| 1839 - 612 páginas
...bounds : Where the tim'rous Quagga's wild whistling neigb Is heard by the fountain at fall of day; And the fleet-footed Ostrich over the waste Speeds like a horseman who travels in baste, Hieing away to the home of her rest, Where she and her mate have scooped their nest, Far hid... | |
| 1825 - 512 páginas
...plaintively; Where the zebra wantonly tosses his mane, In fields seldom freshened by moisture or rain Ami the fleet-footed ostrich over the waste. Speeds like a horseman who travels In haste ; And the vulture in circles wheels high overhead. Greedy to scent and to gorge on the dead ; And the... | |
| 1825 - 516 páginas
...plaintively; Where the zebra wantonly tosses his mane, In fields seldom freshened by moisture or rain AI) the fleet-footed ostrich over the waste Speeds like a horseman who travels in haste -, And the vulture in circles wheel* high overhead, Greedy to scent and to gorge on the dead ; And... | |
| George Thompson - 1827 - 532 páginas
...hounds ; And the timorous quagha's wild whistling neigh Is heard by the brak fountain far away ; And the fleet-footed ostrich over the waste Speeds like a horseman who travels in haste ; And the vulture in circles wheels high overhead, Greedy to scent and to gorge on the dead ; And t;he... | |
| James Silk Buckingham - 1827 - 604 páginas
...; And the timorous quagha's |||| wild whistling neigb Is heard by the fountain at fall of day ; And the fleet-footed ostrich over the waste, Speeds like a horseman who travels in haste, — For she hies away to the home of her rest, When she and her mate have scoop'd their nest, Far hid... | |
| Stephen Kay - 1833 - 552 páginas
...plaintively ; Where the zebra wantonly tosses his mane, In fields seldom freshen'd by moisture or rain ; And the fleet-footed ostrich over the waste Speeds like a horseman who travels in haste ; And the vulture in circles wheels high overhead, Greedy to scent and to gorge on the dead ; And the... | |
| Stephen Kay - 1834 - 468 páginas
...plaintively ; Where the zebra wantonly tosses his mane, In fields seldom freshen'd by moisture or rain ; And the fleet-footed ostrich over the waste Speeds like a horseman who travels in haste ; And the vulture in circles wheels high overhead, Greedy to scent and to gorge on the dead ; And the... | |
| Thomas Pringle, Leitch Ritchie - 1837 - 386 páginas
...the zebra wantonly tosses his mane, With wild hoof scouring the desolate plain ; And the fleetrfooted ostrich over the waste Speeds like a horseman who...have scooped their nest, Far hid from the pitiless plunderer's view In the pathless depths of the parched Karroo ". Afar in the Desert I love to ride,... | |
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