Altama murmurs to their woe. Far different there from all that charm'd before, The various terrors of that horrid shore; Those blazing suns that dart a downward ray, And fiercely shed intolerable day... Poems by Goldsmith and Parnell - Page 38by Oliver Goldsmith - 1804 - 68 pagesFull view - About this book
| Oliver Goldsmith - Irish Literature (in English) - 1854 - 348 pages
...Altama * murmurs to their wo. Far different there from all that charm'd before, The various terrors of that horrid shore : Those blazing suns that dart...a downward ray, And fiercely shed intolerable day ; P. Those matted woods where JiiidsJbrget to sing, But silent bats in drowsy clusters cling ; Those... | |
| Oliver Goldsmith, William Collins, George Gilfillan, Thomas Warton - English literature - 1854 - 354 pages
...woe. Far different there from all that charm'd before, The various terrors of that horrid shore ; I Those blazing suns that dart a downward ray, / And fiercely shed intolerable day ; J Those matted woods, where birds forget to sing, I But silent bats in drowsy clusters cling ; sso... | |
| Oliver Goldsmith, Sir James Prior - 1854 - 564 pages
...introdueed here probably from Far different there from all that eharm'd before, The various terrors of that horrid shore ; Those blazing suns that dart a downward ray, And fiereely shed intolerable day ; Those matted woods where birds forget to sing, But silent bats in drowsy... | |
| David S. Shields - Literary Criticism - 2010 - 310 pages
...the banks of the Altamahata. Far different there from all that charm 'd before, The various terrors of that horrid shore; Those blazing suns that dart...sing, But silent bats in drowsy clusters cling; Those pois'nous fields with rank luxuriance crown'd, Where the dark scorpion gathers death around.46 The... | |
| David S. Shields - Literary Criticism - 2010 - 310 pages
...matted woods where birds forget to sing, But silent bats in drowsy clusters cling; Those pois'nous fields with rank luxuriance crown'd, Where the dark scorpion gathers death around. 46 benevolence for the remainder of his long life. Indeed, much later, when John Adams presented his... | |
| Maurice O'Sullivan, Jack Lane - Fiction - 1994 - 276 pages
...of mother earth, was soon lost in sweet forgetfulness. But I must take you, now, To those pois'nous fields with rank luxuriance crown'd, Where the dark...each step the stranger fears to wake The rattling terrors of the vengeful snake. I must carry you once more to Egmont Key, where I had rather an unpleasant... | |
| H. Daniel Peck - Literary Criticism - 1992 - 166 pages
...Massacre. Yet there may be another, European source: Those poisonous fields with rank luxuriance crowned Where the dark scorpion gathers death around; Where...each step the stranger fears to wake The rattling terrors of the vengeful snake; Where crouching tigers wait their hapless prey, And savage men more... | |
| C. C. Barfoot, Theo d'. Haen - Literary Criticism - 1998 - 308 pages
...Deserted Village, in Goldsmith's account of what awaits the English emigrant on the shores of the Altama: Those blazing suns that dart a downward ray, And fiercely...cling; Those poisonous fields with rank luxuriance crowned, Where the dark scorpion scatters death around; Where at each step the stranger fears to wake... | |
| C. C. Barfoot, Theo d'. Haen - Literary Criticism - 1998 - 306 pages
...Deserted Village, in Goldsmith's account of what awaits the English emigrant on the shores of the Altama: Those blazing suns that dart a downward ray, And fiercely...cling; Those poisonous fields with rank luxuriance crowned, Where the dark scorpion scatters death around; Where at each step the stranger fears to wake... | |
| Leo Marx - History - 2000 - 428 pages
...realize the village ideal, a social order represented neither by the hideous wilderness: Those pois'nous fields with rank luxuriance crown'd, Where the dark...each step the stranger fears to wake The rattling terrors of the vengeful snake; nor by the European city where the swain flees only To see profusion... | |
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