Trampling his path through wood and brake, And canes which crackling fall before his way, And tassel-grass, whose silvery feathers play, O'ertopping the young trees, On comes the Elephant, to slake His thirst at noon in yon pellucid springs. Lo ! from... The Curse of Kehama - Page 8by Robert Southey - 1812Full view - About this book
| Hugh Murray - 1833 - 398 pages
...which crackling fall before his way, And tassel-crass, whose silvery feathers play, , O'ertnpping tile young trees, On comes the elephant, to slake His thirst...Lo ! from his trunk upturn'd, aloft he flings The gratenil shower : and now,. Plucking the broad-leav'd bough Of yonder plume, with waving motion slow,... | |
| Robert Southey - 1838 - 636 pages
...brake, And canes which crackling fall before his way, And tassel-grass, whose silvery feathers play His thirst at noon in yon pellucid springs. Lo ! from...he flings The grateful shower; and now Plucking the broad-leaved bough Of yonder plane, with wavey motion slow, Fanning the languid air, He moves it to... | |
| Natural history - 1840 - 180 pages
...canes, which crackling fall before his way, And tassel-grass, whose silvery feathers play, O'ertopping the young trees, On comes the Elephant, to slake His...noon in yon pellucid springs. Lo ! from his trunk upturned aloft he flings The grateful shower; and now Plucking the broad-leaved bough Of yonder plume,... | |
| 1841 - 808 pages
...that crackling fall before his way, And tassel-grass, whose silvery feathers play, — O'ertopping tbe young trees, — On comes the elephant, to slake His thirst at noon, in yon pellucid springs. Lo I from his trunk upturned aloft he flings The grateful shower ; and now, Plucking the broad-leaved... | |
| 1844 - 312 pages
...canes which crackling fall before his way, And tassel-grass, whose silvery feathers play O'ertopping the young trees, On comes the elephant, to slake His...and now Plucking the broad-leav'd bough Of yonder plume, with waving motion slow, Fanning the languid air, He waves it to and fro."{ As our knowledge... | |
| William Chambers, Robert Chambers - 1845 - 900 pages
...before his way, And tassel-grass, whose silvery feathers play, Overtopping the young trees, On conies the elephant, to slake His thirst at noon in yon pellucid springs. Lo ! from his trunk upturned, aloft he Hings The grateful shower ; and now Plucking the broad'leaved bough Of yonder palm,... | |
| C. T - 1847 - 350 pages
...canes which crackling fall before his way, And tassel-grass, whose silvery feathers play, O'ertopping the young trees, On comes the elephant, to slake His...noon, in yon pellucid springs. Lo ! from his trunk upturn' d, aloft he flings The grateful shower ; and now, Mucking the broad-leav'd bough Of yonder... | |
| William Dowling - 1849 - 356 pages
...canes which crackling fall before his way, And tassel-grass, whose silvery feathers play, O'ertopping the young trees, On comes the elephant, to slake His...and now Plucking the broad-leav'd bough Of yonder plume, with waving motions slow, Fanning the languid air, He waves it to and fro." The reader will... | |
| W. J. Lake - 1857 - 176 pages
...daily. " Trampling his path through wood, and brake, And canes, which, crackling, fall before his way, On comes the elephant, to slake His thirst at noon in yon pellucid spring." IV. Manner qf Capture. All tame elephants once wild ; never breed in captivity ; killed in... | |
| W. J. Lake - 1858 - 182 pages
...daily. " Trampling his path through wood, and brake, And canes, which, crackling, fall before his way, On comes the elephant, to slake His thirst at noon in yon pellucid spring." IV. Manner of Capture. All tame elephants once wild ; never breed in captivity ; killed in... | |
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