 His path was rugged and sore, Through tangled juniper, beds of reeds, Through many a fen, where the serpent feeds, And man never trod before. And when on the earth he sunk to sleep, If slumber his eyelids knew, He lay where the deadly vine doth weep Its...  The European Magazine, and London Review - Page 3711807Full view - About this book
 | Thomas Moore - English poetry - 1806 - 370 pages
...sunk to sleep, If slumber his eyelids knew, He lay, where the deadly vine doth weep Its venomous tear and nightly steep The flesh with blistering dew !...And near him the she-wolf stirr'd the brake, And the copper-snake breath'd in his ear, Till he starting cried, from his dream awake, " Oh ! when shall I... | |
 | Thomas Moore - English poetry - 1806 - 328 pages
...sunk to sleep, If slumber his eyelids knew, He lay, where the deadly vine doth weep Its venomous tear and nightly steep The flesh with blistering dew ! And near him the she- wolf stirr'd the brake , And the copper-snake breath'd in his ear, Till he starting cried, from... | |
 | Priscilla Wakefield - Anecdotes - 1809 - 234 pages
...to sleep, If sleep his eye-lids knew, He lay where the deadly vines * do weep Their venomous tears, and nightly steep The flesh with blistering dew !...the brake, And the rattle-snake breath'd in his ear, m Till he starting cried—from his dream awake— " Oh ! when shall I see the dusky lake, And the... | |
 | Thomas Condie - 1813 - 262 pages
...to sleep, If slumbers his eyelids knew. He lay where the deadly vines do weep, Their venomous tears, and nightly steep The flesh with blistering dew. And near him the abe wolf stir'd the brake, And the rattle-snake breath'd in his ear : Till he starting cryed, from... | |
 | Joseph Taylor - Insects - 1817 - 266 pages
...to sleep, If sleep his eyelids knew ; He lay where the deadly vines do weep Their venomous tears — and nightly steep The flesh with blistering dew. And near him the sea-wolf stirr'd the brake, And the rattle-snake breath'd in his ear ; Till he starting cried — from... | |
 | Renfrew county - 1821 - 542 pages
...sunk to sleep, If slumber his eyelids knew, He lay, where the deadly vine doth weep Its venomous tear, and nightly steep The flesh with blistering dew ! And near him the she -wolf stirr'd the brake, And the copper-snake brcath'd in his ear, Till he starting, cried, from... | |
 | Thomas Moore - 1823 - 348 pages
...sunk to sleep, If slumber his eyelids knew, He lay where the deadly vine doth weep Its venomous tear and nightly steep The flesh with blistering dew !...And near him the she-wolf stirr'd the brake, And the copper-^snake breathed in his ear, Till he starting cried, from his dream awake, " Oh ! when shall... | |
 | Thomas Moore - 1823 - 344 pages
...sunk to sleep, If slumber his eyelids knew, He lay where the deadly vine doth weep Its venomous tear and nightly steep The flesh with blistering dew !...And near him the she-wolf stirr'd the brake, And the copper-snake breathed in his ear, Till he starting cried, from his dream awake, " Oh! when shall I... | |
 | Thomas Moore - Irish literature - 1825 - 340 pages
...sunk to sleep, If slumber his eyelids knew, He lay, where the deadly vine doth weep Its venomous tear, and nightly steep The flesh with blistering dew !...And near him the she-wolf stirr'd the brake; And the copper-snake breath'd in his ear, Till he starting cried from his dream awake. " Oh ! when shall I... | |
 | Peter Buchan - Ballads, English - 1825 - 228 pages
...eye-lids knew, He lay, where the deadly vines do weep Their venomous tears — and nightly steep The fleth with blistering dew ! And near him the she-wolf stirr'd the brake, And the rattle-snake breath'-l in his ear, Till he starting cried — from his dream awake — Oh ! when shall I see the... | |
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