 Peaceful, beneath primeval trees, that cast Their ample shade o'er Niger's yellow stream, And where the Ganges rolls his sacred wave; Or mid the central depth of blackening woods, High rais'd in solemn theatre around, Leans the huge elephant...  The Olio, Or, Museum of Entertainment - Page 3911830Full view - About this book
 | Thomas F. Walker - English poetry - 1830 - 256 pages
...food, And at the harmless stranger wondering gaze. Peaceful beneath primeval trees, that cast, Their ample shade o'er Niger's yellow stream, And where...Or mid the central depth of blackening woods, High rais'd in solemn theatre around, Leans the huge elephant : wisest of brutes ! O truly wise 1 with gentle... | |
 | William Hone - Days - 1830 - 868 pages
...oriental solemnities, and his use in warfare ;— Peaceful, beneath primeval trees, that cast Their ample shade o'er Niger's yellow stream, And where...Or mid the central depth of blackening woods, High rais'd in solemn theatre around, Leans the huge elephant : wisest of brutes ! O truly wise ! with gentle... | |
 | William Cowper - 1832 - 602 pages
...hippopotamus, or rivcr-horpe. Peaceful, beneath primeval trees, that cast Their ample shade o'er Niger's stream, And where the Ganges rolls his sacred wave;...around, Leans the huge elephant : wisest of brutes ! O truly wise, with gentle might endow'd, Though powerful, not destructive! here he sees Revolving... | |
 | African Americans - 1831 - 398 pages
...lltll, 18.;'J. AlTican Xatvrcal History. THE ELEPHANT. Peaceful, beneath primeval trees that cast Their ample shade o'er Niger's yellow stream, And where...rolls his sacred wave, Or mid the central depth of black'ning woods. High raised in solemn theatre around, Leans the huge Elephant, wisest of brutes;... | |
 | Back to Africa movement - 1831 - 400 pages
...llth, 1830. Afrcican Xat\«re.\ History THE ELEPHANT. Peaceful, beneath primeval trees that cast Their ample shade o'er Niger's yellow stream, And where...rolls his sacred wave, Or mid the central depth of black'ning woods, High raised in solemn theatre around, Leans the huge Elephant, wisest of brutes;... | |
 | African Americans - 1831 - 418 pages
...Niger's yellow stream, And where the Ganges rolls his sacred wave, Or mid the central depth of black'ning woods, High raised in solemn theatre around, Leans the huge Elephant, wisest of brutes; O truly wise, with gentle might endow'd, Though powerful, not destructive! THOMFSOH. The Elephant,... | |
 | Science - 1832 - 298 pages
...interrupt you. It. " Lo ! where the Ganges rolls its sacred wave. Amid the central depth of black'ning woods, High raised in solemn theatre around, Leans the huge Elephant ; wisest of brutes ! Oh truly wise! with gentle might endowed, Though powerful, not destructive ! Here he sees Revolving.... | |
 | James Thomson - 1836 - 200 pages
...food, And at the harmless stranger wondering gaze. Peaceful, beneath primeval trees, that cast Iheir ample shade o'er Niger's yellow stream, And where...wave : Or mid the central depth of blackening woods, lligh-rais'dm solemn theatre around • .i Leans the huge elephant : wisest of brutes ! O truly wise... | |
 | James Thomson - 1836 - 164 pages
...food, And at the harmless stranger wondering gaze. Peaceful heneath primeval trees, that cast Their ample shade o'er Niger's yellow stream, And where...rolls his sacred wave ; Or mid the central depth of hlackening woods, High rais'd in solemn theatre around, Leans the huge elephant : wisest of hrutes... | |
 | William Hone - Days - 1837 - 874 pages
...oriental solemnities, and his use in warfare : — Peaceful, beneath primeval trees, that cast Their ample shade o'er Niger's yellow stream, And where...Or mid the central depth of blackening woods, High rais'd in solemn theatre around, Leans the huge elephant : wisest of brutes ! O truly wise ! with gentle... | |
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