 | James Silk Buckingham - 1827 - 604 Seiten
...strepsiceros. |||| Equus quaifga. A region of emptiness, howling and drear, Which man hath abandon 'd, from famine and fear ; Which the snake and the lizard inhabit alone, With the twilight bat from his old hollow stone ; Where grass, Dor herb, лor shrub takes root, Save poisonous thorns that pierce... | |
 | George Thompson - 1827 - 532 Seiten
...rarely cross'd with his roving clan : A region of emptiness, howling and drear, Which man hath abandon'd from famine and fear ; Which the snake and the lizard inhabit alone, And the bat flitting forth from his old hollow stone ; Where grass, nor herb, nor shrub takes root,... | |
 | Andrew Steedman - 1895 - 402 Seiten
...hath seldom passed, And the quiver'd Coranna or Bechuan Hath rarely crossed with his roving clan : A region of emptiness howling and drear, Which man...lizard inhabit alone, With the twilight bat from the yawning stone ; Where grass, nor herb, nor shrub takes root, Save poisonous thorns that pierce the... | |
 | Thomas Pringle, Leitch Ritchie - 1837 - 386 Seiten
...foot hath never passed, And the quivered Coranna or Bechuan Hath rarely crossed with his roving clan : A region of emptiness, howling and drear, Which Man...lizard inhabit alone, With the twilight bat from the yawning stone ; Where grass, nor herb, nor shrub takes root, Save poisonous thorns that pierce the... | |
 | Thomas Pringle, Leitch Ritchie - 1839 - 392 Seiten
...foot hath never passed, And the quivered Coranna or Bechuan Hath rarely crossed with his roving clan : A region of emptiness, howling and drear, Which Man...lizard inhabit alone, With the twilight bat from the yawning stone ; Where grass, nor herb, nor shrub takes root, Save poisonous thorns that pierce the... | |
 | Marianne Young - 1839 - 330 Seiten
...o' green," has shed the beauty of freshness and grace over mouldering walls, and heaps of rubbish, " "Which the snake and the lizard inhabit alone, "With the twilight bat, from the old hollow stone." In days of yore, architectural skill would seem to have been a dangerous talent to its possessor ;... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1845 - 558 Seiten
...rarely cross'd with his roving clan : A region of emptiness, howling and drear, Which man hath abandon'd from famine and fear; Which the snake and the lizard inhabit alone, With the twilight hat from the yawning stone; Where grass, nor herb, nor shrub takes root, Save poisonous thorns that... | |
 | Modern poetical speaker, Fanny Bury PALLISER - 1845 - 540 Seiten
...cross'd with his roving clan : A region of emptiness, howling and drear, Which man hath abandon'd, from famine and fear ; Which the snake and the lizard inhabit alone, With the twilight but from the old hollow stone ; Where grass, nor herb, nor shrub takes root, Save poisonous thorns... | |
 | 1846 - 308 Seiten
...foot hath never passed, And the quivered Coranna or Bechuan Hath rarely crossed with his roving clan ; A region of emptiness, howling and drear, Which man...lizard inhabit alone, With the twilight bat from the yawning stone ; Where grass, nor herb, nor shrub takes root, SaVe poisonous thorns that pierce the... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1846 - 540 Seiten
...rarely cross'd with his roving clan : A region of emptiness, howling and drear, Which man hath abandon'd from famine and fear ; Which the snake and the lizard inhabit alone, With the twilight bat from the yawning stone; Where grass, nor herb, nor shrub takes root, Save poisonous thorns that pierce the foot... | |
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With the silent Bushboy alone by my side, Away, away, in the wilderness vast Where the white man's foot hath never passed, And the quivered Coranna or Bechuan Hath rarely crossed with his roving clan, — A region of emptiness, howling and drear, Which... 
