part, A thousand tongues... | |
 | 1823 - 872 Seiten
...blasted heath Fell UPAS sits, the HYDRA-TREE of death. Lo ! from one root, the envenom'd soil below, A thousand vegetative serpents grow ; In shining rays...scaly monster spreads O'er ten square leagues his far-diverging heads ; Or in one trunk entwists his tangled form, Looks o'er the clouds, and hisses... | |
 | Erasmus Darwin - 1824 - 246 Seiten
...THE PLANTS. Lo ; from one root, the envenom'd noil below, A thousand vegetative serpents grow ; 240 In shining rays the scaly monster spreads O'er ten square leagues his far-diverging heads; Or in one trunk entwists his tangled form, Looks o'er the clouds, and hisses in... | |
 | Thomas Willcocks - 1829 - 334 Seiten
...blasted heath, Fell UPAS sits, the HYDRA-TREE of death. Lo ! from one root, the envenomed soil below, A thousand vegetative serpents grow ; In shining rays...scaly monster spreads O'er ten square leagues his far-diverging heads ; Or in one trunk entwists his tangled form, Looks o'er the clouds and hisses in... | |
 | George Crabbe - 1834 - 340 Seiten
...blasted heath Fell Upas sits, the Hydra tree of death. IjO from one root, the envenom'd soil below, A thousand vegetative serpents grow ; In shining rays...square leagues his far diverging heads, Or In one trunk cntwists his tangled form, Looks o'er the clouds, and hisses in the storm," &c. D*»WIN'» IMKS of... | |
 | Jeremiah N. Reynolds - 1835 - 600 Seiten
...blasted heath, Fell Upas sits, the hydra-tree of death ! Lo,'frora one root, the envenomed soil below, A thousand vegetative serpents grow ! In shining rays,...form, Looks o'er the clouds, and hisses in the storm ; Steep'd in fell poison, as his sharp teeth part, A thousand tongues in quick vibration dart ; Snatch... | |
 | John N. Reynolds - 1835 - 652 Seiten
...blasted heath, Fell Upas aits, the hydra-tree of death ! Lo, from one root, the envenomed soil below, A thousand vegetative serpents grow ! In shining rays,...leagues his far diverging heads ; Or in one trunk entwiets his tangled form, Looks o'er the clouds, and hisses in the storm ; Steep!d in fell poison,... | |
 | Sir William Jackson Hooker - 1835 - 464 Seiten
...blasted heath Fell I' ¡mi sits, the hydra-tree of death. IKI! from one root, the envenomed soil below, A thousand vegetative serpents grow ; In shining rays the scaly monster spreads O'er ten square league« his far-diverging heads ; Or in one trunk entwists his tangled form, Looks o'er the clouds... | |
 | George Crabbe - 1839 - 342 Seiten
...blasted heath Fell Upas sits, the Hydra tree of death. Lo from one root, the envenom'd soil below, A thousand vegetative serpents grow ; In shining rays...form, Looks o'er the clouds, and hisses in the storm," &c. DARWIN'S Loves of the Plants. For an authentic refutation of the gross imposition practised on... | |
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O'er ten square leagues his far-diverging heads; Or in one trunk entwists his tangled form, Looks o'er the clouds, and hisses in the storm. Steep'd in fell poison, as his sharp teeth part, A thousand tongues in quick vibration dart; Snatch the proud Eagle... 
