 Onward they came, a dark continuous cloud Of congregated myriads numberless, The rushing of whose wings was as the sound Of a broad river, headlong in its course Plunged from a mountain summit; or the roar Of a wild ocean in the autumn storm, Shattering...  Uncle Oliver's Travels: Persia - Sida 272efter John Kitto - 1835Obegränsad förhandsgranskning - Om den här boken
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1878 - 290 sidor
...headlong in its course Plunged from a mountain summit; or the roar Of a wild ocean in the autumnal storm, Shattering its billows on a shore of rocks. Onward they came, the winds impelled them on, Thdr work was done, their path of ruin past, Thsir graves were ready in the wilderness. THE OASIS.... | |
 | Illinois. Department of Agriculture - 1878 - 568 sidor
...the sound Of a broad;river headlong i» Its course. Plunged from a mountain summit, or the roar Ol a wild ocean in the Autumn storm, Shattering its billows on a shore of rocks. He watches the myriads of restless workers for a few hours, and ere the sun has set sees the corn stripped... | |
 | 1878 - 932 sidor
...the sound Of a broad river headlong in its course Plunged from a mountain summit, or the roar Of a wild ocean in the autumn storm, Shattering its billows on a shore of rocks. We watch the myriads of restless workers for a few hours, and ere the sun has set see the coru stripped... | |
 | Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories (U.S.) - 1878 - 240 sidor
...the sound Of a broad river headlong in its course Plunged from a mountain summit, or the roar Of a wild ocean in the autumn storm, Shattering its billows on a shore of rocks. We watch the myriads of restless workers for a few hours, and ere the sun has set see the corn stripped... | |
 | Robert Southey - 1880 - 658 sidor
...headlong in its course, Plunged from a mountain summit ; or the roar Of a wild ocean in the autumnal storm, Shattering its billows on a shore of rocks....on ; Their work was done, their path of ruin past, 80. * Behold the mighty army ! " Moath cried ; " Blindly they move, impelled By the blind Element.... | |
 | 1881 - 734 sidor
...the sound Of a broad river, headlong in its course Plunged from a mountain summit, nr the roar Of a wild ocean in the autumn storm, Shattering its billows on a shore of rocks! " The first account after the statement of Joel, which, judging from the account there given, was the... | |
 | Charles Haddon Spurgeon - 1882 - 378 sidor
...course, Plunged from a mountain summit ; or the roar Of u wild ocean in the autumnal storm, Shuttering its billows on a shore of rocks, Onward they came, the winds impelled them on. Hubert Southey, 1774—1843. Verse 35. — "J)id eat up all the herbs." The locusts had devoured every... | |
 | 1882 - 472 sidor
...the sound Of a broad river headlong in its course Plunged from a mountain summit, or the roar Of a wild ocean in the autumn storm, Shattering its billows on a shore of rocks !" — See KIRBY and SPENCE, p. 129. give of the locust woe would meet the demand with remarkable exactness.... | |
 | Tropical regions - 1882 - 288 sidor
...the sound Of a broad river headlong in its course Plunged from a mountain summit ; or the roar Of a wild ocean in the autumn storm, Shattering its billows on a shore of rocks!" Terrible, indeed, is the advent of these depredators! They make their appearance in such myriads as... | |
 | New Hampshire. Department of Agriculture - 1883 - 498 sidor
...the sound Of a broad river, headlong in its course Plunged from a mountain summit, or the roar Of a wild ocean in the autumn storm, Shattering its billows on a shore of rocks ' RATE AT WHICH LOCUST SWARMS MOVE. The rate of migration of the winged insects will depend entirely... | |
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