 | James Thomson - 1838 - 236 pages
...roaring Andes, huge descends The mighty Orellana. Scarce the Muse Dares stretch her wing o'er this enormous mass Of rushing water; scarce she dares attempt...they sweep along, And traverse realms unknown, and blooming wilds, And fruitful deserts, worlds of solitude, Where the sun smiles, and seasons teem in... | |
 | Mary Roberts - 1839 - 312 pages
...trace them along the shores of the great river of the Amazons, shaded with primeval forests, and beside the . . . sea-like Plata, to whose dread expanse,...and wondrous length of course, Our floods are rills. To them they may recall the rude scenes and inclement climates in which the European otter is found.... | |
 | John Aikin - 1841 - 840 pages
...the Muse Dares stretch her wing o'er this enormous mass Of rushing water ; scarce she dares-attempt true son of virtue, come ! But if, alas ! we cannot thee persuade. blooming wilds, And fruitful deserts, worlds of solitude, Where the Sun smiles and Seasons teem in... | |
 | James Thomson - 1842 - 384 pages
...impetuous hurl'd From all the roaring Andes, huge descends The mighty Orellana. 7 Scarce the muse wo Continuous depth, and wondrous length of course, Our...they sweep along; And traverse realms unknown, and blooming wilds, And fruitful deserts—worlds of solitude, i Where the sun smiles and Seasons teem... | |
 | James Thomson - 1842 - 440 pages
...roaring Andes, huge descends The mighty Orellana.t Scarce the Muse Dares stretch her wing o'er this enormous mass Of rushing water; scarce she dares attempt...whose dread expanse, Continuous depth, and wondrous lenpth of course, Our floods are rills. With unabated force, In silent dignity they sweep along. And... | |
 | W. Mullinger Higgins - 1842 - 426 pages
...may be said — Scarce the muse Dare stretch her winp; o'er this enormous mass Of rushing waters ; to whose dread expanse, Continuous depth, and wondrous length of course, Our rivers are but rills. Between Cape North and Punta el Baxos, the Amazon, by numerous mouths, enters... | |
 | John Aikin - 1843 - 826 pages
...roaring Andes, huge descends The mighty Orellana.t Scarce the Muse Dares stretch her wing o'er this soldier's drum wilhouten dreed ; For peace allays the shepherd's fear Of wearing cap of grenadier. blooming wilds, And fruitful deserts, worlds of solitude, Where the Sun smiles and Seasons teem in... | |
 | John Aikin - 1843 - 830 pages
...roaring Andes, huge descends The mighty Orellana.t Scarce the Muse Dares stretch her wing o'er this report it right, (For yet by swains blooming wilds, And fruitful deserts, worlds of solitude, Where the Sun smiles and Seasons teem in... | |
 | James Thomson - 1847 - 504 pages
...roaring Andes, huge descends The mighty Orellana.* Scarce the muse 840 Dares stretch her wing o'er this enormous mass Of rushing water ; scarce she dares...depth, and wondrous length of course, Our floods are rills.f With unabated force, 845 * Under the name of Orellana, the poet designates the Amazon, or Rio... | |
 | English poetry - 1848 - 468 pages
...roaring Andes, huge descends The mighty Orellana. Scarce the Muse Dares stretch her wing o'er this enormous mass Of rushing water ; scarce she dares...they sweep along ; And traverse realms unknown, and blooming wilds, And fruitful deserts, worlds of solitude ! Where the sun smiles and seasons teem in... | |
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Dares stretch her wing o'er this enormous mass Of rushing water ; scarce she dares attempt The sea-like Plata ; to whose dread expanse, Continuous depth, and wondrous length of course, Our floods are rills. 
