 | Alexander Pope - 1835 - 320 pages
...verdure rise ; And starts, amidst the thirsty wilds, to hear New falls of water murmuring in his ear : 7* On rifted rocks, the dragon's late abodes, The green reed trembles, and the bulrush nods : Waste sandy valleys,i4 once perplex'd with thorn, The spiry fir and shapely box adorn... | |
 | Alexander Pope, George Croly - 1835 - 312 pages
...21, 22. 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,14 once perplex'd with thorn, The spiry fir and shapely box adorn... | |
 | Author of The young man's own book - American poetry - 1836 - 336 pages
...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 nods. Waste sandy valleys, once perplex'd with thorn, The spiry fir and shapely box adorn :... | |
 | Alexander Pope - English poetry - 1836 - 502 pages
...and sudden verdure rise ; And starts, amidst the thirsty wilds to hear New falls of water murmuring ; (At least to feign was never hard to you !) ' Farewell, my Leshian love,' you might hav bulrush nods. Waste sandy valleys,8 once perplex'd with thorn, The spiry fir and shapely box adorn... | |
 | Alexander Pope - English poetry - 1836 - 332 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,5 once perplex'd with thorn, The spiry fir and shapely box adorn... | |
 | Rebecca Hey - 1837 - 386 pages
...auspicious symbol. As such, Pope introduces it very beautifully in his poem of the Messiah : — " 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."... | |
 | 1838 - 500 pages
...and sudden verdure rise, And starts amidst the thirsty wilds to hear New falls of water murmuring on his ear ; 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 fir and shapely box adorn; To... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1839 - 510 pages
...and sudden verdure rise1' ; And start, amidst the thirsty wilds to hear New falls of water murmuring ft is Silia ! fearful to bulrush nods. Waste sandy17 valleys, once perplex'd with thorn, The spiry fir and shapely box adorn... | |
 | Samuel Kirkham - Elocution - 1842 - 386 pages
...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':... | |
 | John Aikin - English poetry - 1843 - 826 pages
...and sudden verdure rise; And starts, amidst the thirsty wilds, to hear New falls of water murmuring aster's hand in modulated air, Bids the loud organ breathe, and all the powen Of music bulrush nods. Waste sandy valleys, once perplex'd wilh thorn, The spiry fir 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... 
