 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
 | Christopher Cooke - 1864 - 330 Seiten
...its appearance reminded me of the poetical description of part of " Caledonia, stern and wild" — " 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, nor... | |
 | Cassell, ltd - 1865 - 662 Seiten
...poor, mean, despised race" of Scotchmen, and tells them to quit an accursed country, where — Fur 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 must... | |
 | James Ewing Ritchie - 1866 - 936 Seiten
...despised race" who inhabit Scotland, Famine appears, and exhorts them to quit a country, where — 1 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... | |
 | John Blaikie - 1868 - 336 Seiten
...it could emphatically be said of Buchan, that " a tree might be a show there, as a horse in Venice." Far as the eye could reach no tree was seen, Earth clad in russet, scorn'd the lively green. Pitfour's operations did much to remove the imputation, but the rough blasts of the German Ocean are... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1872 - 686 Seiten
...entertain CHAPTER XXVIL Far aa the eye could reach uo tree was seen, fiarth, clad in russet, scoru'd the lively green; No birds, except as birds of passage flew; No bee was heard to hum, no (lore to coo; No streams, as amber smooth— as amber clear, Were seen to glide, or heard to warble... | |
 | Samuel Orchart Beeton - 1873 - 782 Seiten
...And whilst she seratch'd her lover into rest, Sunk pleased, though hungry, on her Sawney's breast. mute on Tara' The plague of locusts they secure defy, For in three hours a grasshopper must die. No living thing,... | |
 | George Charles Grantley Fitzhardinge Berkeley (hon.) - 1874 - 374 Seiten
...so-called, as he can. But, alas ! so desolate and poor are the acres and the soil, and subsoil, that — " Far as the eye could reach no tree was seen, Earth clad in russet, scorn'd the lively green ; No bird — except as bird of passage — flew, No bee was heard to hum, no dove to coo ; No streams,... | |
 | 1875 - 782 Seiten
...younger generation. It was in such a country and with such unpromising ground to work upon, where " Far as the eye could reach no tree was seen ; Earth clad in russet scorned the lively green," and with this solitary instance of tree-like vegetation, that the then possessor... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1877 - 534 Seiten
...entertain. CHAP. XXVII. Par as the eye conld reach no free was seen, Earth, clad in nisset, scorned the lively green ; No birds, except as birds of passage, flew ; No bee was heard to ftutn, no dove to coo ; No streams, as amber smooth — as amber clear, Were seen to glide, or heard... | |
 | William Davenport Adams - 1880 - 362 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... | |
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