 To brood in the tree's thick branches, And the shadow of sleep was gone ! Then I roused and roared in answer, And unsheathed from my cushioned feet My curving claws, and stretched me, And wandered my mate to greet. We toyed in the amber moonlight, Upon...  Rythmic [i.e. Rhythmic] Fancies and Fantastic Rhymes - Sida 58efter Clarence Fonteneau Townsend - 1915 - 60 sidorObegränsad förhandsgranskning - Om den här boken
 | 1865 - 818 sidor
...tamarisk shade, Till I heard my wild mate roaring, As the shadows of night came on, To brood in the trees' thick branches And the shadow of sleep was gone ;...our massive arms — How powerful he was and grand t His yellow eyes flashed fiercely As he crouched and gazed at me, And his quivering tail, like a serpent,... | |
 | 1865 - 654 sidor
...tamarisk shade, Till I heard my wild mate roaring, As the shadows of night came on, To brood in the trees' thick branches And the shadow of sleep was gone ;...our massive arms — How powerful he was and grand I His yellow eyes flashed fiercely As he crouched and gazed at me, And his quivering tail, like a serpent,... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1877 - 618 sidor
...tamarisk shade, Till I heard my wild mate roaring, As the shadows of night came on To brood iu the trees' thick branches, And the shadow of sleep was gone ;...my mate to greet. We toyed in the amber moonlight, Ujion the warm flat sand, And struck at each other our massive arms — How powerful he was and grand... | |
 | Ainsworth Rand Spofford, Charles Gibbon - 1881 - 426 sidor
...heard my wild mate roaring, Ля the shadows of night came on To brood in the trees' thick branchée, And the shadow of sleep was gone ; Then I roused and...unsheathed from my cushioned feet My curving claws, und stretched mo And wandered my mate to greet. We toy«! in the amber moonlight, Upon the warm flat... | |
 | Alice Cary - 1889 - 326 sidor
...shade. _ 'Till I heard my wild mate roaring, As the shadows of night came on, To brood in the trees' thick branches, And the shadow of sleep was gone ;...claws and stretched me, And wandered, my mate to greet ; - That was a life to live for ! — Not this weak human life, With its frivolous, bloodless passions,... | |
 | 1890 - 542 sidor
...tamarisk shade. Till I hoard my wild mate roaring, As the shadows of night came on, To brood in the trees' thick branches, And the shadow of sleep was gone;...toyed in the amber moonlight, Upon the warm flat sand, A nd struck at each other our massive arms — How powerful he was, and grand ! His yellow eyes flashed... | |
 | 1890 - 562 sidor
...heard my wild mats roaring. As the shadows of night came on. To brood in the trees' thick branches, Then I roused, and roared in answer, And unsheathed...My curving claws, and stretched me, And wandered my mute to greet. We toyed in the amber moonlight, Upon the warm flat sand, A nd struck at each other... | |
 | Sarah Neal Harris - 1891 - 206 sidor
...Tamarisk shade, Till I heard my wild mate roaring As the shadows of night came on To brood in the trees' thick branches, And the shadow of sleep was gone :...roared in answer, And unsheathed from my cushioned feet CLEOPATRA. 127 My curving claws, and stretched me, And wandered my mate to greet. We toyed in the amber... | |
 | Ainsworth Rand Spofford, Charles Gibbon - 1893 - 464 sidor
...tamarisk shade, Till I heard my wild mate roaring, As the shadows of night came on To brood in the trees' thick branches, And the shadow of sleep was gone ;...curving claws, and stretched me And wandered my mate to grest. We toyed in the amber moonlight. Upon the warm flat sand, And struck at each other our massive... | |
 | 1895 - 610 sidor
...mate roaring, As the shadows of night came on, 574 575 To brood in the trees' thick branches, Till the shadow of sleep was gone. Then I roused and roared in answer, And unsheathed from my cushioned feet M >/ curving claws, and stretched me, And wandered my mate to greet. Then like a storm he seized me... | |
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