 | English literature - 1807 - 542 pages
...to sleep, П sleep his eyelids knew, He lay where the deadly vines do weep Tneir venomous tents — and nightly steep The flesh with blistering dew. And near him the she-wolf stirr'd the brake, And the rattle-snake breath'd in his ear, Till he .starlme. crie*) — from hisdrcani awake, " Olí ! when... | |
 | Thomas Moore - English poetry - 1806 - 370 pages
...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,...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 see the dusky... | |
 | Thomas Moore - English poetry - 1806 - 328 pages
...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,...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 !...And near him the she-wolf stirr"d the brake, And the rattle-snake breath'd in his ear, m Till he starting cried—from his dream awake— " Oh ! when shall... | |
 | 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
...from t.'Afinu'rality, embarked for Bcrmux!e, tut not rinding the Mtu:-tim And when on the earth he sunk to sleep, If slumber his eyelids knew, He lay,...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 - Irish literature - 1825 - 340 pages
...reeds, Thro' 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,...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 see the dusky... | |
 | Thomas Moore - Irish literature - 1825 - 310 pages
...sunk to sleep, If slumber his eyelids knew, lie lay, where the deadly vine doth weep Its venomotis tear, and nightly steep The flesh with blistering dew ! And near him, the she-wolf stirred the bra... And the copper-snake breath'd in his ear. Till he starting cried from his dream... | |
 | Peter Buchan - Ballads, English - 1825 - 228 pages
...tangled juniper beds of reeds, Through many a fen where the serpent feeds, 22 And when on the earth he sunk to sleep, If slumber his 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... | |
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Away to the Dismal Swamp he speeds — 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,... 
