 | British empire - 1847 - 812 pages
...large tracts by the Conqueror for the formation of the New Forest : — " Not thus the land appear'd in ages past, A dreary desert, and a gloomy waste,...And kings more furious and severe than they ; Who claim'd the skies, dispeopled air and floods, The lonely lords of empty wilds and woods. • • *... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1847 - 488 pages
...sits smiling on the plains, And peace and plenty tell, a STUART reigns. Not thus the land appear'd in ages past, A dreary desert, and a gloomy waste, To savage beasts and savage laws a prey, 45 And kings more furious and severe than they ; Who claim'd the skies, dispeopled air and floods,... | |
 | English poetry - 1848 - 468 pages
...industry sits smiling on the plains, And peace and plenty tell a Stuart reigns. Not thus the land appear'd in ages past, A dreary desert, and a gloomy waste,...And kings more furious and severe than they : Who claim'd the skies, dispeopled air and floods, The lonely lords of empty wilds and woods ; Cities laid... | |
 | Alexander Pope, William Charles Macready - 1849 - 646 pages
...sits smiling on the plains, And peace and plenty tell, a STUART reigns. Not thus the land appear'd in ages past, A dreary desert, and a gloomy waste,...And kings more furious and severe than they ; Who claim'd the skies, dispeopled air and floods, The lonely lords of empty wilds and woods : Cities laid... | |
 | Louis-Ferdinand-Alfred Maury - Forests and forestry - 1850 - 378 pages
...Pair., ed. Labigne, t. XXIII, p. 249. ' « Not thug the lauil appear'd in ages past, A dreary deiert and gloomy waste , To savage beasts and savage laws a...And kings more furious and severe than they ; Who claim'd the skies, dispeopled air and floods , Th« lonely Ion Is of empty wilds and woods : Cities... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1850 - 510 pages
...sits smiling on the plains, And peace and plenty tell, a Stuart reigns. Not thus the land appcar'd iu ages past, A dreary desert, and a gloomy waste, To savage beasts and savage laws a prey, And kin^i more furious and severe than they; Who clailn'd the skies, dispeopled air and floods, The lonely... | |
 | Louis Ferdinand Alfred Maury - Forests and forestry - 1850 - 340 pages
...éd. Lablgne, t. XXIU, p. 349. * « Not tlms the lun<! appear'd in âges past, A dreary deiërt and gloomy waste, To savage beasts and savage laws a prey ; And kings more furious and scvère than they ; Who claim'd the skies, dispeopled air and floods , The lunch lords of empty wilda... | |
 | Joseph Guy - 1852 - 458 pages
...sits smiling on the plains, And peace and plenty tell a Brunswick reigns. Not thus the land appear d in ages past, A dreary desert and a gloomy waste,...prey, And kings more furious and severe than they; Who claim'd the skies, dispeopled air and floods, The lonely lords of empty wilds and woods : Cities laid... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1853 - 330 pages
...enlivening odours breathe, Or spread with vernal bloom the purple heath ? " Not thus the land appear'd in ages past, A dreary desert, and a gloomy waste, To savage beasts and savage laws a prey,6 45 And kings more furious and severe than they ; Who claim'd the skies, dispeopled air and floods,... | |
 | Alexander Pope, Alexander Dyce - 1854 - 352 pages
...sits smiling on the plains, And peace and plenty tell, a Stuart reigns. Not thus the land appear'd in ages past, A dreary desert, and a gloomy waste,...And kings more furious and severe than they ; Who claim'd the skies, dispeopled air and floods, The lonely lords of empty wilds and woods : Cities laid... | |
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Not thus the land appear'd in ages past, A dreary desert, and a gloomy waste, To savage beasts and savage laws a prey, And kings more furious and severe than they... 
