 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 must die. No living thing, whate'er its food, feasts there, But the Cameleon, who can...  Rob Roy. By the author of 'Waverley'. - Seite 304von sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1818Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | 1805 - 556 Seiten
...turn'd suent, and came out¿ f The COUNTRY of FAMINE. From the PROPHECY of FAMINB. A Poem. By the same. 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 must die. No living thing... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 622 Seiten
...And, whilst she ¡cratch'd her lover into rest, ixmk pleas'd, though hungry, on her Sawney's breast. Far as the eye could reach, no tree was seen, Earth, clad in russet, scorn'J the lively green. < The plague of locusts they secure defy, F"r in three hours a grasshopper... | |
 | 1845 - 808 Seiten
...And, whilst she scratch 'd her lover into rest, Sunk pleas'd, tho' 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 must die : No livmg thing,... | |
 | John Laing (Surgeon) - 1818 - 190 Seiten
...fertile. Neither tree nor shrub is to be seen, except the juniper and heath. Throughout the horrid wild no tree was seen, Earth, clad in russet, scorn'd the lively green. This want of trees and shrubs is the more remarkable, as in different parts of these Islands there... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - 1819 - 482 Seiten
...And, whilst she scratch'd her lover into resty Sunk pleas'd, thoughhungry, 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 (hey secure defy, For in three hours a grasshopper must die. No living thing,... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1824 - 1062 Seiten
...And, whilst she scratch'd her lover into rest, Sunk pleas'd, though hungry, on her Sawney's breast. oth sway The triple tyrant; that from these may grow A hundred fold, who having learn'd thy wa The plague of locusts they secure defy, For in three hours a grasshopper must die. No living thing,... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1844 - 738 Seiten
...And, whilst she scratched her lover into rest, Sunk pleased, though hungry, on her Sawney's breast. scorned the lively green : The plague of locusts they secure defy, For in three hours a grasshopper... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1844 - 746 Seiten
...And, whilst she scratched her lover into rest, Sunk pleased, though hungry, on her Sawney's breast. sound. They praised the voice of Cona ! the first among a thousand scorned the lively green : The plague of locusts they secure defy, For in three hours a grasshopper... | |
 | 1845 - 812 Seiten
...And, whilst she scratch'd her lover into rest, Sunk pleas'd, tho' 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 must die : No living thing,... | |
 | 1845 - 824 Seiten
...And, whilst she scratch'd her lover into rest, Sunk pleas'd, tho' 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 must die : No living thing,... | |
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