 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
 | Jeremiah Clemens - 1856 - 296 Seiten
...thing was moving on the wide expanse, and over all the hot sun poured down his fierce and fiery rays. " Far as the eye could reach, no tree was seen ; Earth clad in russet, scorned the lively green. No birds except as birds of passage flew ; No hee was heard to hum, no dove... | |
 | Jeremiah Clemens - 1856 - 298 Seiten
...moving on the wide expanse, and over all the hot sun poured down his fierce and fiery rays. " Far HB the eye could reach, no tree was seen ; Earth clad in russet, scorned the lively green. No birds except as birds of passage flew ; No boe was heard to hum, no dove... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1857 - 444 Seiten
...practised, Till bondage sunk his soul to his condition. The Prison, Scene iii. Act i. (4.) — CHAP. XXVII. Far as the eye could reach no tree was seen, Earth, clad in russet, scorned the lively green ; No birds, except as birds of passage, flew ; No bee was heard to hum, no... | |
 | Abraham Mills - 1858 - 608 Seiten
...And, whilst she scratched her lover into rest, Sunk pleased, though hungry, on her Sawney's breast. Far as the eye could reach no tree was seen; Earth, clad in russet, scorned the lively green; The plague of locusts they secure defy, For in three hours a grasshopper... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1859 - 420 Seiten
...rest with better hopes than it had lately been my fortune to entertain. CHAPTEE THE TWENTY-SEVENTH. Far as the eye could reach no tree was seen, Earth, clad in russet, scorned the lively green ; No birds, except as birds of passage, flew ; No bee was heard to hum, no... | |
 | Charles Dickens, William Harrison Ainsworth, Albert Smith - 1860 - 670 Seiten
...mountains during the night. The farther we advanced into Castile the country became more arid and deserted: Far as the eye could reach no tree was seen, Earth clad in russet scorn'd the lively green. Few houses were visible except in the small towns or villages, and when we came upon a detached venta,... | |
 | John Frederick Smith - 1861 - 650 Seiten
..."the poor, mean, despised race" of Scotchmen, and tells them to quit an accursed country where — Far as the eye could reach no tree was seen ; Earth clad In russet scorned the lively green . The plague of locusts certain to defy, For In three hours a grasshopper... | |
 | sir Walter Scott (bart [novels, collected]) - 1862 - 352 Seiten
...retired to rest with better hopes than it had lately been my fortune to entertain. CHAPTER XXVII. Far aз the eye could reach, no tree was seen ; Earth, clad...except as birds of passage, flew ; No bee was heard to ¡mm, no dove to coo ; No streams, as amber smooth — as amber clear, Were seen to glide, or heard... | |
 | English poets - 1862 - 626 Seiten
...food, And, whilst she soothed her lover into rest, Sunk pleased, though hungry, on her Sawney's breast. Far as the eye could reach, no tree was seen, Earth, clad in russet, scorned the lively green : The plague of locust they secure defy, For in three hours a grasshopper... | |
 | Literary and Historical Society of Quebec - 1863 - 162 Seiten
...that which now presented itself. The words of the poet seemed literally realized when he says that : " Far as the eye could reach, no tree was seen, " Earth clad in russet, scorn'd the livelier green." Looking back on our former track, the view that met our sight was of a most magnificent... | |
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