 Onward they came, a dark continuous cloud Of congregated myriads numberless, The rushing of whose wings was as the sound Of a broad river, headlong in its course Plunged from a mountain summit; or the roar Of a wild ocean in the autumn storm, Shattering...  Uncle Oliver's Travels: Persia - Page 272by John Kitto - 1835Full view - About this book
 | Robert Southey - Love poetry, English - 1809 - 292 pages
...the sound Of a broad river, headlong in its course Plunged from a mountain summit; or the roar Of a wild ocean in the autumn storm, Shattering its billows on a shore of rocks. Onward they came, the winds impell'd them on, Their work was done, their path of ruin past. Their graves were ready in the wilderness.... | |
 | Robert Southey - 1809 - 292 pages
...headlong in its course Plunged from a mountain summit; or the roar Of a wild ocean in the autumn storm, w Shattering its billows on a shore of rocks. Onward they came, the winds impell'd them on, Their work was done, their path of ruin past. Their graves were ready in the wilderness.... | |
 | William Kirby, William Spence - Entomology - 1818 - 568 pages
...as the sound Of abroad river headlong in its course Plung'd from a mountain summit, or the roar Of a wild ocean in the autumn storm Shattering its billows on a shore of rocks c! " But no account of the appearance and ravages of these terrific insects, for correctness and sublimity,... | |
 | Robert Southey - 1821 - 296 pages
...the sound Of a broad river, headlong in its course Plunged from a mountain summit ; or the roar Of a wild ocean in the autumn storm, Shattering its billows on a shore of rocks. Onward they came, the winds impell'd them on, Their work was done, their path of ruin past, Their graves were ready in the wilderness.... | |
 | William Kirby, William Spence - Entomology - 1822 - 618 pages
...the sound Of a broad river headlong in its course Plunged from a mountain summit, or the roar Of a wild ocean in the autumn storm Shattering its billows on a shore of rocks1]" But no account of the appearance and ravages of these terrific insects, for correctness and... | |
 | James Lyon (of Fairhaven, Vermont) - 486 pages
...the sound Of a broad river, headlong in its course Plunged from a mountain summit; or the. roar Of a wild ocean in the autumn storm, Shattering its billows...past, Their graves were ready in the wilderness." THE DAWN. " Day dawns, the twilight gleam dilates, The sun comes forth, and, like a god, Rides through... | |
 | Robert Southey - English literature - 1829 - 806 pages
...the sound Of a broad river, headlong in its course Plunged from a mountain summit ; or the roar Of a wild ocean in the autumn storm. Shattering its billows on a shore of rocks. Onward they came, the winds impell'd them on, Their work was done, their path of ruin past, Jl Their graves were ready in the wilderness.... | |
 | Georges baron Cuvier - Zoology - 1832 - 998 pages
...the sound Of a broad river, headlong in its course, Plunged from a mountain summit, or the roar Of a wild ocean in the autumn storm Shattering its billows on a shore of rocks." It appears that in many of the instances which have been recorded , these devastating insects must... | |
 | Hugh Murray - India - 1832 - 392 pages
...the sound Of a bcoad river headlong in its coarse Plunger: from a mountain summit, or the roar Of a wild ocean in the autumn storm, Shattering its billows on a shore of rocks."} We are told, indeed, that during the rainy season in India insects of all kinds are sometimes so numerous,... | |
 | 1832 - 486 pages
...as the sound Of a broad river headlong m its course Plunged from a mountain summit, or the roar Of a wild ocean in the autumn storm, Shattering its billows on a shore of rocks." -f We are told, indeed, that during the rainy season in India insects of all kinds are sometimes so... | |
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