... the air So emulously that its loftiest branch May brush the traveller's brow. The twisted roots Have clasp'd, in search of nourishment, the rocks, And straggled wide, and pierced the stony soil : — In vain, denied maternal succour, here A dwarfish... Devonshire sketches, by Tickler - Sida 27efter George Philip R. Pulman - 1869Obegränsad förhandsgranskning - Om den här boken
| Society of Antiquaries of London - 1829 - 584 sidor
...appear frequently as thick as they are high ; and thus, as the author I have before quoted, describes, ' Round the boughs, Hoary and feeble, and around the...moss Of growth enormous. E'en the dull vile weed Has fixed itself upon the very crown Of many an ancient oak, and thus refused By nature's kindly aid, dishonour'd,... | |
| Nicholas Toms Carrington - 1826 - 280 sidor
...wide, and pierced the stony soil : In vain, denied maternal succour, here A dwarfish race has risen. Round the boughs Hoary and feeble, and around the...itself upon the very crown Of many an ancient oak ; and thus, refused By Nature kindly aid, — dishonour'd — old — Dreary in aspect — silently... | |
| Nicholas Toms Carrington, Noel Thomas Carrington - 1834 - 340 sidor
...wide, and pierc'd the stony soil:— In vain, denied maternal succour, here A dwarfish race has risen. Round the boughs Hoary and feeble, and around the...itself upon the very crown Of many an ancient oak; and thus, refus'd By Nature kindly aid,—dishonour'd—old— Dreary in aspect—silently decays The... | |
| John Claudius Loudon - 1838 - 796 sidor
...wide, and pierced the stony soil In vain : denied maternal succour, here A dwarfish race has risen. Round the boughs Hoary and feeble, and around the...itself upon the very crown Of many an ancient oak ; and thus, refused By nature kindly aid — dishonoured — old — Dreary in Aspect — silently... | |
| John Claudius Loudon - 1838 - 794 sidor
...succour, here A dwarfish race has risen. Round the boughs Hoary and feeble, and around the trunks, Vúth grasp destructive, feeding on the life That lingers...moss Of growth enormous. E'en the dull vile weed Has flx'd itself upon the very crown Of many an ancient oak : and thus, refused By nature kindly aid —... | |
| John Claudius Loudon - 1838 - 784 sidor
...succour, here A dwarfish race has risen. Round the bough« Hoary and feeble, and around the trunks, AVith grasp destructive, feeding on the life That lingers yet, the ivy winds, and moss Of growth enormous. K'cn the dull vile weed Has fix'd itself upon the very crown Of many an ancient oak ; and thus, refused... | |
| Samuel Rowe - 1848 - 348 sidor
...pierc'd the stony soil : — In vain, denied maternal succour, here A dwarfish race has risen. Hound the boughs Hoary and feeble, and around the trunks,...weed Has fix'd itself upon the very crown Of many an antient oak ; and thus, refus'd By Nature kindly aid, — dishonour'd — old — Dreary in aspect,... | |
| E. Croydon - 1854 - 312 sidor
...and pierced the stony soil : — In vain, denied maternal succour, here A dwarfish race has risen. Round the boughs Hoary and feeble, and around the...itself upon the very crown Of many an ancient oak ; and thus, refused By nature kindly aid, — dishonour'd — old — Dreary in aspect, — silently... | |
| 1863 - 304 sidor
...and pierced the stony soil : — In vain, denied maternal succour, here A dwarfish race has risen. Round the boughs Hoary and feeble, and around the...itself upon the very crown Of many an ancient oak ; and thus, refused By nature kindly aid, — dishonour'd — old — Dreary in aspect, — silently... | |
| Robert Hunt - 1865 - 368 sidor
...clasp'd, in search of nourishment, the rocks, And straggled wide, and pierced the stony soil." " Around the boughs, Hoary and feeble, and around the trunks...yet, the ivy winds, and moss Of growth enormous." Dartmoor, a descriptive poem, by NT CARRINGTON, 1826. Murray. f The British, Roman, and Saxon Antiquities... | |
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