 Away to the Dismal Swamp he speeds— His path was rugged and sore, Through tangled juniper, beds of reeds, Through many a fen, where the serpent feeds, And man never trod before...  The Ladies' Scrap-book ... - Page 1421845 - 336 pagesFull view - About this book
 | United States - 1807 - 442 pages
...I, soon, shall sec, And her paddle I, soon, shall hear; Long and loving our life shall be, And I'll hide the maid in a cypress tree, When the foot-step of death is near !" The Epistle to the Marchioness Dowager of D II, from Bermuda, contains some smooth lines ; but it... | |
 | Priscilla Wakefield - Anecdotes - 1809 - 234 pages
...lamp I soon shall see, And her paddle I soon shall hear ; Long and loving our life shall be, And I'll hide the maid in a cypress tree, When the footstep of Death is near." • The fire-fly is an insect common in this part of the country i in its flight, it sheds a beam of... | |
 | 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
...I soon shall see, And her paddle I soon shall hear; Long and loving our life shall be — And I'll hide the maid in a cypress tree, When the footstep...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
...soon shall see, " And her paddle I soon shall hear ; " Long and loving our 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... | |
 | Thomas Moore - 1823 - 348 pages
...soon shall see, " And her paddle I soon shall hear ; " Long and loving our life shall be, And I'll hide the maid in a cypress tree, " When the footstep of Death is near ! " The Great Dismal Swamp is ten or twelve miles distant from Norfolk, and the Lake in the middle... | |
 | Peter Buchan - Ballads, English - 1825 - 228 pages
...lamp I soon shall see, And her paddle I soon shall hear ; long and loving our life shall be, And I'll hide the maid in a cypress tree, When the footstep...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
...lamp I soon shall seer And her paddle I soon shall hear ; Long and loving our life shall be, And I'll hide the maid in a cypress tree, When the footstep...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
...soon shall sec, " And her paddle I soon shall hear; "Long and loving our life shall be, " And I'll hide the maid in .a cypress tree, " When the footstep of death is aear !" » The Great Dismal Swamp is ten or twelve miles distant from Norfolk, and the lake in Ule... | |
 | Richard Ryan - Poetry - 1826 - 320 pages
...lamp I soon shall see, And her paddle I soon shall hear ; Long and loving our life shall be, And I'll hide the maid in a cypress tree, When the footstep...Dismal Swamp he speeds, His path was rugged and sore ; * The fire-fly is an insect common in this part of the country ; in its flight it emits a beam of... | |
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