 | English poetry - 1904 - 1054 pages
...and sudden verdure rise; And starts, amidst the thirsty wilds, to hear New falls of water murmuring in his ear. On rifted rocks, the dragon's late abodes, The green reed trembles, and the bulrush nods. Waste sandy valleys, once perplexed with thorn, The spiry fir and shapely box adorn :... | |
 | Richard Garnett, Edmund Gosse - English literature - 1905 - 300 pages
...Sees lilies spring, and sudden verdure rise ; And starts, amidst the thirsty wilds to hear New fall? of water murm'ring in his ear. On rifted rocks, the...dragon's late abodes, The green reed trembles, and the bulrush nods. Waste sandy valleys, once perplexed with thorn, The spiry fir and shapely box adorn:... | |
 | Jeannette Leonard Gilder - Literature - 1910 - 330 pages
...and sudden verdure rise; And starts, amidst the thirsty wilds, to hear New falls of water murmuring in his ear. On rifted rocks, the dragon's late abodes, The green reed trembles, and the bulrush nods; Waste sandy valleys, once perplex'd with thorn, The spiry fir and shapely box adorn;... | |
 | 1915 - 368 pages
...barren deserts with surprise See lilies spring, and sudden verdure rise; And start, amidst the thirsty wilds, to hear New falls of water murm'ring in his...dragon's late abodes, The green reed trembles, and the bulrush nods ; Waste sandy valleys, once perplex'd with thorn, The spiry fir and shapely box adorn... | |
 | Alethea Chaplin - Language Arts & Disciplines - 1920 - 284 pages
...their scent and taste, And frequent cups prolong the rich repast." (" The Rape of the Lock ") and : • On rifted rocks, the dragon's late abodes, The green reed trembles, and the bulrush nods." The Authorised Version of the Bible has exercised considerable influence on the English... | |
 | George Carver - American literature - 1926 - 504 pages
...verdure rise ; And starts, amidst the thirsty wilds to hear New falls of water murmuring in his ear. 70 On rifted rocks, the dragon's late abodes, The green reed trembles, and the bulrush nods. Waste, sandy valleys, once perplex'd with thorn, The spiry fir and shapely box adorn... | |
 | Alexander Pope - Poetry - 1963 - 884 pages
...Verdure rise; And Starts, amidst the thirsty Wilds, to hear New Falls of Water murm'ring in his Ear : 70 On rifted Rocks, the Dragon's late Abodes, The green Reed trembles, and the Bulrush nods. Waste sandy Vallies, once perplex'd with Thorn, The spiry Firr and shapely Box adorn... | |
 | Robert Atwan, Laurance Wieder - Poetry - 1993 - 514 pages
...spring, and sudden verdure rise; And start, amidst the thirsty wilds to hear New falls of water murmuring in his ear. On rifted rocks, the dragon's late abodes, The green reed trembles, and the bulrush nods. Waste sandy valleys, once perplexed with thorn, The spiry fir and shapely box adorn;... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - Poetry - 2005 - 162 pages
...Verdure rise, And starts amidst the thirsty Wilds to hear New Falls of Water murm'ring in his Ear: 70 On rifted Rocks, the Dragon's late Abodes, The green Reed trembles, and the Bulrush nods. Waste sandy Vallies, once perplex'd with Thorn, The spiry Firr and shapely Box adorn;... | |
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The swain in barren deserts with surprise Sees lilies spring, and sudden verdure rise ; And starts, amidst the thirsty wilds to hear New falls of water murmuring in his ear. On rifted rocks, the dragon's late abodes, The green reed trembles, and the bulrush... 
