 The Summer came, and all the birds were dead; The days were like hot coals; the very ground Was burned to ashes ; in the orchards fed Myriads of caterpillars, and around The cultivated fields and garden beds Hosts of devouring insects crawled, and found...  Report of the Secretary of Agriculture ... - Page 442by United States. Department of Agriculture - 1865Full view - About this book
 | 1895 - 554 pages
...and all the birds were dead ; The days were like hot coals ; the very ground Was burned to ashes ; in the orchards fed Myriads of caterpillars, and around...had made The land a desert without leaf or shade. — LONGFELLOW. PROGRESS IN ALGERIA. — Algeria is the California of the Old World. A paper by Mr.... | |
 | 1863 - 794 pages
...ashes ; in the orchards fed Myriads of caterpillars, and around The cultivated fields and garden-beds Hosts of devouring insects crawled, and found No foe...had made The land a desert without leaf or shade. Devoured by worms, like Herod, was the town, Because, like Herod, it had ruthlessly Slaughtered the... | |
 | 1863 - 834 pages
...ashes ; in the orchards fed Myriads of caterpillars, and around The cultivated fields and garden-beds Hosts of devouring insects crawled, and found No foe...had made The land a desert without leaf or shade. Devoured by worms, like Herod, was the town, Because, like Herod, it had ruthlessly Slaughtered the... | |
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