| Thomas Moore - English poetry - 1806 - 328 pages
...life shall be, " And I'll hide the maid in a cypress tree, " When the footstep of death is near !" Away to the Dismal Swamp he speeds — His path was...serpent feeds, And man never trod before ! And, when on the earth he sunk to sleep, If slumber his eyelids knew, He lay, where the deadly vine doth weep... | |
| Priscilla Wakefield - Anecdotes - 1809 - 234 pages
...beam of light, brighter than the glowworm. Away to the Dismal Swamp be speeds, His path was nigged and sore ; ;^ Through tangled juniper, beds of reeds,...Through many a fen where the serpent feeds, And man ne'er trod before ! And when on the earth he sunk to sleep, If sleep his eye-lids knew, He lay where... | |
| Thomas Condie - 1813 - 262 pages
...in a cypress tree, When the, footsteps of death are near." Away to the Dismal Swamp he speeds, Its path was rugged and sore, Through tangled juniper,...Through many a fen where the serpent feeds, And man ne'er stood before. And when on the earth he sunk to sleep, If slumbers his eyelids knew. He lay where... | |
| Joseph Taylor - Insects - 1817 - 266 pages
...our life shall be — And I'll hide the maid in a cypress tree, When the footstep of Death is near. Away to the Dismal Swamp he speeds, — His path was rugged and sore, Thro' tangled juniper beds of reeds, Through many a fen where the serpent feeds, And man ne'er trod... | |
| Renfrew county - 1821 - 542 pages
...life shall be, " And I'll hide the maid in a cypress tree, " When the footstep of death is near 1" Away to the dismal swamp he speeds — His path was rugged and sore. Through tangl'd juniper, beds of reeds, Through many a fen, where the serpent feeds, And man ne'er trode before!... | |
| Thomas Moore - 1823 - 348 pages
...from Norfolk, and the Lake in the middle of it (about seven miles long) is called Drummond's Pond. Away to the Dismal Swamp he speeds — His path was...serpent feeds, And man never trod before ! And when on the earth lie sunk to sleep, If slumber his eyelids knew, He lay where the deadly vine doth weep... | |
| Thomas Moore - 1823 - 344 pages
...our life shall be, " And I'll hide the maid in a cypress tree, " When the footstep of Death is near!" Away to the Dismal Swamp he speeds— His path was...serpent feeds, And man never trod before ! And when on the earth he sunk to sleep, If slumber his eyelids knew, He lay where the deadly vine doth weep... | |
| Peter Buchan - Ballads, English - 1825 - 228 pages
...loving our life shall be, And I'll hide the maid in a cypress tree, When the footstep of death is near ! Away to the Dismal Swamp he speeds — His path was...reeds, Through many a fen where the serpent feeds, 22 And when on the earth he sunk to sleep, If slumber his eye-lids knew, He lay, where the deadly vines... | |
| Thomas Moore - Irish literature - 1825 - 310 pages
...our life shall be, And I'll hide the maid in a cypress tree, When the footstep of death is near !" Away to the Dismal Swamp he speeds — His path was...beds of reeds, Through many a fen, where the serpent fe» And man never trod before ! And when on the earth he sunk to sleep, If slumber his eyelids knew,... | |
| Thomas Moore - Irish literature - 1825 - 340 pages
...lake in Ule middle of it (about seven miles long) is catled Drummond's PomH VOL. ir. 4 1 .Awaytothe Dismal Swamp he speeds— His path was rugged and sore, Through tangled juniper, beds of reeds, Thro' many a fen, where the serpent feeds. And man never trod before ! And, when on the earth he sunk... | |
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