 | George Thompson - Africa, Southern - 1827 - 552 pages
...clanging sound of desperate strife— For the prey is strong and strives for life, — Plunging oft, with frantic bound, ' , To shake the tyrant to the ground...on his prize Rides proudly — tearing as he flies. *74 APPENDIX. — VAN REENEN's EXPEDITION. For life — the victim's utmost speed Is mustered in this... | |
 | George Thompson - Cape of Good Hope (South Africa) - 1827 - 532 pages
...clanging sound of desperate strife— For the prey is strong and strives for life, — Plunging oft, with frantic bound, To shake the tyrant to the ground ;...headlong haste : In vain ! — the spoiler on his prize Ridea proudly — tearing as he flies. 3 P For life — the victim's utmost speed Is mustered in this... | |
 | George Thompson - Cape - 1827 - 576 pages
...clanging sound of desperate strife— For the prey is strong and strives for life,— Plunging oft, with frantic bound, To shake the tyrant to the ground ;...whirlwind through the waste, In hope to 'scape by headlong Imste : In vain ! — the spoiler on his prize Rides proudly — tearing as he flies. 3 P For life—... | |
 | George Thompson - Cape of Good Hope (South Africa) - 1827 - 472 pages
...shake the tyrant to the grouixd ; Then hursts like whirlwind through the waste, In hope to 'scape hy headlong haste : In vain ! — the spoiler on his...as he flies. For life — the victim's utmost speed Ik mustered in this hour of need — For life — for life — his giant might He strains, and pours... | |
 | Slavery - 1828 - 390 pages
...clanging sound of desperate strife, For the prey is strong, and strives for life. Plunging oft, with frantic bound. To shake the tyrant to the ground,...waste, In hope to 'scape by headlong haste. In vain ! die spoiler on his prize Bides proudly, tearing as he flies. For life — the victim's utmost speed... | |
 | Civilization - 1832 - 406 pages
...of desperate strife — • For the prey is strong and strives for life j Now, plunging tries with frantic bound, To shake the tyrant to the ground ;...through the waste. In hope to 'scape by headlong haste ; While the destroyer on his prize Rides proudly — tearing as he flies. For life, the victim's utmost... | |
 | Sir William Jardine - Felidae - 1834 - 400 pages
...clanging sound of desperate strife ; For the prey is strong, and strives for life; Plunging oft, with frantic bound, To shake the tyrant to the ground ;...his prize Rides proudly, tearing as he flies. For life—the victim's utmost speed Is mustered in this hour of need ; For life—for life—his giant... | |
 | Sir James Edward Alexander - Electronic books - 1838 - 336 pages
...the tyrant to the ground, He shrieks — he rushes through the waste With glaring eye, and Tieadlong haste — In vain ! The spoiler on his prize Rides proudly — tearing as he flies." In the evening, before going to sleep, we had set fire to an old tree near our lair, to keep off the... | |
 | Natural history - 1840 - 180 pages
...sound of desperate strife. For the prey is strong, and strives for life ; Now plunging tries, with frantic bound, To shake the tyrant to the ground ;...through the waste, In hope to 'scape by headlong haste; While the destroyer, on his prize Rides proudly, tearing as he flies. " For life the victim's utmost... | |
 | George Willson - Elocution - 1840 - 298 pages
...sound of desperate strife — For the prey is strong and strives for life : Now, plunging tries with frantic bound, To shake the tyrant to the ground ; Then bursts like whirlwind through the waste, In hopes to escape by headlong haste ; While the destroyer on his prize Rides proudly — tearing as he... | |
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scape by headlong haste. In vain ; the spoiler on his prize Hides proudly, tearing as he flies. For life the victim's utmost speed Is mustered in this hour of need For life. For life his giant might He strains, and pours his soul in flight ; And mad with... 
