 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
 | Thomas Humphry Ward - 1883 - 734 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...flings The grateful shower ; and now Plucking the broad-leaved bough Of yonder plane, with wavy motion slow, Fanning the languid air, He moves it to... | |
 | Thomas Humphry Ward - 1884 - 654 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...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... | |
 | Robert Southey - 1884 - 586 pages
...canes which crackling fell 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... | |
 | 1885 - 668 pages
...canes which crackling fall before his way, And tassel-grass, whose silvery feathers play O ertoppmg the young trees, On comes the Elephant, to slake His...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... | |
 | Robert Southey - 1888 - 360 pages
...canes which crackling fall before his way. And tassel-grass, whose silvery feathers piny O'ertopping the young trees, On comes the Elephant, to slake His...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... | |
 | Thomas Humphry Ward - 1893 - 696 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...pellucid springs. Lo! from his trunk upturn'd, aloft he flingt The grateful shower ; and now Plucking the broad-leaved bough Of yonder plane, with wavey motion... | |
 | Thomas Humphry Ward - 1894 - 862 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...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... | |
 | Larkin Dunton - 1896 - 562 pages
...canes, which crackling fall before his way. And tassel-grass, where silvery feathers play, O'ertopping the young trees; On comes the elephant, to slake His thirst at noon in you pellucid springs, Lo ! from his trunk upturned, aloft he flings The grateful shower; and now Plucking... | |
 | 1905 - 622 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...flings The grateful shower ; and now Plucking the broad-leaved bough Of yonder plane, with wavy motion slow, Fanning the languid air, He moves it to... | |
 | John Matthews Manly - 1907 - 654 pages
...canes which crackling fall before his wav, And tassel-grass, whose silvery feathers pla O'ertopping the young trees, On comes the Elephant to slake His...he flings The grateful shower; and now Plucking the brgad-leaved bough THE CURSE OF KEHAMA 365 er plane, with wavy motion slow, anning the languid air,... | |
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